Invention No. 9 in F minor, BWV 780

Versions

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

• As written599 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots330 notes
• Right-hand melody296 notes

What it asks of you

• Treble clef from C4 to C6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 4 flats (A♭ major or F minor)
• Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, 4ths, 7ths, octaves
• Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns