Invention No. 1 in C, BWV 772

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

• As written457 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand455 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots260 notes
• Right-hand melody238 notes

What it asks of you

• Treble clef from C4 to C6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
• No key signature to keep in mind
• Accidentals: sharps outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, octaves
• Chords: inverted triads
• Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms