Beginner Bach Keyboard Works?

Geremia

I just bought a keyboard and want to learn some simple Bach pieces. (I played the piano many years ago and am an avid chanter, so I definitely know music, but I haven't played the keyboard in awhile.)

Any suggestions? I found BWV 924 (Prelude in C major, one of the "Nine Little Preludes", which Bach apparently wrote to instruct his many children) to be perfect for me, and I really liked it! (Although I don't understand trills too well, this helped.) Are there any other simple ones like it?

thanks

irishtenor

Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach
http://imslp.org/wiki/Notebooks_for_Anna_Magdalena_Bach_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)

Two-Part Inventions
http://imslp.org/wiki/15_Inventions,_BWV_772-786_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)

CHGiffen

The webpage here is rather good at explaining ornamentation in Bach's music.

Or you can try this one which is also very good.

Geremia

I'm now learning BWV 925 (Prelude in D major), and it's challenging, but apparently it's the easiest fugue:

rich_enough

You might find this collection interesting.

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