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One-click arrangementJohann Sebastian Bach · The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847

Bach Prelude in C Minor,
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Key
C minor
Time
4/4
Length
38 bars
Era
Baroque
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First page of the Bach Prelude in C Minor piano sheet music
Original score

Both hands drum the same 16th-note shape nonstop, in a rhythm as exact as a machine. Near the end, the tempo changes dramatically: fast, then slow, then fast again.

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Where does Bach Prelude in C Minor get tricky?

Nonstop 16th notes in both handsBoth hands keep the same figure going evenly to the end.
Chords that shift bar by barThe shape stays the same while the chord changes each bar.
An ending that changes tempoAt the end it speeds up, slows down, and speeds up again.

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