grading bach works...

[dongsang153]

i've done a search, and i haven't found anything gradings or a list of the progressive order to bach little preludes and fugues, and anna magdalena bach.  can anyone direct me to a link that would have these gradings?  i want to start fresh with bach this winter but i just don't know in which order i should play his works for best results.  thanks!

[anda]

i don't know such a link. however: if you never played anything by bach (and i suppose that means you haven't been playing piano for too long), here's the usual order of the volumes:

anna magdalena bach
12 little preludes
6 little preludes
2 voices inventions
3 voices inventions

after that... the wtc, french and english suites (the french ones are simpler), partitas, toccatas, concertos, goldberg variations... by the time you get to playing any of these, you will be able to tell which ones you can play.

[kaff]

There's a really good post called "repertoire progression" by Dreamaurora, which gives Bach gradings.  I can't figure out how to do the link, but if you search for that title and user, you should find it.

Kathryn

[Daniel_piano]

i don't know such a link. however: if you never played anything by bach (and i suppose that means you haven't been playing piano for too long), here's the usual order of the volumes:

anna magdalena bach
12 little preludes
6 little preludes
2 voices inventions
3 voices inventions

after that... the wtc, french and english suites (the french ones are simpler)

Strange, I've always know that the English suites are easier than the French ones and are taught before the wtc
That's the order I've seen al almost of college piano programs and the one I followed

Daniel

[Allegroconfuoco]

There's a really good post called "repertoire progression" by Dreamaurora, which gives Bach gradings.  I can't figure out how to do the link, but if you search for that title and user, you should find it.

Kathryn

Here it is  :
https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1116.0.html

Allegro

[anda]

Strange, I've always know that the English suites are easier than the French ones and are taught before the wtc
That's the order I've seen al almost of college piano programs and the one I followed

Daniel

english suites are definitely more complicated than the french ones (read them and see for yourself, don't just trust me or the college problems).

as for being taught before the wtc... or, generally, about grading bach's works there are a few preludes&fugues in the wtc that are much simpler than some of the 3 voices inventions. so much for grading them...

[rlefebvr]

Here it is  :
https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1116.0.html

Allegro

That link is completely awsomne

[bernhard]

Here are another two:

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5323.msg50895.html#msg50895
(Grades for all Inventions, sinfonias, French and English suites)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5143.msg49995.html#msg49995
(Inventions and sinfonias: Bach’s pedagogical order of difficulty)

Best wishes,
Bernhard