Bach: Prelude & Fugue
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 Learning WTC 1 C minor prelude
April 17, 2009, 09:46:20 PM by peterl
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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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Bach Prelude and Fugue in C minor WTC book1
January 22, 2009, 12:51:59 AM by tonyyyy
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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...
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....
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 
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Bach P&F c minor BK I
December 27, 2007, 09:32:40 PM by pianogeek_cz
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Please try not to cringe too audibly, the piano is getting tuned soon... 
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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Bach -Prelude in C Minor
March 28, 2006, 06:29:18 PM by shash
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Hello all!
I just recorded this piece.
Let me know what you think about it please.
What could I change or improve (I'm sure there's enough  ).
Thanks,
bye!
(I forgot to say: I recorded with my SilentSystem piano, that's why it is this perfectly tuned)
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Bach Fugue In C Minor - Things To Know For Exam?
December 13, 2005, 01:19:22 PM by fuel925
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In November I will be taking the Grade 8 exam. One of the pieces I am learning for this exam is Bach's Fugue In C Minor from Book 1 of the WTC. What things do you think I need to know about this piece, in the event the examiner asks me questions about it? Remember its Grade 8, not Diploma level so I don't need to go to a really technical level. Any tips would be helpful.
PS. I already know about the analysis at this site: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc.html but I think it is too in-depth for this grade, and I don't really understand what it's harping on about anyway!
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