Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 — complete pair

L.7 Sustain direction through a long contrapuntal span

Prepare the complete B-minor Prelude and Fugue, BWV 869. Compare a sequential episode with subject material and follow the bass route towards the next arrival. Choose balance from the relation between voices, not only whether a subject is present. The F-sharp minor held-voice warm-up trains independence in another key; learn the articulation and the memory route for the pair from the B-minor score.

Ideas

• Independent voices
• Sequences
• Long-range lines
• Large forms and cycles

Theory cards

• Tracing a development
• The long-range line
• Small hands: spreading and leaving notes out

Technique

• B harmonic minor scale, hands together, 2 octaves
• F-sharp minor held voices with moving inner parts, hands together