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3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801

30 min.

composed by Bach, J. S.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed three parts inventions for keyboard, BWV 787-801, for educational purposes, however, all of them are full of musical charm. They are widely known in the world and have been played by a great number of pianists. Musical scores of these pieces are not easy to read when notes belonged to different parts are close together. Unlike the case of two parts inventions, it is not easy to recognize the trajectory (IOW, envelope) of each parts because of the interference. Three columns score like a score used for organ is one of solutions. It helps pianists to study music, however, is not suitable for playing. Most of pianists are used to reading two columns score. In this score, the second parts notes are colored! As can be seen, three different parts trajectories are easily recognized because of color difference. We hope this colored score help many pianists play counterpoint music with complicated notes.

No.1 BWV 787

 
Score & part notes
 

No.2 BWV 788

 
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No.3 BWV 789

 
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No.4 BWV 790

 
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No.5 BWV 791

 
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No.6 BWV 792

 
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No.7 BWV 793

 
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No.8 BWV 794

 
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No.9 BWV 795

 
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No.10 BWV 796

 
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No.11 BWV 797

 
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No.12 BWV 798

 
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No.13 BWV 799

 
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No.14 BWV 800

 
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No.15 BWV 801

 
Score & part notes