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)
-
Thank you for setting this up, Sindre! I will watch the course that Magdalena offers to learn how these pieces work.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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?
-
Gail Starr They are tiring. Are you being measured or free with the trills?
-
Vidhya Bashyam Yeah, that’s a great point!
-
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@
-
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.
-
Vidhya Bashyam Makes sense! I'm going to re-watch Magdalena's lecture before I record my attempt.
-
-
Looks like Benjamin Laude also did a livestream on the first invention. https://app.tonebase.co/piano/live/player/bach-invention-1-ben-laude
-
Vidhya Bashyam Thank you for finding it Vidhya! I will bring the link to the diary-group.
-
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.
-
Gail Starr I just started the d minor one today too :) I am also thinking of doing #13.
-
Vidhya Bashyam We are clearly TWINS! I'll check out #13, also, for good luck. LOL!
-
-
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. -
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!
-
-
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.
-
Natalie Peh That’s great, Natalie! I have not played them before either. Seems like you have a very good plan!
-
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.
-
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.
-
Natalie Peh I am looking at those three also. Not sure if I have time foe more than two. Great choices!
-
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.
-
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.
-
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
-
Gail Starr look forward to hearing you play. What a wonderful journey this is!
-
-
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?
