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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Invention No. 5 in E flat, BWV 776

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
3 flats
Time
4/4
Length
32 bars
Plays in
about 2 min

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The opening bars of Invention No. 5 in E flat, BWV 776
The opening bars

Versions

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  • As written733 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots383 notes
  • Right-hand melody351 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from D4 to C6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from E2 to F4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
  • Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 7ths, 4ths, octaves, 5ths
  • 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 Allen Garvin for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits