Baroque · 1723
Two-Part Invention No. 8 in F major
J. S. BachBWV 779
- Key
- F
- Time
- 3/4
- Tempo
- ♩=132
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
Invention — two-voice imitative counterpoint. Cheerful F-major Allegro. Subject (one bar long, ascending arpeggio) is answered an octave below at the half-bar.
Teaching points
- Subject = one bar of arpeggiated F major + scale fragment. Voice 2 answers an octave below, half a bar offset
- Sequence — the subject is sequenced down by step in bars 5–7. Track each entry
- Practical: a Grade 3 piano standard. After Invention No. 1, this is usually next on the syllabus
Full score ↓Public domain
Score: IMSLP (Bach-Gesellschaft + Henle urtext, public domain).