J.S. Bach's Prelude & Fugue I BWV 846 in C Major - request for Score

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Re: J.S. Bach's Prelude & Fugue I BWV 846 in C Major - request for Score

Dear All,

Hello.

I am new on the piano and wondering if anyone might want to help? I would be most grateful for your thoughts on the following:

1. I am seeking the music score for the above mentioned piece by Bach and cannot find it anywhere on this site.  I am only a silver member, and cannot justify getting a gold membership.  Would anyone be able to help.

2. I am new on learning music theory, and have commenced on a beginner's piano course, which comprises of a block of ten lessons, that's all.  And want to be able to learn more and hope to continue to do so, but have become extremely frustrated at the scope of the lectures already, so have embarked on making a discovery on topics related to major and minor scales.  Cycle of fifths (which I am struggling on and would greatly appreaciate some help on assisting me to grasp the concepts and the system). 

Basically have commenced on reading the following text:  The AB Guide to Music Theory Part1 by Eric Taylor, ABRSM.

3. Also struggling on the follwoing topics:  Tonics and Triads, Key Signatures; Name of scale degrees.


I look forward to hearing from you.  If you have any scores and soft copies of materials, then my address is :neeraj64@hotmail.com


Thanking you in advance.

Kind regards,

neeraj

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Circle of Fifths -- Don't know if I can explain any better than a textbook but basically if you start at any key, then go up to the key located a perfect 5th higher (eg. Cmajor-Gmajor, or C#major-G#major, Dmajor-Amaj...) the key that's a perfect 5th higher will have one more sharp than the key a fifth below it. And so! It's called a circle because you eventually end up back at C. Recall that a sharp note can always also be called or "spelled" as a flat note : F# for example is the same thing as G flat except for the spelling, just like how A sharp is the same thing as B flat. Just the same with key signatures, once you get to a key with a "sharp" in its name (like F# major) it can also be called Gb major. Then, once you are in a "flat key", every time you go up a 5th you will arrive at a key with one less flat until you reach C major once again. Let me re-explain it here:

C major. (which has no sharps or flats) A perfect fifth above C major (I.e. the note "C" is "G" or G major) so then:
G major. (which has 1 sharp: F#) A perfect 5 above G is D so then:
D major (2 sharps: F#, C#) then
A major (F#, C#, G#) then
E major (F#, C#, G#, D#)
B major (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#)
F# major (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#) Which! Is the same thing as saying Gflat major (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb) And now that we have reached a key with a "sharp" in its name we can respell it as the same key, except with a "flat" in it's name. The same thing (or "enharmonic spelling") of F# is G flat, and Now: we keep going up a perfect 5th, except this time the key signature will decrease by one flat each time until... [wait for it!]
D flat major (The note Db is a 5th above Gb, and Dbmajor has Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb in its key signature) then up another fifth is
A flat major (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db) then
E flat major (Bb, Eb, Ab) then
B flat major (Bb, Eb) then
F major (still has one Flat: Bb) then a 5th above F is C and we are back at: (!)
C major (no sharps or flats.)

If you kept going, a 5th above C would be G, then D then A then E, and you can see if you keep going you are just going in a giant circle through all the keys.

If you still don't understand, it's not a hugely important concept and I would say just keep playing and learning and improving and having fun (hopefully.) Haha

A perfect 5th, by the way, would be the distance from the first note of a major or minor scale to the 5th note. For example take a G major scale: G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G; G is the 1st or "Tonic" note of the scale and D is the 5th or "Dominant" note of the scale, so the distance, or the interval of G to D is a Perfect 5th.

And also! Minor keys are exactly the same, except the circle would start (if you can have a start to a circle ) with A minor, because it is the minor key with no sharps or flats (which can also be called accidentals, by the way). So in minor keys the circle would go A minor, E minor, B minor... etc. But again if you still don't know what I'm talking about it, don't worry too much and I'm sure you'll understand as you go along.

Good luck with your piano studies!

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I suspect the thing that confuses people most about the circle of fifths is, why is it there?  What is it used for?  What is the purpose of this thing?

That's what descriptions usually lack.  It's well enough to say, the circle of fifths shows how key signatures are devised, because every fifth up you add a sharp, and every fifth down you add a flat, but - huh?  So?

The circle of fifths is a theoretical illustration.  It shows, in theory, the distance between keys, as theoretically perceived in tonal (diatonic) music.

C and G are right next to each other, and are very close in key.  If you play the C scale and the G scale, you will find that only one note is different: F to F#.  C and F are also very close; if you play the two scales, the only note of difference is B or B-flat.

Consequently, over the history of diatonic music, you will find innumerable examples of composers modulating from C to G or C to F.  Also, the keys adjacent to those, D and B-flat respectively, will often come into play, since they theoretically suggest their origins (the keys closer to the tonic).

You will find many fewer examples of a composer modulating from C to G-flat or F-sharp, or B major, or C-sharp major, or whatnot.  As you can see on the circle, those are theoretically physically distant.

The circle of fifths is useful in getting key signatures; if you don't know the key signature for F-sharp major, you just start at C, go up a fifth and add a sharp each time, until you get to F#.  But more importantly it is just an illustration of the diatonic theory, that shared characteristics of chords make them more amenable to combination than foreign characteristics.

Walter Ramsey

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