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Inventions and Sinfonias (Bach)

Index Inventions and Sinfonias (Bach)

The Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801, also known as the Two- and Three-Part Inventions, are a collection of thirty short keyboard compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): 15 inventions, which are two-part contrapuntal pieces, and 15 sinfonias, which are three-part contrapuntal pieces. [1]

30 relations: A major, A minor, B minor, B-flat major, Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, C major, C minor, Cantabile, Counterpoint, D major, D minor, E major, E minor, E-flat major, F major, F minor, G major, G minor, Invention (musical composition), Johann Sebastian Bach, Köthen (Anhalt), Key (music), Keyboard instrument, Leipzig, Major scale, MIDI, Minor scale, Musical composition, Randolph Hokanson, Sinfonia.

A major

A major (or the key of A) is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, sharp, D, E, sharp, and sharp.

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A minor

A minor is a minor scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Its key signature has no flats and no sharps.

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B minor

B minor is a minor scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, sharp, D, E, sharp, G, and A. Its key signature consists of two sharps.

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B-flat major

In music theory, Bflat major is a major scale based on flat, with pitches B, C, D, flat, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats.

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Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis

The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV; Bach-Works-Catalogue) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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C major

C major (or the key of C) is a major scale based on C, with the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. C major is one of the most common key signatures used in western music.

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C minor

C minor is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, flat, F, G, flat, and flat.

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Cantabile

In music, cantabile, an Italian word, means literally "singable" or "songlike".

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Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent (polyphony) yet independent in rhythm and contour.

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D major

D major (or the key of D) is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, sharp, G, A, B, and sharp.

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D minor

D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, flat, and C. Its key signature has one flat.

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E major

E major (or the key of E) is a major scale based on E, with the pitches E, sharp, sharp, A, B, sharp, and sharp.

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E minor

E minor is a minor scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, sharp, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has one sharp.

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E-flat major

E-flat major (or the key of E-flat) is a major scale based on flat, with the pitches flat, F, G, flat, flat, C, and D. Its key signature has three flats: B, E, and A. Its relative minor is C minor, while its parallel minor is flat minor (or enharmonically sharp minor).

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F major

F major (or the key of F) is a major scale based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, flat, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat: B. Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel minor is F minor.

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F minor

F minor is a minor scale based on F, consisting of the pitches F, G, flat, flat, C, flat, and flat.

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G major

G major (or the key of G) is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and sharp.

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G minor

G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, flat, C, D, Eflat, and F. Its key signature has two flats.

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Invention (musical composition)

In music, an invention is a short composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with two-part counterpoint.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a composer and musician of the Baroque period, born in the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.

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Köthen (Anhalt)

Köthen (Anhalt) is a city in Germany.

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Key (music)

In music theory, the key of a piece is the group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a music composition in classical, Western art, and Western pop music.

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.

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Leipzig

Leipzig is the most populous city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.

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Major scale

The major scale (or Ionian scale) is one of the most commonly used musical scales, especially in Western music.

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MIDI

MIDI (short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related music and audio devices.

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Minor scale

In music theory, the term minor scale refers to three scale formations – the natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode), the harmonic minor scale, and the melodic minor scale (ascending or descending) – rather than just one as with the major scale.

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Musical composition

Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, either a song or an instrumental music piece, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating or writing a new song or piece of music.

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Randolph Hokanson

Randolph H. Hokanson (born June 22, 1915) is an American pianist and professor emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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Sinfonia

Sinfonia is the Italian word for symphony, from the Latin symphonia, in turn derived from Ancient Greek συμφωνία symphōnia (agreement or concord of sound), from the prefix σύν (together) and ϕωνή (sound).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_and_Sinfonias_(Bach)

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