Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Chords and Flow in Bach C Major Prelude – In this tutorial, Tom dives deep into one of Bach’s masterpieces: the C Major Prelude from The Well-Tempered Clavier.
Discover how Bach’s chord voicings create such a beautiful sense of flow in music — every harmony moves naturally into the next. Tom breaks down the Bach C Major Prelude piano piece through chord analysis, showing how the music is built from a sequence of piano chords that interconnect seamlessly.
You’ll explore a range of 7th chords piano players can learn from — including major 7th chords, dominant 7th chords, minor 7th chords, and diminished 7th chords — and how Bach used these to shape emotional depth and forward motion.
By understanding these chord voicings on piano and their smooth transitions, you’ll not only appreciate Bach’s genius but also improve your own harmonic awareness and improvisational flow.
If you would like to learn how to play C Major Prelude by Bach, watch this walkthrough video next:
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Credits:
Filmed by Josh Adams.
Edited by BUBI Productions & Charlie Coe.
youtu.be/bDka2bUbmr8
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Chords and Flow in Bach C Major Prelude – In this tutorial, Tom dives deep into one of Bach’s masterpieces: the C Major Prelude from The Well-Tempered Clavier.
Discover how Bach’s chord voicings create such a beautiful sense of flow in music — every harmony moves naturally into the next. Tom breaks down the Bach C Major Prelude piano piece through chord analysis, showing how the music is built from a sequence of piano chords that interconnect seamlessly.
You’ll explore a range of 7th chords piano players can learn from — including major 7th chords, dominant 7th chords, minor 7th chords, and diminished 7th chords — and how Bach used these to shape emotional depth and forward motion.
By understanding these chord voicings on piano and their smooth transitions, you’ll not only appreciate Bach’s genius but also improve your own harmonic awareness and improvisational flow.
If you would like to learn how to play C Major Prelude by Bach, watch this walkthrough video next:
youtube.com/watch?v=h-mEvSfLlTU&list=PLDqNslPG6e1IjDl8pBn9BNaeWOgTWENM1&index=6
Claim your FREE gift - Resources Pack - by getting in touch with us at London Contemporary School of Piano so that we can help you solve your challenges and accelerate you progress at the piano:
contemporaryschoolofpiano.com
Get Your GROOVE Everyday Course to access all the resources you need to master piano grooves and expand your piano groove vocabulary:
lcsp.samcart.com/products/groove-mastery-everyday
Join our Flagship Course, THE COMPLETE MUSICIAN: Piano Essentials Online Course with Tom Donald:
contemporaryschoolofpiano.com/the-complete-musician
If you enjoyed this Bach C major prelude tutorial on chords and flow of one of the most beautiful baroque masterpieces and would like to get more top tips on learning piano, make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel right here:
youtube.com/channel/UCZWqaBf6VLuD0cSKF4cukPg?sub_confirmation=1
Credits:
Filmed by Josh Adams.
Edited by BUBI Productions & Charlie Coe.
youtu.be/bDka2bUbmr8
#londoncontemporaryschoolofpiano #bachcmajorprelude #pianotutorial
