Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 Bwv 1048

A Music Painting · Generated 2026/07/07 08-37

Color = pitch  ·  Angle = time  ·  Distance from center = register  ·  Ring = instrument  ·  Dot = attack  ·  Trail = duration  ·  Opacity = loudness

How this painting is made from the music

The score of Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 Bwv 1048 is read note by note, and every single note is drawn as one colored mark. Nothing is added by hand — the shape, color, and placement of each mark are decided entirely by what the note is and when it is played. Reading around a ring is like reading through time from start to finish.

• Color = pitch. Each of the twelve pitch classes (C, C#, D … B) gets its own color, so a mark's hue tells you which note is sounding.
• Angle around the ring = time. A full turn is the whole piece from beginning to end, so where a mark sits around the circle is when it happens.
• Distance from the center = register. Within its ring, a low note sits closer to the center and a high note further out — the melody's rise and fall becomes shape.
• Each ring = one instrument. Every instrument (or voice) gets its own concentric ring, so you can see the parts layered together.
• Dot = the attack, trailing arc = the duration. A solid dot marks where a note begins; a thin comet-like tail trails behind it for as long as the note is held — short notes are near-points, long notes sweep.
• Opacity = loudness. Here the transparency of each mark is set by loudness (velocity).

Work Summary

Music Name	Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 Bwv 1048
Canvas Size	24 × 16 inches @ 300 DPI
Layout Mode	Optimize — honeycomb grid
Sort Order	Most notes first
Color Mode	Color (pitch class)
Instruments	11
Total Notes	19,913
Approx. Duration	06:11

Instruments & Note Counts

#	Instrument	Notes
1	Violin 1	2,290
2	Violin 2	2,000
3	Violin 3	1,839
4	Viola 1	1,939
5	Viola 2	1,873
6	Viola 3	1,811
7	Violoncello 1	1,643
8	Violoncello 2	1,640
9	Violoncello 3	1,638
10	Violone	1,620
11	Violone & Harpsichord	1,620
	Total	19,913