Thank you so much Mrs. Sally You are a great teacher , and you're helping me so much with this piece , i am a music student and in my next exam i will be playing it. I couldnt feel the piece at first But with your great method of teaching and passion for what you are teaching made me look at it differently . So glad that great people like you exist , a true mentor. Thank you so much!
Hello Maggie, thank you for your wonderful and generous words! I am delighted that the lesson is helping you to better understand this piece, and all best wishes and success with your next exam!
After starting to learn piano as an adult a few years ago, This was my second Bach invention to learn (after the C Major invention). I have it memorized and can play it in my sleep now. Lol. But I really love this invention. It is exercise for the brain for sure. And it is a beautiful little piece of music. Thank you for helping me to learn it!
Sally, you are are a brilliant performer and teacher! Your commitment to not just the physical execution, but the emotional drama of the piece is mesmerizing, and just as entertaining as it is educational. You are an original! I love your work!
Thank you, Denny, for your wonderful words of acknowledgement. I am really moved by your thoughtfulness and generosity. Your words also energize and encourage me as I begin preparing for the next big project, another group of Bach Inventions & Sinfonias. Thank you for your comment, which was a gift for me!
I don't know much about music theory, but I hear baroque music is the most difficult and demanding music to play, and all mistakes are heard because it is very intimate. Thank you Johann
A music mentor of mine used to speak of Chopin’s melodies _pulling at their heart strings_ . And they do...I love Chopin. Yet Bach somehow has a much more profound effect on me, as if the music is unlocking secrets deep within my mind. When you demonstrate the section from 18:15 - 18:35 (bars 19 to 23) I am overwhelmed to the point of tears.
Hello derinderruheliegt, thank you for your eloquent and insightful words about the power of Bach's music. I agree, this music "unlocks secrets deep within our minds." The inevitable return to C minor in bars 19-23 is a defining and heartfelt moment in the piece. With Bach's directive for "cantabile" playing, this music "sings" to us on a very deep and direct level. With all good wishes to you! 🎵
I might take learning this in the near future, just because I very much enjoyed your analysis and enthusiasm of this piece. Most players indeed play this too fast and you lose the track of the very intricate harmonics and intervals used in this piece. Thanks for sharing, once again.
It is unbelievable how much difference it makes to the speed of memorizing and understanding this (and other pieces) by simply giving names to sections as in this video (especially if they meaningfully capture some feature/aspect of structure/feel). It pleasantly surprised me. I find it also also helps ease reading from the music - if you've noted in your section titles, as you see those titles approaching your brain is sort of primed for the way that section plays out. Help your memory help you :)
Hello Roman, wow, it is so wonderful hearing your enthusiasm for this lesson and in particular the descriptive labels I assigned for the various motives and sections. I spent many months naming these, trying to put in words what I thought fit the character for each one. I first came up with this idea in 1996 when I gave labels to the different sections of de Falla's "Dance of the Miller's Wife." I couldn't believe how much it helped me to track and anticipate what was coming next, and to perform it in public for memory with ease and confidence! You put it perfectly: "Help your memory help you.” Bravo! Thank you for your very appreciated feedback. All best wishes to you. :-)
Amazing video! Ive been playing this piece by heart for 15 years with the two singing voices approach you discuss. Its amazing to see you discuss the details of music theory about it which I need!
Hello smilelovebe / Michael, thank you for your wonderful words about this video! I really appreciate hearing that the analysis and theory discussion was helpful. I find that understanding these details makes for better tracking as well as a more enjoyable playing experience. Best wishes to you on your musical journey. 🎵
Hello Maxine, thank you so much for your wonderful words! I really appreciate hearing that you continue to learn more each time you watch this tutorial. 💕 I wish you all the best with your learning and playing of this beautiful invention. 🎵
Hello Rodolfo! Thank you for your thoughtful and generous words. I am moved by your responses, and appreciate your enthusiasm for the lesson and performance. Best wishes to you!
Thank YOU Sally. It´s wonderful to go back to the Inventions (after decades!) with this new, constructive approach. Honestly, your lesson is full of meaning. Again, thank YOU!!!
