Nathaniel School of Music · Sight-Reading Companion
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An engraver's table for the classical pianist. The score reduced to what the eye actually needs: one chord, one breath, one card at a time.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude No. 1 in C Major
from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book I · BWV 846
“One chord per measure. The original arpeggio meditation.”
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude No. 2 in C Minor
from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book I · BWV 847
“Driving 16ths, restless chromatic descent. The dark twin of No. 1.”
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude No. 5 in D Major
from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book I · BWV 850
“Sparkling triplet-feel toccata in D.”
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude No. 21 in B♭ Major
from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book I · BWV 866
“Brilliant cascading runs, a perpetual-motion B-flat.”
Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Classic Rag for piano
“Stride piano, swung sixteenths. Joplin's calling card.”