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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

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The opening bars of Invention No. 14 in B flat, BWV 785
The opening bars

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