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Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ

smalin3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2010-2026
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Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor on organ, shown with a Music Animation Machine bar-graph score instead of traditional notation.

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

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4 comments from Hacker News

@Fluorescence2026 · in “The Title Cards in Blade Runner Are Fucking Amazing”

I have never been able to follow a score despite music lessons and playing in an orchestra (I faked it). I find such a striking difference between notation that just swims in front of my eyes: link And a bar graph which I can hear when muted: ▶ this video I have a similar issue with algebraic notation, the signifier and signified never connects. So much misery spending hours with a mass of punctuated greek in a cs paper to discover it describes a triangle. The decryption is not even sticky, I look away for a second and it immediately re-encrypts back to soup. I don't understand why since programming languages having always felt natural and something I learned as a pre-teen just by being left alone with a BBC micro and a "type in a game" book.

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@quercusa2021 · in “Beneath the surface of Bach’s music is a world of numerology and cunning craft”

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: ▶ this video I was directed to Malinowski's work by Edward Tufte (you may be able to figure out why) and feel I should pass it on.

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@avodonosov2015 · in “Touch Pianist – Tap in Rhythm and Perform Your Favourite Music”

Cool, I like it. BTW, cool music visualization: ▶ this video (you can't play there, but it helps o perceive music better)

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@boredguy82010 · in “Piano music visualized on a logarithmic spiral”

Personally, I love the "Music Animation Machine" visualizations, especially of Bach. Toccata and Fugue ▶ this video "Little" Fugue link Also enjoyable: Debussy's Clair de lune link

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