Prelude in C, BWV 846, from the WTC, J.S. Bach¶
Note
This is not a full score, it’s more a “shorthand”, as there is a great deal of repetition. Each “measure” below corresponds to a full measure in the piece - each measure is just four beats of steady sixteenth notes. Some measures are fully scored to highlight special points, but most of them merely contain the notes present in the measure.
Fingerings are given under each staff where not obvious.
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notes :16 3/5 2/4 0/3 1/2 0/1 | 3/5 0/4 2/3 3/2 1/1 | 2/5 0/4 0/3 3/2 1/1 | 3/5 2/4 0/3 1/2 0/1
text :q,.1,Cmaj,:16, ,|,:q,Dmin/C,:16, ,|,:q,G7/B,:16, ,|,:q,Cmaj
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notes :16 3/5 $2$ 2/4 $1$ 2/3 $1$ 5/2 $4$ 5/1 $4$ | 3/5 $2$ 0/4 h4/4 $3 - 4$ 2/3 $1$ 3/2 $3$ | 2/5 0/4 0/3 3/2 $3$ 3/1 $4$ | 2/5 h3/5 2/4 0/3 1/2
text :q,.1,Amin/C,:16, ,|,:q,D7/C,:16, ,|,:q,Gmaj/B,:16, ,|,:q,Cmaj/B
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notes :16 0/5 h3/5 2/4 0/3 1/2 | 0/6 0/5 0/4 h4/4 $4$ 1/2 0/4 h4/4 1/2 0/6 0/5 0/4 h4/4 1/2 0/4 h4/4 $3$ 5/3 $4$
text :q,.1,Amin/7,:16, ,|,:w,D7
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notes :16 5/6 $3$ 2/5 $1$ 0/4 0/3 0/2 | 5/6 $1$ 8/6 $4$ 7/5 5/4 6/3 7/5 5/4 6/3 5/6 8/6 7/5 5/4 6/3 7/5 0/3 2/2 $1$
text :q,.1,Gmaj,:16, ,|,:w,Gdim
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notes :16 3/6 $2$ 0/5 0/4 2/3 $1$ 3/2 $4$ | 3/6 2/5 0/4 h3/4 0/2 | 2/6 $2$ 5/6 $4$ 3/5 $2$ 0/3 1/2 $1$
text :q,.1,Dm/F,:16, ,|,:q,Fdim,:16, ,|,:q,C/E
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notes :16 2/4 h3/4 2/3 1/2 1/1 | 0/4 h3/4 2/3 1/2 1/1 | 5/6 0/4 0/3 0/2 1/1 | 3/5 2/4 0/3 1/2 0/1 | 3/5 2/4 B@4_3/3 1/2 0/1
text :q,.1,F/E,:16, ,|,:q,Dmin7,:16, ,|,:q,G7,:16, ,|,:q,Cmaj,:16, ,|,:q,C7
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notes :16 3/6 3/4 2/3 1/2 0/1 | 4/6 $1$ 6/5 $3$ 7/4 $4$ 5/3 $2$ 4/2 $1$ | A@3_3/6 $2$ 8/5 $4$ 0/2 5/3 $1$ h7/3 $3$ | 5/6 $1$ 8/5 $4$ 0/3 $(P)$ 0/2 7/3 $3$ p0/3 0/2 7/3
text :q,.1,Fmaj7,:16, ,|,:q,F#o,:16, ,|,:q,Abo,:16, ,|,:q,G7
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notes :16 5/6 7/5 5/4 5/3 5/2 | 5/6 5/5 5/4 5/3 6/2 | 5/6 5/5 5/4 4/3 6/2 | 5/6 E@4_3/5 7/4 5/3 G@5_3/2
text :q,.1,Cmaj/G,:16, ,|,:q,G7sus4,:16, ,|,:q,G7,:16, ,|,:q,Ao/G
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notes :16 5/6 7/5 5/4 5/3 8/2 | 5/6 $1$ 5/5 $1$ 5/4 $1$ 5/3 $1$ 6/2 $4$ | 5/6 $1 - 4$ 0/4 0/3 0/2 1/1 $1$ | 3/5 2/4 B@4_3/3 1/2 0/1
text :q,.1,Cmaj/G,:16, ,|,:q,G7sus4,:16, ,|,:q,G7,:16, ,|,:q,C7
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notes :16 3/5 3/5 3/4 2/3 1/2 1/1 1/2 2/3 1/2 2/3 3/4 2/3 3p0/4 3p0/4 | 3/5 $3$ p2/5 $2$ 0/3 0/2 h3/2 $3$ 1/1 $1$ 3/2 $3$ 4/3 $4$ 3/2 $3$ 4/3 $4$ 0/3 $.top.$ $P$ 0/2 $P$ 0/4 h3/4 $.bottom.$ $3$ p2/4 $2$ p0/4
text :w,.1,F,|,:w,.1,G7
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notes :w (3/5.2/4.0/3.1/2)
text :w,.1,C