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A keyboard lesson that also opens a door to composing. Invention No. 3 in D major, BWV 774 is an invention by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 5, an estimate.
- invention
- Baroque
- Key of D major
- joyful
Also known as Invention 3, BWV 774.
History
Invention No. 3 in D major, BWV 774 belongs to Bach's two-part Inventions. The earlier teaching notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann was begun in Köthen on 22 January 1720. Bach made a separate fair copy of the collection in 1723, revising its presentation and order. These dates mark stages in the collection's history, not the exact day this individual piece was composed. The collection reached print in 1801, long after Bach's lifetime.
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What to listen for
Two closing responses
Recognise the opening return and the ending’s two closing gestures.
How to practise it
Pass the sixteenth-note idea between the two voices without losing the larger pulse.
- Practise the pickup into the first six-note upper group.
- Count the lower silence, then practise its first two sixteenth groups.
How hard is it
A short pickup leads into quick three-eighth pulse groups. Slurs, detached notes and ornaments require articulation control without making the small beat groups sound hurried.
About this piece
- Collection
- A conversation in two voices
- Licence
- Public Domain
- Source
- mutopiaproject.org
More by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Prelude in C major, BWV 846Level 4, estimatedOpen to everyone
- Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772Level 5, estimatedWith Maestro
- Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: III. PrestoLevel 9, estimatedWith Maestro
