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Bach: Prelude & Fugue

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Johann Sebastian Bach - WTC 1 :
Prelude & Fugue, BWV 847 no 2
Prelude & Fugue  BWV 847 no 2 C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach piano sheet music
Key: C Minor Published: 1722
Level: 7 Period: Baroque
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xx Prelude and Fugue WTC C Minor
June 21, 2011, 07:40:27 PM by pianogirl4christ

Hey guys!
I'm in the process of learning Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C Minor.
I have the notes down in the Prelude, I just need help getting it up to speed with my hands together. My fingers don't feel together a lot of times (between L and R hands) and I was wondering if there's any method of practicing that would help improve that.
Also, with the fugue are there any good ways to practice it? Hands together or apart? Any exercises I could do beforehand?
Thanks!!
Smiley

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xx Bach - Prelude 2 in C minor!
March 25, 2011, 04:01:14 AM by corecase

Hey Everyone!  This is Bach's prelude in C minor. It is not very difficult to play; however, it sure is beautiful. I will be uploading the "fugue" as well VERY soon! After watching the video, it would be greatly appreciated if you can leave a comment(good or bad; constructive criticism is always accepted and appreciated) and a rating. If you would like to see another piece that i have uploaded, go ahead and click on the link that pops up at the end of my video! It's a piece by Yann Tiersen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szrq30LkNl0

Thanks, and enjoy!

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xx Bach: C-minor prelude and fugue WTK I
February 24, 2011, 07:41:44 AM by pianisten1989

This old, and sometimes overplayed, p&f is a part of my repertoire, along with the Chopin etude and some other pieces, for a competition in June.

I hope you like it, and that you have many good things to say! Smiley

Edit: New recording in the bottom.

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question Tempo for Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Minor
February 27, 2010, 08:15:16 PM by roosmari

Trying to decide on a performance speed for Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C Minor.  Torn between fast, flowing and dramatic and Glen Gould's version which is slower, but, to my ear, really "tells a story".

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xx Learning WTC 1 C minor prelude
April 17, 2009, 09:46:20 PM by peterl

My teacher is using a method I've never come up against before - I was wondering if this is a traditional way to teach this prelude.

After a couple or weeks of standard HS practice she told me to put the hands together - but with the metronome at 40 to the sixteenth note (that's a semiquaver to non-US folks)!  Only once I can match this beat throughout the whole piece (and that's 38x16 = 608 beats = 15 minutes) will I be allowed to start to speed up.  I'm having trouble staying awake, much less matching the metronome for 15 minutes straight.

Has anyone encountered this form of torture practice with this piece, or any other?

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xx Bach Prelude and Fugue in C minor WTC book1
January 22, 2009, 12:51:59 AM by tonyyyy

I am just starting to work at this, hands separate so far. The only part which concerns meis  the presto section of the prelude - I dont know if I will succeed in playing it at double the speed of the previous part

I have read this useful analysis http://www-personal.umich.edu/~siglind/wtc-i-02.htm
The usual choice of tempo seems to be...
 
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Presto = twice as fast as the main section;
translation: 2 bars in bars 1-27 = 1 bar in bars 28-33
Adagio = twice as slow as the main section;
translation: 1 bar in bars 28-33 = 1 eighth-note in bar 34
Allegro = back to the original tempo
translation: 1 eighth-note in bar 34 = 1 quarter-note in bars 35-38.
She suggests the alternative....
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Another option assumes a 2:3 proportion between the outer sections on the one hand and the Presto–Adagio on the other hand. While this option does not maintain the balanced structure mentioned above, it allows a simpler transition into the fugue. (Approximate metronome settings: (a) beginning beat = 72, Presto = 144, Adagio = 36, Allegro = 72; (b) beginning beat = 88, Presto = 132, Adagio = 66, Allegro = 88.

Anyone have suggestions about this or any other issues in the piece?

Im sure the fugue will have its moments when i start to put hands together Undecided

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xx Bach Fugue BWV 847 Feedback Welcome Thnx
June 16, 2008, 10:19:51 PM by createlhf

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xx Bach Prelude BWV847 Feedback Welcome
June 11, 2008, 02:09:44 PM by createlhf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ufXUwwIY8g

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xx Bach P&F c minor BK I
December 27, 2007, 09:32:40 PM by pianogeek_cz

Please try not to cringe too audibly, the piano is getting tuned soon... Roll Eyes
Nah, it's a work edition, especially the fugue.

Recorded on my brand new Zoom H4. (Yay!) Might need turning the volume up a bit.

Constructive criticism is very much welcome.

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xx Bach Prelude Cm Book I
May 01, 2007, 10:15:28 PM by xhunterjx

Hey,

Would anyone mind sharing the fingering they use for the right hand during the Presto?

I have been trying to figure one out myself to no avail.

Thanks.

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