Two Part Invention BWV 779


J.S.Bach’s Invention 8 BWV 779 in F is one of the most popular of the two part inventions and available as a free sheet music score from PlentyMusic. Cadential preparation is a strong feature and because is a relatively familiar keyboard work pianists will need to ensure that it has been well prepared before a performance. The realisation plays back at 96 quarter note or crotchet beats to the minute. Many play it faster and interestingly it is an invention without ornaments. Avoid playing the movement too loudly and keep a lightness in the hands. Remember that music cannot be played quickly until it can be played slowly. Keyboard players need to choose a tempo at which the whole movement can be played consistently. It is a good test piece for players because this piece can very easily run away with itself requiring a tempo adjustment in the challenging sixteenth /semi-quaver sections. Keyboard players will need to keep a lightness in the hands if they are to play the movement at tempo. Fingers will also need to be close to the keys. Fingering choices dependent on the direction in which the fingers and hands are moving also has a context with this particular invention. An uplifting and appealing invention giving keyboard players the opportunity to combine legato and detached or staccato playing. Keyboard players are in familar territory both with the harmonic outline or key journey and the compositional processes used This invention generally invites more of a consistent approach and vision which is suggested and supported by the recordings available. Again it is wise for players to listen to performances of this invention on streaming media to understand the different approaches that players have when performing this movement. What is fascinating is to hear some of the greatest pianists and harpsichordists playing what really are considered to be learning pieces. The Bach Inventions are generally considered to be intermediate level movements when played on a keyboard instrument. The principle behind J. S. Bach’s two part inventions is to take a musical idea or motive and then process it following the rules of good contrapuntal writing using the compositional processes of the baroque and at the same time referencing the closely related keys in the journey. Inversion, repetition, sequence, transposition, rhythmic augmentation/diminution amongst processes are evident in Bach’s inventions as most other music of the baroque period. J. S. Bach composed 15 Inventions in a collection dating from 1723 intended to introduce keyboard players to composition techniques of the baroque. They are excellent pieces for developing a sound and secure keyboard technique. A plain score is attached to the edited music score.





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