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Adagio in D Minor, BWV 974 — Johann Sebastian Bach (After Alessandro Marcello)

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120 BPM 1:01 D Minor 2 tracks 1021 notes
Classical
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Mode Concert: the MIDI melody is played as is, with the instrument's didactic fingering (out-of-range notes skip octaves). Mode Written: applies the real transposition of each instrument (alto sax in Eb +9, clarinet/trumpet in Bb +2).

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Musical Analysis

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120 BPM

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Song Snapshot

Playable signals
Tempo120 BPM
Duration1:01
Tracks2
Notes1021
Key / ScaleD Minor
Pitch rangeD2 (38) - C6 (84)
Range span46 semitones

Melody Distribution

Registers by section

Chord Progressions

Main harmonic movement
Opening
DDsus2A7DmBbmaj9/DGm7G7sus2D7sus2/CCC13
00:00 - 00:15
Early middle
Bbmaj7/DGm7/DEm7b5/DFmaj7/CDm9/CBb6A7A7sus2D7D
00:15 - 00:30
Late middle
Cadd9/EDm7C11/DGm9/DC7C9DmBb6Csus4C/E
00:30 - 00:46
Ending
Em7b5/GA7Dm(add9)/AE7E9AaugBb6/DGsus2/AA11D
00:46 - 01:01

Description & Musical Analysis

This Adagio is Bach’s keyboard arrangement of a slow movement from Alessandro Marcello’s Concerto in D minor. This file lasts 1:01 and contains 1,021 note events.

How to Play & Trivia

About this MIDI

This Adagio is Bach’s keyboard arrangement of a slow movement from Alessandro Marcello’s Concerto in D minor. Two piano staves carry its melody and harmonic support. This file lasts 1:01 and contains 1,021 note events.

Practice focus

Follow the upper line through its long notes, then listen to the lower part’s measured changes beneath it.

Score source: [PDMX v9, Zenodo record 15571083](https://zenodo.org/records/15571083). This score is marked CC0 1.0 in the dataset metadata. Dataset attribution: Phillip Long, Zachary Novack, Julian McAuley, and Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick (CC BY 4.0).

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MIDI Technical Specifications

Key / Scale
D Minor
Pitch Range
D2 (38) - C6 (84)
Total Notes
1021

Note Distribution

C
62 6.1%
C#
50 4.9%
D
189 18.5%
Eb
9 0.9%
E
148 14.5%
F
131 12.8%
F#
20 2.0%
G
136 13.3%
Ab
18 1.8%
A
151 14.8%
Bb
86 8.4%
B
21 2.1%

Tracks & Instruments

TrackInstrumentNotes
Pianoacoustic grand piano473
Pianoacoustic grand piano548

Chord Timeline

TimeBeatChord
00:00 - 00:01M1.1 - M1.3D
00:01 - 00:02M2.1 - M2.3Dsus2
00:03 - 00:04M3.1 - M3.3A7
00:04 - 00:05M4.1 - M4.2Dm
00:05M4.3Bbmaj9/D
00:06 - 00:06M5.1 - M5.2Gm7
00:07M5.3G7sus2
00:07M6.1D7sus2/C
00:08M6.2C
00:08M6.3C13
00:09 - 00:09M7.1 - M7.2Fmaj7
00:10M7.3C11/F
00:10 - 00:11M8.1 - M8.2Bb
00:11M8.3Gm7/Bb
00:12 - 00:12M9.1 - M9.2Em7b5
00:13M9.3Gm6/E
00:13M10.1B7sus2/A
00:14M10.2A
00:14M10.3A7
00:15M11.1Dm
00:15M11.2Bbmaj7/D
00:16M11.3Gm7/D
00:16M12.1Em7b5/D
00:17 - 00:17M12.2 - M12.3Fmaj7/C
00:18M13.1Dm9/C
00:18 - 00:19M13.2 - M13.3Bb6
00:19 - 00:20M14.1 - M14.2A7
00:20M14.3A7sus2
00:21M15.1D7
00:21M15.2D
00:22M15.3D7
00:22M16.1Gsus4
00:23M16.2Gm
00:23M16.3G5
00:24 - 00:24M17.1 - M17.2E
00:25M17.3E7
00:25M18.1Am
00:26 - 00:26M18.2 - M18.3Fmaj7/C
00:27M19.1Gm7
00:27 - 00:28M19.2 - M19.3Gm6
00:28M20.1Fmaj7
00:29M20.2DmMaj7/F
00:29M20.3F6
00:30M21.1Cmaj9/E
00:30M21.2Em7
00:31M21.3Cadd9/E
00:31M22.1Dm7
00:32M22.2C11/D
00:32M22.3Gm9/D
00:33M23.1C7
00:33M23.2C9
00:34M23.3Dm
00:34M24.1Bb6
00:35M24.2Csus4
00:35M24.3C/E
00:36 - 00:36M25.1 - M25.2Eb/G
00:37M25.3Gm
00:37M26.1F7/A
00:38M26.2Gm11/A
00:38M26.3F7/A
00:39M27.1Bbsus4
00:39M27.2Bb
00:40M27.3Bb6
00:40M28.1Fadd9/A
00:41M28.2Am7
00:41M28.3Gm7/Bb
00:42M29.1Gm6
00:42M29.2A7sus4
00:43M29.3DmMaj7/A
00:43M30.1Bbmaj7
00:44M30.2Gm9/Bb
00:44M30.3Em7b5/Bb
00:45M31.1Aaug
00:45M31.2A7
00:46M31.3DmMaj7/F
00:46M32.1Em7b5/G
00:47M32.2A7
00:47M32.3Dm(add9)/A
00:48M33.1E7
00:48M33.2E9
00:49M33.3Aaug
00:49M34.1Bb6/D
00:50M34.2Gsus2/A
00:50M34.3A11
00:51M35.1D
00:51 - 00:52M35.2 - M35.3Dm
00:52 - 00:53M36.1 - M36.2Asus4
00:53M36.3Am
00:54 - 00:55M37.1 - M37.3D7
00:55M38.1Gm
00:56 - 00:56M38.2 - M38.3Gm6/E
00:57M39.1A7
00:57M39.2A7/E
00:58M39.3Bb/D
00:58M40.1Em7/G
00:59M40.2Dm(add9)/A
00:59M40.3A13/E
01:00 - 01:01M41.1 - M41.3D