Harmonic Analysis of Prelude No 1 in C major by J. S. Bach

Harmonic Analysis of Prelude No 1 in C major BWV 846 by Johann Sebastian Bach
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[@silverstrings6906]

The first chord in the key of D minor is a G half-diminished, not fully diminished. So Gm7b5 (or some other appropriate symbol) instead of Gdim7. Thanks for all the rest though!

[@silverstrings6906]

Oh dear, belay that. I'm wrong.

[@panthersquad]

1:00 is there a measure missing between 22 and 23?

[@composernotes]

the "so-called" missing measure is the one that Gounod added to Bach's prelude, when he added a vocal line to create an "Ave Maria" based on Bach's prelude. There is no missing measure from the Bach original

[@staticsnow2285]

@@composernotesIt was added by Schwenke in 1783. Gounod included it because it was popular at the time.

[@phillyvocalist]

The playback’s not fast enough! lol