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Two-Part Invention No. 7 in E minor, BWV 778

17232 min

This guide follows Bach’s Two-Part Invention No. 7 in E minor, BWV 778 (1723) in one part.

Recording: András Schiff (piano)

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Follow all 4 sections as they play

0:00–1:53

I: the opening is passed between the hands and repeated in , and the section ends on a , a pause that feels unfinished. II: one hand holds a long bass-like note (a ) while the other works on the , and the first of the is split into a sixteenth-note half and a dotted-rhythm half. III: the roles swap, with a long near the start. The follows.

  1. I
  2. II

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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