Bach: Invention 8 in F Major, BWV 779 (Musical Analysis)

Sheet music for piano or harpsichord with melodic analysis (see below for details). Invention No. 8 in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 779, from Fifteen Two-Part Inventions (BWV 772-786). Source: Final Autograph, manuscript preserved at the Berlin State Library. 00:00 Titles - Canon Head, Middle & Tail - Cadence 00:21 Canon Head - Canon Head 00:35 Episode - Canon Middle 00:48 Canon Tail - Cadence Urtext edition: Student edition with full fingering and written out ornaments: 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 melodic figure has been truncated at the head,
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