Fugue 9 in E major, by J. S. Bach, from the second book of The Well-Tempered Clavier, performed by Colin Booth, with an animated graphical score.
FAQ
Q: Where can I learn more about the performer?
A: You can learn more about Colin Booth (who also built the instrument he's playing in this recording) here ...
https://www.colinbooth.co.uk/
Q: Didn't you already post a video of this piece?
A: Yes, I did --- as part of this project ...
http://www.musanim.com/WTC/
... but I was working on a new way of displaying notes (called "mitosis"), and I wanted to try it out on a piece that was well-suited to it, one with fairly slow-moving stepwise notes, and I picked this one. When I was done developing the software, I thought the result was interesting enough to publish, even though it was a remake. It's easiest to follow the lines in this version (in which the four voices are identified by four colors) ...
• Bach, Fugue 9 in E major, WTC II (BWV...
... but it's fun to watch the notes change color in this version ...
• Bach, Fugue 9 in E major, WTC II (BWV...
... (in which notes are colored according to pitch). After publishing those two versions, I tweaked the display a bit, and for variety, in the third version, I used Sviatoslav Richter's piano rendition ...
• Bach, Fugue 9 in E major, WTC II (BWV...
Q: Why is the pitch one-half step flat?
A: The music is being performed at "Baroque pitch." To learn more about this, see ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(...
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