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Bach: Toccata in D minor - piano opening

Read, hear and practise the exact two-hand piano adaptation used in our falling-note video.

DevelopingJ. S. Bach (traditional attribution) · Short piano adaptation used in this videoPiano · Both hands · D minor · 4/4

120 beats per minute. Changing speed stops playback; press Play to start again.

Watch the same piano adaptation

Try it at the keyboard

  1. Start at half speed and learn each descending call separately before joining both hands.
  2. The final low D continues underneath the moving left-hand chords. Keep it held where comfortable; pedal may help, but avoid blurring the other notes.
  3. The written holds and rests already encode the video timing. Do not add extra fermatas when comparing the score with the video.

About this score

Generated from the same right-hand and two left-hand voice specifications as the video, including its initial rest, chord attacks, sustained low D and final open fifth. Editorial 4/4 bars and explicit held-note values encode the 120 bpm performance, including interpreted fermatas. The organ pedal is reduced for piano and the final lower-voice turn is omitted. This is the shortened piano adaptation, not the complete original organ score.

Traditionally attributed to J. S. Bach; Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, 1867, typeset by Mutopia. Piano adaptation by NotePlayMusic. The composition and source typesetting are public domain.

Source notation · Source score & rights notice

Complete original organ score (PDF) — source edition, not the shortened piano adaptation above.