Humdrum Extras

Bach WTC Keyscapes


The following keyscapes for J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II were generated with this shell command (bash shells—not sea shells):

   for i in `seq -w -s " " 24`
   do
      mkeyscape h://wtc/wtc1p$i.krn -f -b -n --trim -s 200 | convert - -transparent white wtc1p$i.png
      mkeyscape h://wtc/wtc1f$i.krn -f -b -n --trim -s 200 | convert - -transparent white wtc1f$i.png
      mkeyscape h://wtc/wtc2p$i.krn -f -b -n --trim -s 200 | convert - -transparent white wtc2p$i.png
      mkeyscape h://wtc/wtc2f$i.krn -f -b -n --trim -s 200 | convert - -transparent white wtc2f$i.png
   done
A color-to-key mapping legend can be included under the keyscape with the -l option. Major keys are the brighter row in the legend, and minor keys are the darker row:


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C♯ major, BWV 848


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C♯ minor, BWV 849


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 850


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E♭ major, BWV 852


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D♯ minor, BWV 853


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 854


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 856


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F♯ major, BWV 858


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F♯ minor, BWV 859


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 860


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A♭ major, BWV 862


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G♯ minor, BWV 863


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 864


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B♭ major, BWV 866


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B♭ minor, BWV 867


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 868


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 870


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C♯ major, BWV 872


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C♯ minor, BWV 873


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 874


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E♭ major, BWV 876


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D♯ minor, BWV 877


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 880


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F♯ major, BWV 882


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F♯ minor, BWV 883


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 884


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A♭ major, BWV 886


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G♯ minor, BWV 887


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 888


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B♭ major, BWV 890


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B♭ minor, BWV 891


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 892


Prelude (kern) (midi)
Fugue (kern) (midi)
WTC 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893