Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Invention No. 8 in F, BWV 779
Invention 8 (A = 415 Hz)
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key signature
- 1 flat
- Time
- 3/4
- Length
- 34 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.
- As written596 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand594 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots326 notes
- Right-hand melody295 notes
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from G3 to C6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from B1 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
- Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 5ths, 6ths, 4ths, 7ths
- Chords: inverted triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns
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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits