Basic Bach Embellishment
Description: In J.S. Bach's Little Prelude in A-minor, BWV 942 (ca. 1720) the first half of the opening theme (or subject, as I like to think of it, as the piece is quite polyphonic) can be said to stem from five A's. At least that's how I'm hearing it.
Bach embellishes this musical seed (m. 1-2) by adding triplets, maintaining the A's on the fronts (strongest part) of the beats, jumping down to a lower A for the final one and then, in between, adding widening intervals from fourth, to fifth, to sixth and, finally, to seventh. In between these, he has added alternating descending seconds.
I just love finding these examples through Mr. B's music. He could decorate the bejeebies out of the simplest musical ideas!😀
Sheet music for Bach's Little Prelude in A-minor: https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/60/IMSLP03299-Bach_-_BGA_-_BWV_942.pdf
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Bach embellishes this musical seed (m. 1-2) by adding triplets, maintaining the A's on the fronts (strongest part) of the beats, jumping down to a lower A for the final one and then, in between, adding widening intervals from fourth, to fifth, to sixth and, finally, to seventh. In between these, he has added alternating descending seconds.
I just love finding these examples through Mr. B's music. He could decorate the bejeebies out of the simplest musical ideas!😀
Sheet music for Bach's Little Prelude in A-minor: https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/60/IMSLP03299-Bach_-_BGA_-_BWV_942.pdf
Thank you, channel members!!❤️🎹
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To find out more about me, please visit my website: https://www.pennyjohnsonpiano.com
To purchase a copy of my recording of the complete Inventions & Sinfonias of Bach, please visit: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/j-s-bach-inventions-sinfonias-bwv-772-801/1309335935 (Also available on Amazon).
To purchase my arrangement of J.S. Bach's 15 Two-Part Inventions, for inverted voices, please visit: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/complete-two-part-inventions-bwv-772-786-with-inverted-voices-20689080.html Close description
