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Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ

Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor on organ, shown with a Music Animation Machine bar-graph score instead of traditional notation.

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Recommended as a music visualization that makes the structure easier to follow than sheet music.

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Personally, I love the "Music Animation Machine" visualizations, especially of Bach. Toccata and Fugue [VIDEO] "Little" Fugue [LINK] Also enjoyable: Debussy's Clair de lune [LINK]
boredguy8 on Hacker News · 2010-02
In Piano music visualized on a logarithmic spiral
Cool, I like it. BTW, cool music visualization: [VIDEO] (you can't play there, but it helps o perceive music better)
avodonosov on Hacker News · 2015-05
In Touch Pianist – Tap in Rhythm and Perform Your Favourite Music
For those who are not up to reading music at Bach's level, Stephen Malinowski's Musical Animation videos are eye-opening, e.g., from the Musical Offering mentioned in the article: [LINK] Toccata and Fugue in Dmin: [VIDEO] I was directed to Malinowski's work by Edward Tufte (you …
quercusa on Hacker News · 2021-09
In Beneath the surface of Bach’s music is a world of numerology and cunning craft

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