Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude (piano)
J. S. Bach
In G major, this piece is 74 chord changes across 42 bars under the notes on the page — a intermediate-tier piece by our difficulty audit, 76 of 97 in the library, ranked easiest to hardest. Reduced to block chords, that's a progression you can learn in a sitting; the piece you're reading is that progression wearing figuration.
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- Blocked-chord reduction (MusicXML) — the harmony skeleton the player performs
- The piece as written (compressed MusicXML)