Intermediate pieces
Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Intermediate · Estimated from the notes (1 of 8 on our difficulty score)
Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) for solo piano, in keyboard staff notation. Intermediate level, 35 bars, about 2:20 long.
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Key facts
Time signature 4/4
Length 35 bars, 4 pages
Playing time 2:20
Notes 549
Range C2 to A5
Raw heuristic score 1 gives beginner; raised by the contrapuntal-repertoire floor (see report). The source file does not write out repeats, so marked repeats sound and show once. Source and licence Licence of the source: Public Domain dedication .
Source: "Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I)", typeset by Tobias Erbsland, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=5.
Source: The Mutopia Project , from the edition Unknown.
What changed in this conversion Some held notes in bars 1–34 are shown shorter because that hand plays more than one rhythm at once. No notes were removed. Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I), keyboard staff, page 1 of 4 Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Compact keyboard staff. Print at 100%, not fit-to-page. C C D D E F F G G A A B Dashed line: C D · Solid line: F G A · Flat bottom: E B · Flat top: F C · Oval in a gap: D G A C5 Middle C C3 C4 4 4 4 4 1 C5 Middle C C3 C4 3 C5 Middle C C3 C4 5 C5 Middle C C3 C4 7 Source: "Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I)", typeset by Tobias Erbsland, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=5. Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I) · Page 1 of 4 Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I), keyboard staff, page 2 of 4 C5 Middle C C3 C4 9 C5 Middle C C3 C4 11 C5 Middle C C3 C4 13 C5 Middle C C3 C4 15 C5 Middle C C3 C4 17 Source: "Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I)", typeset by Tobias Erbsland, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=5. Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I) · Page 2 of 4 Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I), keyboard staff, page 3 of 4 C5 Middle C C3 C4 19 C5 Middle C C3 C4 21 C5 Middle C C3 C4 23 C5 Middle C C3 C4 25 C5 Middle C C3 C4 27 Source: "Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I)", typeset by Tobias Erbsland, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=5. Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I) · Page 3 of 4 Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I), keyboard staff, page 4 of 4 C5 Middle C C3 C4 29 C5 Middle C C3 C4 31 C5 Middle C C3 C4 33 C5 Middle C C3 C4 35 Source: "Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I)", typeset by Tobias Erbsland, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=5. Prelude in C major, BWV 846 (Well-Tempered Clavier I) · Page 4 of 4