J.S. Bach - 2 part inventions group

Hello everyone! I've been thinking about deepening my J.S Bach skills from the ground up, and will start with the 2-part inventions. Does anyone want to join? The idea is to start a practice diary dedicated to the 2-parts inventions. My goal is to get threw all of them, but you can of course practice how many you want! It's nice to have a time limit just to be accountable, so I'm thinking 2 months. That will be 18. july - 18 september. One or two updates a week would be great to stay in the flow. Who's in? :) PS: If you're on vacation and want to join at a later date, is absolutely fine! (PS: I've played the first one a little bit, but the others will be new to me) 

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    • Gail_Starr
    • 3 yrs ago
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    Thank you for setting this up, Sindre!  I will watch the course that Magdalena offers to learn how these pieces work.

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      • Sindre_Skarelven
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Gail Starr Awesome, Gail! Yes, Magdalena's lesson is very good! I will start the D-minor next week. This week I'm practicing the C-minor. 

      • vbashyam
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Sindre Skarelven Gail Starr One thing I learned from that lesson that I had not thought about before- decaying sound on the harpsichord as the reason for Bach writing long trills. I always thought it was purely ornamental.

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      • Gail_Starr
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Vidhya Bashyam Yes, I had NO idea about the rationale for long trills!  They are kind of tiring, don't you think?  Does your hand get tense?

      • vbashyam
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Gail Starr They are tiring. Are you being measured or free with the trills?

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      • Sindre_Skarelven
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Vidhya Bashyam Yeah, that’s a great point! 

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      • Gail_Starr
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Vidhya Bashyam I'm starting out just doing them slowly and trying to figure out when to end them.  Magdalena said to end them early...but I'm not sure HOW early@

      • vbashyam
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Gail Starr My notes (really Rohan’s) show it ending one note before the last note of the measure. In measure 21, ending on the C in the left hand. It’s probably called out for for him so clearly though because he was little when learning it. Not sure it matters as long as it stops early. 

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      • Gail_Starr
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Vidhya Bashyam Makes sense!  I'm going to re-watch Magdalena's lecture before I record my attempt.

    • vbashyam
    • 3 yrs ago
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    Looks like Benjamin Laude also did a livestream on the first invention. https://app.tonebase.co/piano/live/player/bach-invention-1-ben-laude

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      • Sindre_Skarelven
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Vidhya Bashyam Thank you for finding it Vidhya! I will bring the link to the diary-group. 

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      • Gail_Starr
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Vidhya Bashyam Thank you!  I'll check it out, too.  I'm going to start with the d minor one first, though, because I liked Magdalena's lesson about it.

      • vbashyam
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Gail Starr I just started the d minor one today too :) I am also thinking of doing #13.

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      • Gail_Starr
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Vidhya Bashyam We are clearly TWINS!  I'll check out #13, also, for good luck.  LOL!

    • Susan_Rogers
    • 2 yrs ago
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    I will join the Bach invention party also! Like everyone else, I’m super busy right now but I can’t resist these inventions and I’ll do my best to make some videos! 👍 thank you Sindre - it’s a great idea.

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      • Sindre_Skarelven
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Susan Rogers Well of course you have to join the Bach-invention party, Susan! This journey is all about discovering these inventions together, and have a good time playing Bach. So whatever you can fit in your schedule is great!   

    • Natalie_Peh
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Hi everyone! I would love to join in! I don't think I have played any inventions before, so I would love to try playing them. Perhaps I can squeeze in at least 1  for each of the months of August and September. 

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      • Sindre_Skarelven
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Natalie Peh That’s great, Natalie! I have not played them before either. Seems like you have a very good plan! 

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      • Gail_Starr
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Natalie Peh I can't wait to hear you!  Are you going to learn the first 2 inventions?  I'm going to start with d minor, just because I liked Magdalena's lesson about it.

      • Natalie_Peh
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Gail Starr I like the one in D minor. I also like no. 13 in A minor and no. 14 in B flat major. Those 3 are in my shortlist at the moment! I think I'll start with the B flat major first,  then decide on the other one. It is such a lovely set of pieces, I be happy with any 2, really. 

      • vbashyam
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Natalie Peh I am looking at those three also. Not sure if I have time foe more than two. Great choices!

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      • Gail_Starr
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Natalie Peh Yes, a bunch of us also like #13.  I'm going to try to work on the d minor this weekend and I'll post whatever it sounds like on Sunday.

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      • Sindre_Skarelven
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Gail Starr That's great, Gail! I will spend time with family over the week-end, but will post the C-minor as soon as I'm by myself. Probably on Tuesday. 

      • Natalie_Peh
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Vidhya Bashyam they sound so nice :) I'm going to see if I can do more than 2, but I want to see if I can figure out how to learn it while memorising, and play it as well as if relying on the score

      • Natalie_Peh
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Gail Starr look forward to hearing you play. What a wonderful journey this is! 

    • Andrea_Buckland
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Great to be part of this Bach adventure. My plan is simple: I will just start with the first one and see how far I will get (without being too much of a perfectionist) :) and I will also be away for two weeks without a piano in t he middle of August. So if I’m allowed I would like to add a couple of weeks in September. Will we upload here or in the diary? 

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