How to Make a PRELUDE in the style of J. S. Bach's Well Tempered Clavier - Musical Recipes

During the Baroque era, keyboard preluding was a widespread art.

Baroque musicians possessed the skill to spontaneously craft keyboard preludes.

Mastery of preluding came through playing and composing.

The Well-Tempered Clavier's preludes exemplify written improvisations.

In the following video, you can learn how to improvise a prelude, emulating the figuration from J.S. Bach's Prelude No. 5 in the Well-Tempered Clavier.

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