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Prelude No. 4 in C-sharp minor (WTC I)

J. S. Bach

Prelude No. 4 in C-sharp minor (WTC I) by J. S. Bach, a Baroque piece from 1725 — written out in colour-coded piano letter notes you can play live in the browser.

Letter notes (text) — Prelude No. 4 in C-sharp minor (WTC I)
RH 5|------------------------------------C-----------------------------------|
RH 4|G-----F-----e-----D-----e-----C-----e-----------------b-----F-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------G-----------------------a-----------|
LH 3|C-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|e-----------------------------------------------------------F-----------|
RH 4|G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 4|------------------------------------C-----------------------------------|
LH 3|G-----F-----e-----D-----e--------eG-------------------b-----a-----------|
RH 5|D-----C-----c-----------c-----------G-----------------F-----C-----------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------------------e-----------|
RH 4|------------------A-----------G-----D-----------------------G-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------G-----------------------------------|
LH 4|------------------------------------------------------------C-----------|
LH 3|c-----------------------------------------------------------C-----------|
LH 3|G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|c-----------------------------------------------------------c---------D-|
RH 5|D-----------------------------------------------------------G-----------|
RH 4|G-----------------------------------------------------------G-----------|
LH 4|D-----C-----c-----------c--------cD-F-----------------e-----D-----------|
LH 3|G-----------------A-----------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|C-----c-----C-----e-----a-----------------G-----F-----e-----D-----C-----|
RH 4|a-----------------------------------a-----------------------------------|
LH 4|e-----------------------------------D-----------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------F-----------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------D-----G-----------------F-----e-----D-----C-----------|
RH 4|G-----a-----b-----------------------G-----------------------------b-----|
RH 4|b-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 4|------------------------------------C-----------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------e-----------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------C-----F-----------------e-----D-----C-----------------|
RH 4|F-----G-----a-----------------------F-----------------------b-----a-----|
RH 4|a-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------D-----------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------b-----------------------------------|
RH 4|e-----------------------------------------------------F-----a-----------|
RH 4|G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 4|------------------------------------e-----------------D-----C-----------|
LH 3|e-----a-----G-----F-----G--------Gb-------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------D-----C-----c-----------c-----------|
RH 4|------G-----F-----e-----F-----D-----------------------A-----------G-----|
LH 4|c-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|D-----------------------------------G-----------------F-----G-----------|
RH 5|a-----G-----F-----e-----F-----D-----e-----D-----C-----------C-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------------b-----------A---G-|
LH 4|------------------C-----D-----------C-----------------------------------|
LH 3|C-----------------------------------------------------D-----e-----------|
RH 5|------------------D-----C-----------C-----------------------------------|
RH 4|g-----------------G-----A-----------D-----------------f-----g-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------------b-----A-----------|
LH 3|------D-----C-----------C-----------------------------------------------|
LH 2|A-----------------b-----------A-----g-----b-----A-----G-----A-----g-----|
RH 5|------------------------------------D-----------------------------------|
RH 4|A-----G-----g-----f-----g-----D-----g-----------------------G-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------A-----------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------------C-----------------------------|
LH 2|C-----------------------------------------------b-----A-----b-----G-----|
RH 5|------c-----C-----D-----e-----D---C-------------------C-----------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------b-----------------------g-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------------------A-----------|
LH 3|e-----------------D-----C-----------D-----------------------------------|
LH 2|------------------------------------------------------------D-----------|
RH 4|D-----------------------------------------------------------b-----------|
RH 4|G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 3|b-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|------C-----------------------------------D-----G-----e-----F-----D-----|
LH 2|G-----------b-----A-----b-----------b-----------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------C-----e-----------------D-----e-----G-----F-----------|
RH 4|------G-----A-----------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|C-----D-----C-----------C-----------F-----------------G-----A-----------|
LH 3|e-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|------------------b-----------A-----------------------------------------|
RH 5|D-----C-----------------------------------------------------C-----------|
RH 4|------------b-----A-----b-----F-----D-----------------------------------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------------------b-----a-----G-----a-----F-----|
RH 5|------------c-----D-----F-----G-----a-----G-----F-----e-----F-----D-----|
RH 4|F-----A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|D-----e-----D-----C-----D-----c-----------------------------c-----------|
LH 2|------------------------------------G-----------------A-----------------|
RH 5|e-----D-----C-----c-----C-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------G-----e-----------------------------------|
LH 3|C-----------------------------------------D-----e-----F-----G-----a-----|
RH 5|------d-----f-----G-----b-----------------d-----C-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------------b-----a-----G-----|
LH 4|------------------C-----d-----------------------------------C-----------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------b-----f-----------G-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------------C-----F-----------|
RH 4|a-----------------------------------F-----G-----a-----e-----D-----C-----|
LH 3|F-----b-----a-----G-----a-----------------------------------------------|
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