NotePlayMusicBach: Toccata in D minor - piano opening
Watch the famous spooky opening of BWV 565 with falling notes for both hands, play the matching piano score, or explore the original organ edition.
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Read the score
Play the matching piano score — short piano adaptation used in this video.
Complete original organ score (PDF)
The complete original organ score, not a transcription of this shortened piano arrangement. Our video interprets the opening fermatas, reduces the pedal part and omits the final lower-voice turn.
Traditionally attributed to J. S. Bach. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, 1867, typeset by Mutopia. Both the composition and this score typesetting are public domain.