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Piano Board => Repertoire => Topic started by: jwchopin on April 14, 2014, 12:57:34 AM
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I am completely new to Bach and I have decided to start with his 12 little preludes (pdf below). I am in Grade 6 RCM and was wondering what the difficulty level of these preludes are. Also, are these a good start to Bach?
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There's a number of Bach's little preludes listed on www.pianosyllabus.com (https://www.pianosyllabus.com) and they cover a range of gradings from 3 to 9.
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I made up a list of ratings using the suggested link:
Twelve Short Preludes
Prelude No. 1 bwv 924 C PS 3
Prelude No. 2 bwv 939 C PS 3 Famous
Prelude No. 3 bwv 999 Cm PS 4 Famous, haunting Toccata, not easy at all at speed
Prelude No. 4 bwv 925 D PS 6 Very polyphonic, AND HARD !!!
Prelude No. 5 bwv 926 Dm PS 5 Famous and challenging
Prelude No. 6 bwv 940 Dm PS 5 touching, going to study this one
Prelude No. 7 bwv 941 Em PS 4
Prelude No. 8 bwv 927 F PS 4 Bright and light, scherzo type, super articulated and fast
Prelude No. 9 bwv 928 F PS 6 HARD
Prelude No. 10 bwv 929 Gm GR 5|6 uhmmm
Prelude No. 11 bwv 930 Gm PS 5 almost an invention, HARD
Prelude No. 12 bwv 942 Am PS 5
A lot of treasures in this list. My favorites are 2,3,4,5,6.
These grades seem to be in a scale 1-10. With Bach I feel the grades are consistently underestimated...
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The preludes for his son W. Fr. Bach are a great start! Also, start with the two-part inventions as soon as possible.