Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Invention No. 14 in B flat, BWV 785
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key signature
- 2 flats
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 20 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.
Versions
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- As written592 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots315 notes
- Right-hand melody295 notes
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from A3 to B5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, whole notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, octaves
- 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 typeset by Allen Garvin for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits