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One-click arrangementJohann Sebastian Bach · The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846

Bach Prelude in C Major,
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Key
C major
Time
4/4
Length
36 bars
Era
Baroque
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First page of the Bach Prelude in C Major piano sheet music
Original score

The same broken-chord shape continues bar after bar, changing only the chord. It is also famous as the accompaniment to Gounod's "Ave Maria". The pattern is simple, but keeping it even to the end is harder than it looks.

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Where does Bach Prelude in C Major get tricky?

One chord per barEach bar spreads one chord out as a broken chord.
An even, steady flowThe same shape must keep going without wavering to the end.
An ending over a long bassA low note is held while chords pile up to the end.

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