medium Baroque
Prelude No. 8 in E-flat minor (WTC I)

J. S. Bach
Prelude No. 8 in E-flat 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. 8 in E-flat minor (WTC I)
RH 5|------------------------------------------------D-----------------F-----|
RH 4|D-----------------------D-----------------A-----D-----------------------|
RH 4|F-----------------------F-----------------------F-----------------------|
RH 4|A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------D-----G-----------------b-----|
RH 4|D-----------------------D-----------------------D-----------------------|
RH 4|G-----------------------G-----------------------G-----------------------|
RH 4|b-----------------------b-----------------------b-----------------------|
RH 5|d-----------------------------------------f-----------------------------|
RH 4|D-----------------------d-----------------------d--------------F--G--A--|
RH 4|f-----------------------f-----------------------f-----------------------|
RH 4|G-----------------------G-----------------------G-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------F-----------------------D-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------F-----------------------|
RH 4|D-----------------f-----------------------------F-----------------------|
RH 4|F-----------------------------------------------A-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------------A-----F-----------------D-----|
RH 5|C--------------------------------------F--e--D--e-----------------C-----|
RH 5|F-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|F-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------C-----------------------C-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------F-----------------------F-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------A-----------------------A-----------------------|
LH 2|A-----------------------A-----------------------A-----------------------|
RH 5|D-----------------------D-----------------------D-----------------------|
RH 4|D-----------------------F-----------------------F-----------------------|
RH 4|F-----------------------b-----------------------b-----------------------|
RH 4|b-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|D-----------------------------------------F-----D-----------------------|
LH 3|F-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|b-----------------------------------------------------------------b-----|
RH 5|D--------------------------------------D--C-----C-----------------------|
RH 5|A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|A--------------------------------------------b--------------------A-----|
LH 3|------------------------D-----------------------D-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------g-----------------------g-----------------------|
LH 2|g-----------------------g-----------------------g-----------------------|
LH 2|------------------------A-----------------------A-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------D-----------------------D-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------G-----------------------G-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------b-----------------------b-----------------------|
RH 4|b-----------------A--G--------------------b-----G-----------------f-----|
LH 3|D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|b-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|f--------------------------------------A--G--F--f--F--f--F--G--F--G--f--|
RH 5|G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|b-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|d-----------------------d-----------------------d-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------------f-----------------------f-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------------A-----------------------A-----------------------|
RH 5|F-----------------f--D--D-----------------------C-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------F-----------------------D-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------A-----------------------F-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------A-----------------------|
RH 4|D-----------------------A-----------------F-----D-----------------c-----|
RH 4|F-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 6|c-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|c--------------------------------------f--D--C--c--C--c--C--D--C--D--c--|
RH 5|D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|F-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 4|------------------------c-----------------------c-----------------------|
LH 4|------------------------f-----------------------f-----------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------a-----------------------a-----------------------|
RH 5|C-----------------c-----C--------------F--f--D--C--c--------------------|
RH 5|------------------------f-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|---------------------A--A-----------------------------A--G--F-----G--f--|
LH 4|C-----------------------C-----------------------C-----------------------|
LH 4|f-----------------------f-----------------------f-----------------------|
LH 3|A-----------------------A-----------------------A-----------------------|
RH 5|---------------------C--F--------------f--D--C--c--------D-Cc--C--D-----|
RH 4|D-----------------A-----------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|F-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 4|C-----------------------c-----------------------c-----------------------|
LH 3|D-----------------------D-----------------------D-----------------------|
LH 3|A-----------------------A-----------------------A-----------------------|
RH 4|f--------g-aa--------g-aA-----------------f-----F-----------------D-----|
LH 4|c-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|D-----------------------C-----------------------D-----------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------f-----------------------A-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------A-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|c--------------C--c--C--D--C--c--C--D--f--D--f--c-----------f--------D--|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------F-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------a-----------------------|
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