Invention No. 3 in D, BWV 774

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.

The easy version, the melody and left-hand roots at level 3, engraved on its own page.

To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.

Treble clef from A3 to B5, with ledger lines
Bass clef from D2 to G4, with ledger lines
Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B 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, triplets, dotted eighth notes
Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, octaves, 5ths, 7ths
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 from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits