The Well-Tempered Clavier – Part 1

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Walkthrough - Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor (6)

Fugue: Bars 10 - 14

7. The subject reappears, now in the more open and heroic colours of E-Flat major.
8. The second episode modulates back to C minor. There are many different ways to articulate the lower voices; playing sixteen successive quavers (eighth notes) the same way is not interesting. My solution is one of many possibilities.

Fugue: Bars 15 - 17

9. The answer to the E-Flat entry in the dominant key, G minor.
10. The third episode is patterned on the codetta (bars 3 and 4). A gradual crescendo over the next three bars prepares the way for the C minor entry in bar 10.

Resources and further reading For complete score, see Practising the Piano Annotated Study Edition (click here) Article on using the Practice Stepladder for learning contrapuntal music featuring this work (click here)