Bach: Prelude No. 1 in C major (BWV 846)

by request

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• Bach
• Prelude
• in
• major
• Classical
• Piano
• WTC
• BWV
• 846
• ave
• maria

[themistermax]

Nice, but I'm curious...why speed up like that at the end? When I play this piece, I try to play it as evenly as possible. Slightly (but not much) faster than you (usually), but even throughout. Nice playing but I have to say, it kind of throws me when you speed up like that. If anything, I slow down at the end....

[clyfton]

@themistermax Hey, you're absolutely right! I never thought of it before, but for some reason, I always had a "triplet" sortof feel for the last few bars, but they aren't triplets at all of course. I recorded these videos primarily so that people who are unable to read sheet music could learn from them, but still... It seems stupid to "teach" the wrong thing, right? :)

[seraphlgabri]

I know it's stupid but can anyone tell me why play black keys in this tune of C major?

Thanks.

[clyfton]

@seraphlgabri I don't think it's ever stupid to ask. While this piece was written in the key of C, and C major being the dominant, there are still many other chords involved. That is, it's not just one big C major chord, but rather progressions of chords stemming from C major. For instance, the first few chords in this piece are: C, Dm7/C, G7/B, C, Am/C, D7/C, G/B, C∆7/B, A7, D7, G and so on.

And D7, for example, contains a black key (F sharp). Cheers!

[seraphlgabri]

@clyfton

How about only using the chord progression of C major scale? Then you got at least 7 chords(C, Dm, Em, F, G /G7, Am, Bdim) so all these notes are from C major scale.

Thanks.

[clyfton]

@seraphlgabri Absolutely! However, those 7 chords are not the only ones used in this piece (but I would argue that they are the most common chords throughout the entire piece, for obvious reasons)

[TheAdule]

@Meltedsnake4 It´s a bit slow, but try it play guickly on organ...i know it will sound horrible. On piano is possible to play quickly. But on organ it´s ok.

[Meltedsnake4]

I don't like this interpretation too much, it's too slow, at least in the beginning, it gets faster progressively.

[Annitagonzalez21]

there was like a year since i don't play the piano, and i've found a lot of the pieces i know here, and thaks to that I'm playing again<3 :')

[kttastic]

I have heard alot of music and this is the most gorgeous piece i have ever heard. It makes me want to laugh, cry, sleep, and dance all at once like no other piece. THANK YOU J. BACH!!!!

[bpgergo]

@annabananadw how did you find about these notes being right? I mean the notes played from 1:48 to 1:52. These notes are not on the sheet! (I guess @clyfton plays GDsharpHCDsharp here.) These notes are played between FsharpCACDsharp and GsharpFBCD. They're not on the sheet.

[btsadowski]

Has some echoing now learning how to play it. Very impressive

[makeupByLilli]

Just finished learning how to play this! Overall easy to learn, just a lot to memorize :)