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Invention 1 in C Major

J. S. Bach

liWV 772

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Invention 2 in C Minor
inVV 773

^ 76 80

187

,J. S Hacli

(2 4)

3 1 3 2 5

* Bach's slur in the 1723 MS.


** Omit the trill when playing this piece on a single-manual instmment.

54 2 1

2 12

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Invention 3 in D Major
HWA' 774

S. Hacii

32
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Invention 3 in D Major
B \ \ \ - 774 as il appears in Ihe H.icli (icscllscli.ill lulifion

J. S Batli

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Invention 4 in D Minor

J, ,S. Ha

inVV775

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Invention 5 in B-Flat Major

J.S. Bach

inVV 776

1 4

21
14

I '' E w c m g B i ^

et>* ^

* According to the New Bach Edition, all ornaments except those in the final measure of tlus ln\ enlion
aie later additions by Bach.
** This mordent could be omitted, in accordance with similar passages
in the right hand (e.g., mm. 16, 23, 27).
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4 1

1 5

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32

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Invention 6 in E Major
B\\'\ 777

.1. S. Bach

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1 3

3 5

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12

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Invention 7 in E Minor
S. Bach

BWV 778

J^ 88-92
32

32

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M

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csrat

1 3

1 2

-1

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2 1

3 4 12
(23)
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12

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= ^ ^

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* This toll is not in the 1723 version, but is in the 1720 MS. If it is omitted in perfonnance it ma} be
necessary to re-stnke the b, preferably on beats one and/or three.

216

2 1 2

18

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3

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2 12

32

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4 2

32

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218

Invention 8 in F Major
B\\'\'77V

. I S . Bach

J 120
3

1 4
3

^^m

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3

219

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16

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Invention 9 in F Minor
B\\\'78()

J S. Bach

J^ 69-72
^

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3 2

mt^

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1

yr r r r r p y g ^ f

^
fey=F

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5

1 2

3~^-

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*Shorter slurs from the Notebook for W. F. Bach


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4

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30

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3

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3

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3 4

3 4

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Invention 9 in F Minor
BW \' 780 as i( appears m (he Bach (leseMschali lidilioii

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te^

m^

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B
.

^m^Tftft
s1 *

J S Bach

228

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13

s1 *
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f-fif^ p ^Q^

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26

g
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28

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232

In\ention 10 in G Major
inV\' 781

I S . P,ach

' = 112^116

F=^
^

fe^

^Si

^
3

hi J r r 1=J=^

3^*~ff ^

2 1

^
( ^

(^1

^
1 2

1 3

233

1 3

1
13

32
(^)

^ i

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15

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mM

1 = ^

1=^

12
17

r^=
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27

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235

1 2

m m
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4

29

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3
32

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236

Invention 11 in G Minor
inVV 782

J^ 88

34 5

J. S. Bach

4 3 2

(1:

^^^B

^"rj^gM
I
^^m
1

3 2 12 1IJ

1 ^^g
)M>ri^cn:rrj
3

5 2

2 3 2 3 4 3^^

i?

32

- ^ 3

^
^

f-^^

^s
'

gg

3 2 1

w^

^ ^

14

^ ^
5 1 3

* Ail ornaments in this Invention except the short trill on Ijeat 3 of m. 17 were
added by Bach at a later dale, according to the New Bach Edition

237

32

^S

51

31

~i

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*This is the one ornament which Bach


included in the 1723 MS.

238

Rocapitulation

22

3 2

1 5

: ^

3 1 2

' ^

^^fffrriij?^

3 1 2 32
3 ^
^

1^

PH f f i ^
^
^

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239

Invention 12 in A Major
S. Bach

HW\'78.1

i^t^

^
BS

iB

^r^^
3 131 21

tJ-4r'rM, 14 3 21 T^'^
1 2132

*Dashed slurs are used in this movement to indicate that two notes of the same pitch aie to be grouped together but are
not intended to be lied.
**Slurs have not for the most part, been included for sixteenth^notes in this Invention. One who plays this piece should
bear m mind the fact that this is a light piece which would favor det;rched articulation, but notes in stepwise patterns are
more likely to be slurred and arpeggiated figures are more likely to be detached. In fingering this movement the goal
has been to allow each beat to be played as a unit whether the notes are sluned or detached.

240

11

2 12 31

312 1

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^ ^ ^ ^ ^

13

1 3

1 ^

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tfO

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3
pr r r J-^-^yTJ
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2

1 2

3
2

iSE
1

*Bach's slms from the 1723 MS.

243

Invention 13 in A Minor
J. S. Bach

BWV 784

^= 96 100

m m
4

2
5

3
1

4 ^ 1 4 1 3 1

jmM^. H
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3

m
g

t
3

1 4

i^Fi*

2 1 2

3 _

f^

15

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3

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2
5

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2
14

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i e^

1 5 12 4

1 5

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1

3
2

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1
2
3
Return of the motive in the tonic key.
1 4
3 2
3
1
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iffi

IF^^^ ^ & t f

1 5 2

3 1

Pe
1

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2 4

1 5

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13

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Invention 14 in B-flat Major


H\VV785

J. S. Bach

J^ 60
3

W^

-^

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4-J-4

2 1

*-^

sa

13

247

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mp' m
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10

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3

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m :5 P ^
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1

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14

2 4
249

1 2

250

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