Invention No. 8 in F major, BWV 779

7.8 Read voices on separate staves

Study Bach’s Invention in F major, BWV 779: two voices, one on each staff, that chase each other. Read each staff as its own line. The cards on transposing instruments and alto and tenor clefs take the same skill to orchestral and choral scores; this invention uses only the treble and bass clefs. At the keyboard: read two voices on separate staves.

Ideas

• Open-score and SATB reading at the keyboard
• Transposing instruments
• Reading other scores

Theory cards

• Transposing instruments and score reading
• Alto and tenor clefs
• Reading open score at the keyboard

Technique

• F major scale, hands separately, 2 octaves