The Well-Tempered Clavier – Part 1
Walkthrough - Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor (7)
Fugue: Bars 20 - 22
- The fourth episode parallels the first (from bar 9).
Fugue: Bars 29 - 31
- Play the tonic pedal C octave firmly. If you prefer, you can make a diminuendo to the end (matching the upper voices to the gradual decay of the LH, and taking time over the last bar), or continue at a forte level.
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)
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