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Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 — Johann Sebastian Bach (Piano Arrangement)

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92 BPM 5:01 G Minor 2 tracks 3600 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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92 BPM

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Song Snapshot

Playable signals
Tempo92 BPM
Duration5:01
Tracks2
Notes3600
Key / ScaleG Minor
Pitch rangeD1 (26) - C6 (84)
Range span58 semitones

Melody Distribution

Registers by section

Chord Progressions

Main harmonic movement
Opening
DBbsus2GEm(add9)/F#Dsus4Cm/EbFCm(add9)/DBbsus4Am/C
00:00 - 01:15
Early middle
Em11/F#Ebmaj7/BbCm7/BbF7Bbmaj9/ACm9/GAm7/GD7Gm11/BbC9/G
01:15 - 02:30
Late middle
Cm(add9)/GCm11/GCmMaj7Cm11/EbCm11D11Gm(add9)/DGm11/DGmMaj7/DCm9/Bb
02:30 - 03:45
Ending
Eb9/BbAbadd9Fm9/CEb11/C#C#maj9/AbDdim7/GCm11/EbCm11G11Cm
03:45 - 05:01

Description & Musical Analysis

This file contains the fugue from Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542. This file lasts 5:01 and contains 3,600 note events.

How to Play & Trivia

About this MIDI

This file contains the fugue from Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542. The two piano staves make the interweaving subject entries easier to follow. This file lasts 5:01 and contains 3,600 note events.

Practice focus

Track the opening subject as it moves between registers; later entries join before the earlier line has finished. The preceding fantasia is not included.

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
G Minor
Pitch Range
D1 (26) - C6 (84)
Total Notes
3600

Note Distribution

C
471 13.1%
C#
46 1.3%
D
563 15.6%
Eb
290 8.1%
E
134 3.7%
F
373 10.4%
F#
111 3.1%
G
600 16.7%
Ab
52 1.4%
A
426 11.8%
Bb
476 13.2%
B
58 1.6%

