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The short answer
Little Prelude in F major, BWV 928 is a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 5, an estimate.
- Baroque
- playful
- broken chords
- hand independence
- voicing
History
This compact Prelude in F major moves between quick fragments and fuller chords. Its closing stretch changes the feeling: the retained edition explicitly asks the music to broaden before the final chord.
Sources
What to listen for
Fragments and chords
The opening moves from a short running figure into upper chords. Listen for how the harmony gathers the little fragments together.
Breathing spaces
Rests interrupt the upper sixteenth-note figures while another voice continues. Hear those gaps as part of the phrase, not a loss of momentum.
How hard is it
Quick broken figures alternate with upper chords and several voices. Short rests, occasional thirty-second notes and the changing final tempo directions require coordination rather than speed alone.
About this piece
- Licence
- CC0
- 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
