Rainbow Analysis: G Major Prelude

This is a color-coded score I created of the articulation/bowing/phrasing markings in the 5 manuscripts we have available to us.  Although it looks like a rainbow vomited all over the paper, I like to look at it as God's promise to me that I will one day understand what the heck Bach might have wanted :). This score is helpful in identifying over-all trends and tendencies as well as inconsistencies among the copyists as well as within their own manuscripts.  It is difficult to always have 5 scores spread out on the floor, so combining them into one saves time and space. 


A = Anna Magdalena Bach
B = Johann Peter Kellner
C = Johann Christoph Westphal?
D = Anonymous
E = First edition (anonymous)