Tracks & Instruments

TrackInstrumentNotes
Pianoacoustic grand piano2095
Pianoacoustic grand piano1505

Chord Timeline

TimeBeatChord
00:00M1.2D
00:01M1.3Bbsus2
00:01M1.4G
00:02M2.1Em(add9)/F#
00:03M2.2Dsus4
00:03M2.3Cm/Eb
00:04M2.4F
00:05M3.1Cm(add9)/D
00:05M3.2Bbsus4
00:06M3.3Am/C
00:07M3.4D
00:07M4.1Bbsus2
00:08M4.2Gm11
00:09M4.3Dm11/F
00:09M4.4Dm11
00:10M5.1Bm11/C#
00:11M5.2Dm/F
00:11M5.3Gm7/F
00:12M5.4C
00:13M6.1Gdim7/E
00:13M6.2Bb/D
00:14M6.3Em7/D
00:15M6.4A
00:15M7.1Em7/D
00:16M7.2Dm11
00:16M7.3Gm11/C
00:17M7.4D7
00:18M8.1Gm11/Bb
00:18M8.2Cm9/Eb
00:19M8.3Cm6/A
00:20M8.4Em11/A
00:20M9.1D11/C
00:21M9.2Bbmaj9/Eb
00:22M9.3C7
00:22M9.4G7sus2/A
00:23M10.1Am7/Bb
00:24M10.2Gm11
00:24M10.3Em11/F#
00:25M10.4GmMaj7/Bb
00:26M11.1Cm7/Bb
00:26M11.2F7
00:27M11.3Bbmaj9/A
00:28M11.4Cm9/G
00:28M12.1Am7/G
00:29M12.2D7
00:30M12.3Gm11
00:30M12.4Gm11/A
00:31M13.1F13/A
00:31M13.2Bb11
00:32M13.3F11/C
00:33M13.4Gm9/Bb
00:33M14.1Gm11/A
00:34M14.2D7/A
00:35M14.3Am7/Bb
00:35M14.4C13/G
00:36M15.1Dm11/E
00:37M15.2Gm9/D
00:37M15.3Bm11
00:38M15.4Dm11/A
00:39M16.1Gm9/F
00:39M16.2C7
00:40M16.3Fmaj9/E
00:41M16.4Gm9/F
00:41M17.1Em7b5
00:42M17.2A7
00:43M17.3Dm11
00:43M17.4Dm7
00:44M18.1Cm9/G
00:45M18.2Gm7
00:45M18.3Cm11/Eb
00:46M18.4Cm9
00:46M19.1Gm11/F
00:47M19.2F7
00:48M19.3Cm11/D
00:48M19.4Bbmaj9
00:49M20.1Cm9/D
00:50M20.2Cm7
00:50M20.3Am7b5
00:51M20.4Gm11/F#
00:52M21.1Bb6
00:52M21.2D7/C
00:53M21.3Gm
00:54M21.4D7/A
00:54M22.1Gm11
00:55M22.2Cm9/G
00:56M22.3D11
00:56M22.4Bb6
00:57M23.1Cm9/Bb
00:58M23.2F7/A
00:58M23.3Bbmaj7/A
00:59M23.4Cm9/G
01:00M24.1Gm11
01:00M24.2D7/F#
01:01M24.3F11/G
01:01M24.4C#dim7/Bb
01:02M25.1Dm11/A
01:03M25.2Gm11/Bb
01:03M25.3A
01:04M25.4Dm
01:05M26.1Gm9/F
01:05M26.2C7/Bb
01:06M26.3Fmaj9/E
01:07M26.4Gm9/A
01:07M27.1Em7/D
01:08M27.2A7
01:09M27.3Dm11
01:09M27.4Em7b5/Bb
01:10M28.1Bb11
01:11M28.2F13/A
01:11M28.3Bbmaj7/A
01:12M28.4Gm
01:13M29.1Gm11
01:13M29.2D7/F#
01:14M29.3Gm11
01:15M29.4Cm9/G
01:15M30.1Em11/F#
01:16M30.2Ebmaj7/Bb
01:16M30.3Cm7/Bb
01:17M30.4F7
01:18M31.1Bbmaj9/A
01:18M31.2Cm9/G
01:19M31.3Am7/G
01:20M31.4D7
01:20M32.1Gm11/Bb
01:21M32.2C9/G
01:22M32.3F11
01:22M32.4Cm11/Bb
01:23M33.1Gm11/A
01:24M33.2F11
01:24M33.3Cm11/Bb
01:25M33.4Gm9/Bb
01:26M34.1F11/G
01:26M34.2Cm11/Eb
01:27M34.3Bbmaj9/A
01:28M34.4F13/A
01:28M35.1Ebmaj9/F
01:29M35.2F13/D
01:30M35.3Cm9/Bb
01:30M35.4C13
01:31M36.1Gm9/F
01:31M36.2Gm11/F
01:32M36.3Cm11/Eb
01:33M36.4Bbmaj9/F
01:33M37.1Cm9/Bb
01:34M37.2Bb11
01:35M37.3Gm11/A
01:35M37.4Bbmaj7/F
01:36M38.1Ebmaj7
01:37M38.2Am7b5
01:37M38.3Cm11
01:38M38.4Ebmaj9/D
01:39M39.1Cm7/Bb
01:39M39.2F7
01:40M39.3Cm11/Bb
01:41M39.4Cm9
01:41M40.1F9
01:42M40.2Ebmaj9
01:43M40.3Cm9
01:43M40.4Bbmaj9
01:44M41.1Gm9
01:45M41.2Fmaj9
01:45M41.3Dm7
01:46M41.4Cmaj9
01:46M42.1A7
01:47M42.2Gm9/Bb
01:48M42.3A7sus4/D
01:48M42.4A7
01:49M43.1Dm
01:50M43.2C#dim/E
01:50M43.3Dm
01:51M43.4A7/E
01:52M44.1Dm11/F
01:52M44.2Dm(add9)/F
01:53M44.3A11/C#
01:54M44.4Dm/F
01:54M45.1Gm7
01:55M45.2C/E
01:56M45.3Fmaj9
01:56M45.4Bb/D
01:57M46.1Em7b5
01:58M46.2A
01:58M46.3Dm11
01:59M46.4Dm/F
02:00M47.1Bm9/A
02:00M47.2A7/C#
02:01M47.3Dm11
02:01M47.4Dm7/F
02:02M48.1Gm11
02:03M48.2Gm9/Bb
02:03M48.3Dm9/C
02:04M48.4C7/E
02:05M49.1Gm9/F
02:05M49.2Fmaj9
02:06M49.3C13/D
02:07M49.4Gm9
02:07M50.1Dm11/E
02:08M50.2Cmaj9/B
02:09M50.3A11
02:09M50.4A7/G
02:10M51.1Dm11/F
02:11M51.2Dm6
02:11M51.3A11/C#
02:12M51.4Dm/A
02:13M52.1Gm7/Bb
02:13M52.2C
02:14M52.3Gm11/A
02:15M52.4Bb/F
02:15M53.1Em7b5/G
02:16M53.2A
02:16M53.3Dm11/F
02:17M53.4Dm
02:18M54.1Gm11
02:18M54.2Gm/D
02:19M54.3Dm11/E
02:20M54.4C
02:20M55.1Gm9/A
02:21M55.2Bbmaj9/F
02:22M55.3Dm11/E
02:22M55.4F/C
02:23M56.1Bbmaj7/D

The table shows the first 220 chord changes. The player keeps the complete MIDI performance available for listening and visual practice.