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Prelude in C major
Johann Sebastian Bach
Simplified excerpt · The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Length
- 0:44
- Key
- C major
Ready to play?
Watch it once, then it’s your turn. Notes fall toward the keys, and the song waits for you until you’re ready to keep time.
- Speed 1 to 10
- Loop any part
- Right, left or both hands
You haven’t played this song yet.
How to learn this song
What you’ll learn
- Broken chords that change every bar
- Passing a pattern between hands
- Smooth harmony moving step by step
Where to put your hands
Left hand plays the two lowest notes of each chord; right hand plays the three upper notes twice. Your hand shape changes a little each bar.
Tips
- 1Each bar is one chord. Before playing a bar, find all five notes as a block.
- 2Keep the sixteenths perfectly even, like a music box.
Parts of the song
OpeningWanderingComing home