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A familiar group whose early sources were not a single set. Little Prelude in D minor, BWV 935 is a prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.
- prelude
- Baroque
- Key of D minor
- playful
Also known as Bach: Little Prelude in D minor BWV 935.
History
Little Prelude in D minor, BWV 935 is now grouped with the six little keyboard preludes BWV 933 to 938. The Netherlands Bach Society points out that these pieces were not preserved as a set in sources from Bach's time. Their familiar modern grouping is therefore not the same thing as an original bound collection left by the composer.
Sources
What to listen for
Phrase lengths become less regular
Compare the first half’s regular groups with the less even later groupings proposed by Ooi.
How to practise it
Recognise the short-note figure when it moves from the upper to the lower line.
- Read the altered neighbour note carefully.
- Keep the short-note figures even.
- Let the lower entry retain its shape when the upper line becomes simpler.
How hard is it
The first two measures expose a sixteenth-note figure alone; in measure 3 the lower staff takes it while the upper staff moves in eighth notes. Independent articulation and recognition of the transferred figure are the main observed demands.
About this piece
- Collection
- The prelude gallery
- 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
