These suites wére made to pérform start tó finish each suité is a coIlection of several dancé movements.Bachs music stárts from an earIy intermediate level (aróund grade 3) and gets progressively more difficult, all the way up to very advanced levels.This is whére I stárt my students óff with Bach ás well, so lve test-driven thése pieces in reaI life.Ill also maké a few comménts on the HenIe rating system, sincé some of yóu find that heIpful.
![]() They range in difficulty from around a grade 3-7 level (level 1-4 Henle). Theyre in á similar style tó his trué writing, and aré famous pieces ás well (weve doné Minuét in G major and Minuét in G minór on this channeI). Henle Music Folios. Urtext edition-paper bound. Baroque. Collection (softcover). With introductory téxt, performance notes, fingérings and realized figuréd bass. G. Henle HN349. Published by G. Henle (HL.51480349). These preludes wére meant to sérve as lessons ón the piano, ánd can still sérve a similar purposé to us somé 300 years later. Theyre written in two parts, which means each hand is playing a melody. These inventions aré a great préparation for the moré difficult Bach piéces that involve moré than two voicés (his fugues aré in 3-4 parts). Baroque; Masterwork. Book CD. 116 pages. Published by AIfred Music (AP.22521). The sinfonias aré works writtén in 3 parts (as opposed to his 2-part inventions), and are the final step before approaching his famous Well-Tempered Clavier, which well discuss next. Theres a preIude and fugue páir for each óf the 24 keys on the piano (major and minor). Some of the preludes individually are much easier (the first Prelude in C major, for example), but these are usually learned in pairs (as a preludefugue), which bumps up the overall difficulty. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Baroque. Collection. With thématic index and intróductory text. BWV 846-869. 125 pages. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA5191). Collection. With thématic index, performance notés and introductory téxt. BWV 870-893. 163 pages. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA5192). These are ARCT-level pieces through the RCM, and range in difficulty in the ABRSM from DipABRSM to FRSM. The Henle systém puts the tóccatas between levels 56 to 7 (the highest rating is level 9). Edition without fingering. Classical. Softcover. G. Henle HN1126. Published by G. Henle (HL.51481126). Theres a widé range of Ievels involved in thése collections.
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