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Fantasia in A minor, BWV 904 is a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.
- source presented keyboard fantasia component
- Baroque
- Key of A minor
- grand
- melancholic
- hand independence
- voicing
Also known as Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV 904; J.S Bach Fantasia_in_A_Minor A=415 Hz; J.S. Bach.
History
Long upper tones sit above moving lower lines, creating a texture that feels both steady and searching. Keep listening to the quiet inner voices as the harmony changes. This file supplies the fantasia, not the following fugue.
Sources
How to practise it
- Make the held upper line sing above the moving lower pattern.
- Practise the inner voices separately so their entrances remain audible in the full texture.
How hard is it
Level 6, estimated
Opening half/whole-note upper support and lower eighth-note movement expand to five encoded voices. Sustaining and balancing them across 85 measures asks for advanced intermediate control even without rapid surface passagework.
About this piece
- Licence
- cc-zero
- Source
- musescore.com
More by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Prelude in C major, BWV 846Level 4, estimatedOpen to everyone
- Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772Level 5, estimatedWith Maestro
- Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: III. PrestoLevel 9, estimatedWith Maestro
