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
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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