Bach: WTC1 No. 20 in a minor BWV 865 (Richter)

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List of The Welltempered Clavier videos I have uploaded (I will continue to add videos until the list is full!):

1. in C major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkt75juxvxw
2. in c minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GXHjxvSi24
3. in C# major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-c8WG2GTaI
4. in c# minor
5. in D major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_85VWhfSRA
6. in d minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNMYHy8B7KU
7. in Eb major
8. in eb minor
9. in E major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMEITKQI7ao
10. in e minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp5mPL7IPMc
11. in F major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njXeHu5znZ0 (new!)
12. in f minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Z_FVjMSWc (new!)
13. in F# major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJCpUW1Q1yc
14. in f# minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjAQLU23keI
15. in G major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNlXYLsC_Vs
16. in g minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKif28jMUg
17. in Ab major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCL5Zvnt0TU
18. in g# minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfrI046SU3E
19. in A major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZfA5gv-dE
20. in a minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj4lPhfG98o
21. in Bb major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzwlNtcWV34 (new!)
22. in bb minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL00B8TQMBQ (new!)
23. in B major
24. in b minor

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• Bach
• Richter
• Sviatoslav
• Das
• Wohltemperierte
• Klavier
• Well
• Tempered
• Clavier
• Fugue
• Prelude
• no
• 20
• minor
• BWV
• 865

[aewanko300]

Are the colored notes showing the different voices?

[Pianoplayer002]

Red: The subject

Blue: The subject "upside down" (inverted)

Pink: If the subject is played in canon with it itself, the second entry in the canon is pink (to help distinguish the different entries)

Purple: If the subject inverted is played in canon with itself, the second entry in the canon is purple (to help distinguish the different entries)

Green: Used when the subject is played in canon with itself, but on the fifth (that is to say if the red Subject is in a, the green entry is in e)

[Pianoplayer002]

I colorised the entries in this way just to show how exciting this fugue is.

Bach has actually managed to construct a subject that can

Be played inverted

Be played in canon with itself

Be played inverted, and in canon

Be played in canon, with the secind entry on the fifth (V)

[wcbroccoli]

I appreciate your use of colors to draw attention to events.

Actually, the (tonally unaltered) answer to a fugal subject is always in canon even if the subject and answer don't overlap.

What you mean by "in canon with itself" is that the answer begins before the statement of the subject has ended. This overlapping of statements is called "stretto".

[Pianoplayer002]

I stand corrected... yes, of course it was "stretto" I meant :) Thanks

[werq34ac]

holy crap, bach was a GENIUS.

[Engaze]

Bach was a genius

[137uc14]

Bach el mas grande genio de la historia de la música.¡Richter uno de los más grandes pianistas de la historia!

[bachopinbee5991]

This is making music fun.Thanx 4 the exopse

[bronzeantique]

It's really a great idea to color the voices , very useful for anyone to learn any Fuge . Thank you .

[JESUS1John]

@Sakuramakitsu bless you !

[Sakuramakitsu]

@JESUS1John lol agree

[JESUS1John]

@anzioa Thank you for your reply comment - bless you

[anzioa]

@JESUS1John

Bach being a pious man would agree.

[MusicPredominates]

@werq34ac : Who was J. S. Bach ?