# what classical piece is this?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 28, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classical-piece-is-this/427985 "2007-11-28T01:26:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classical-piece-is-this/427985/1 "2007-11-28T01:26:29Z")

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I started picking this out on my guitar the other day, and I can’t recall what it’s from. I’m pretty sure it’s Bach, but I can’t seem to find the piece.

Single notes. The first B is the highest note, all others are below this note, the B\* is an octave down from the high B. Played on a piano with the left hand, you keep your thumb on the high B and alternate with the lower notes.

B, A, B, G, B, F#, B, E, B, D#, B, E, B, F#, B, G

B, B\*, B, C#, B, D#, B, E, B, D#, B, E, B, F#, B, G

Then jump up to the E above the first B, and do it all again. I don’t know how the rest goes. I hope my transcription makes sense.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classical-piece-is-this/427985/2 "2007-11-28T01:56:51Z")

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That sounds like it’s from the Toccata & Fugue in D Minor – the one that famously invokes Dracula or vampires in so many flicks.

[Youtube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o) (gotta get past the intro of course).

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classical-piece-is-this/427985/3 "2007-11-28T02:53:56Z")

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Thanks, **choie**. Son of a gun – I didn’t realize that was it, its the start of the second movement in T&F, and about 3:00 in your link.

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-classical-piece-is-this/427985/4 "2007-11-28T03:35:05Z")

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[Rollerball](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073631/soundtrack) too!

CMC +fnord!