| Essay on the True Manner of Playing the Clavier Erster Teil | Part I |
Commentary (original text in black)
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| Einleitung | Introduction |
| Man martert im Anfange die Scholaren mit abgeschmackten Murkys ... | Some torture their students in the beginning with vulgar Murkys ... |
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A Murky (also Murqui) is a piece with a steady left-hand accompaniment of repeated or broken octaves, in 16th or 8th notes. Despite his negative tone regarding Murkys here, Bach composed at least one example: his character piece La Böhmer, Wq 117/26. |
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