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A keyboard lesson that also opens a door to composing. Invention No. 5 in E-flat major, BWV 776 is an invention by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.
- invention
- Baroque
- Key of E-flat major
- playful
Also known as Invention 5, BWV 776.
History
Invention No. 5 in E-flat major, BWV 776 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
Answers reconnect
Hear recurring subject-and-answer exchanges across short connecting passages.
How to practise it
Distinguish the upper ornamental line from the lower running continuation.
- Practise the plain rhythm first, then add the ornament markings lightly.
- Practise the two separated E-flat notes into the later running entry.
How hard is it
Ornamented opening figures develop into longer sixteenth-note chains and shifting chord shapes. Clean ornament timing and independent articulation are the main intermediate demands.
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
