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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Invention No. 12 in A, BWV 783

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
3 sharps
Time
12/8
Length
21 bars
Plays in
about 2 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Invention No. 12 in A, BWV 783
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written685 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots373 notes
  • Right-hand melody352 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to B5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 3 sharps (A major or F♯ minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, octaves, 6ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

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Score typeset by jeff covey for the Mutopia Project (CC BY-SA 3.0), adapted for Clefsight; our version and its easier versions are shared under the same licence; the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits