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Concerto in D minor after Marcello, BWV 974: III. Presto is a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 8, an estimate.
- concerto movement
- Baroque
- dancing
- stormy
- scales runs
- voicing
Also known as (III.) Presto; Alessandro Marcello.
History
Six quick upper notes turn around D while a longer lower note anchors the opening. The pattern rises in the next measure, then changes direction. Listen to the small three-eighth-note pulse holding the quick line together.
Sources
What to listen for
Quick motion above a longer note
The opening upper line circles D in six sixteenths while the lower D lasts longer. Hear the upper contour without losing the lower anchor.
A pattern rises, then turns
The second upper figure moves the pattern toward E; the third changes to a more stepwise shape. Listen for that changing contour above the slower lower line.
How hard is it
The opening continuous sixteenths turn and shift above slower lower notes in3/8. Sustaining that balance through127 encoded source measures and the retained repeat calls for fluent rapid playing and voicing. Estimated level8, not teacher approval or a copied official grade.
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
