Bach: Invention 1 in C Major, BWV 772 (Musical Analysis)

Sheet music for piano or harpsichord with melodic analysis (see below for details). Invention No. 1 in C Major by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 772, from Fifteen Two-Part Inventions (BWV 772-786). Source: Final Autograph, manuscript preserved at the Berlin State Library. 00:00 Titles - Subject Analysis 00:17 Exposition - Episode 1 00:37 Middle Entry - Episode 2 01:05 Episode 3 - Coda Urtext edition: Student edition with full fingering and written out ornaments: Later version with triplet figurations: Melodic analysis: Key melodic figures, from short motifs to larger thematic units, are marked with a distinct color. A new color means a new melodic figure. The same color means a recurring melodic figure. Small gaps within a recurring melodic figure signify mutations, changes in the size or direction of the intervals. A saw-toothed edge means that the m
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