Air
by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) · Baroque · Beginner
Versions
| Version | Level | Key | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner · Level 1 | 1 of 5 | C major | 0:30 |
The player above plays the first 20 seconds. Learn all 0:30 of Air in the PianoKite app: every version, both hands or one at a time, Wait mode on every bar, play-along at 50, 75 or 100% and per-bar feedback. Get early access.
- Era
- Baroque (1600–1750)
- Mood
- Calm · slow and peaceful
- Versions
- 1
About this piece
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Air is calm and steady, in the Baroque style. The version here is level 1 of 5 (beginner), in C major and about 0:30 long.
About Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): German Baroque composer and organist. His teaching pieces, the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, the Little Preludes and the Inventions, are still where most pianists first meet counterpoint, and the Well-Tempered Clavier is a lifetime's study.
How to play Air on piano
- Find your starting position before you play: look at the first notes on the falling-notes player and place your hand over them, one finger per key.
- Start in Wait mode: the music waits until you press the right key, so you can learn the notes without worrying about speed.
- Practise the right hand alone first. If there's a left-hand part, let the app play it while you learn the melody, then swap.
- Short daily sessions beat one long weekly one. Ten focused minutes a day is enough to make steady progress.
In the PianoKite app you can learn it with your own digital piano over Bluetooth or USB, or with any piano through the microphone: the score scrolls past a playhead, the keys light up, and every bar gets a score so you can see what's learned. See how it works. New to the piano? Start with the beginner lessons. Get early access.
License and credits
Typeset by Anonymous for the Mutopia Project. License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5. Source: Mutopia Project.
The source file may be shared and adapted, also commercially, with credit to the typesetter and adaptations under the same license; the preview on this page is an excerpt of it, under that license.
Text events such as lyrics were removed; the notes are as published. The player on this page plays the first 20 seconds.
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