Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772
This guide follows Bach’s Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772 (1723) in one part.
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A bright C major piece for two voices. In I the right hand states the alone, a short rising scale figure, and the left hand answers half a later, an octave lower. In II the roles swap: the left hand starts, now in G major. III turns to A minor and brings upside-down forms of the . Between them, patterns climb and fall in sequences made from half of the at a , and the piece ends on a C major chord.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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