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Bach, Johann Sebastian : Invention　Nr.6 E-Dur BWV 777

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Music ID : 22489
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：pieces
Total Playing Time：1 min 30 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
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Piano Solo
piano solo
E dur

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Author : Takamatsu, Yusuke

Last Updated: September 18, 2020
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

E major, 3/8 time.

The characteristic "inventio" (invention/idea) in this piece is likely the syncopation in both voices. At the beginning, while the lower voice ascends diatonically, the upper voice descends chromatically, offset by a half-beat. Furthermore, this four-measure subject is repeated with the voices exchanged (this contrapuntal technique of exchanging multiple voices is called invertible counterpoint).

It is also noteworthy that this is the only piece among the Inventions that includes a repeat sign within the movement. The first section (A), delimited by this repeat sign, progresses from E major to the dominant B major. The second section consists of a developmental middle section (B) and a return of A, which closes the piece in the tonic key (||:A:||:BA:||). This scheme (a two-part form with the return of A) indicates an approach to instrumental forms that would be theorized as "sonata form" in the first half of the 19th century.

Writer: Takamatsu, Yusuke

Author : Hayashikawa, Takashi

Last Updated: January 31, 2018
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Author : Ooi, Kazurou

Last Updated: March 12, 2018
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