How to teach bach inventions

1. When can you start Bach inventions?
2. How hard are Bach inventions?
3. What are the Bach inventions?
4. Should I play Bach inventions?

When can you start Bach inventions?

Re: When to start Bach inventions? Start around mid-morning, after a strong coffee. Or sometimes after a shot of scotch, evening.

How hard are Bach inventions?

Bach's inventions are solid early-advanced level pieces. They're written in two parts, which means each hand is playing a melody. These inventions are a great preparation for the more difficult Bach pieces that involve more than two voices (his fugues are in 3-4 parts).

What are the Bach inventions?

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.

Should I play Bach inventions?

Playing Bach's 2-part inventions is the fastest way to learn a considerable amount of musical elements, composition and piano technique, touches, phrasing, and art while playing beautiful, well-constructed and inspiring short pieces of music.