Beautiful Invention, hope that I will be able to remember everything you say in my music theory exam in less than 2 months from now. Appreciate your videos.
Hello Adel, thank you for your kind words about this tutorial. I agree it is a beautiful invention, and is so interesting with the canonic writing. I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the videos. 💕 Best wishes on your upcoming music theory exam! 🎵
Hello Portland Piano Studio, thank you so much for your meaningful and generous words. I'm delighted that the lesson was helpful, and gave new insights as well. Knowing that you are a fellow piano teacher makes your responses all the more appreciated! I wish the very best to you and to your students!
Thank you once again. Your instruction videos are so helpful. I have just taken a look at invention no 6 in E major. Have you planned to produce a video on this?
+Tony Bayliss Hi Tony! Thank you again for your nice words and for letting me know that the teaching videos are helpful. Yes, Invention No. 6 is in the next group of Bach Inventions & Sinfonias I am currently working on and hope to have finished by the end of the year. Thanks for your request, and my best wishes to you!
Thank you for this lesson. I am returning to this piece after many months with it on the back burner. I thought I had purchased the charts for this, but can't find them. Do you have any record of this? Thank you!
Hello Randi, thank you for your kind words about the lesson! I do have a record of your purchase last year for the chart of this piece. Please message email me at SallyChristiamMusic@gmail.com so I have your current email address and can send you a duplicate chart! 🎵 I'm very happy you are coming back to this invention and I wish you all the best with your playing!
You bring out the beauty in every phrase and note 9f this piece. I like your beautiful expression and dynamics as well. You play from the heart ultimately. And that's how it should be.
Hello Joseph, thank you so much for your wonderful and profound words. It is with deep appreciation that I read your descriptions of my approach and interpretation of this piece. I also feel that everything first and foremost comes from the heart. Bach's inscription in his Preface to the 2 and 3-Part Inventions asks above all for us to play in a cantabile style, which for me is achieved through expressing with an open heart! With very best wishes to you!
I stepped back from this last summer, realizing I wasn't quite ready to handle this piece. But about a month ago I decided to tack another shot at it... and now I am proud to say that I have conquered this wonderful piece of music!
Congratulations, Charles! You were really wise to set this piece aside for awhile until you felt you were ready for it. It is a wonderful feeling to see that you are reaching your goals, little by little. Playing a more difficult piece like this is proof of your progress! Keep up the good work!
I'm learning this piece and your instruction has made this piece an actual living, breathing thing I'm going to work with now. Love your enthusiasm and passion for the music.
Hello Anubhav, I am delighted and very touched to read your words. Thank you for letting me know that the lesson has further helped you appreciate the "life and wonder" in this piece! I wish you much joy with your work on Invention No. 2, and with your journey with the piano!
really glad to see the update on this series, as well as the update on C major sinfonia. Every note, every interval that Bach wrote in these pieces are beautiful and mindful. and you point them out to less trained ears like me
Is there more videos about using both hands to learn. I am beginner to learn piece with one hand starting to learn piece with both hands playing same notes, I would like to learn more about this training technique for my other pieces I want to learn
Hello maxthecat, I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly. Are you asking for videos that show how to play the notes written for one hand and instead playing these same notes with both hands? If so, I don't have any videos that show this approach. Best wishes to you with your piano studies. 🎵
@@SallyChristianMusic I like to see tips and techniques like yours of learn the song by playing the same notes with both hands at same time same one octave lower. I am learning this song with playing the right notes and playing the same notes one octave lower.
@@maxthecat1235 Great, thank you for clarifying. This is a good practice technique to learning & reinforcing the melodic patterns. Keep up the good work. I wish you all the best with your piano studies. 🎹
Thank you for the vídeo it has been very useful for me, since I am practiicing this invention now and having problems at bar 13, beats 2 and 3, when the 2 hands plays the same notes (keys) D, Eb, C virtually at the same time. ( time 13:08 to 13:10 of the video) , with an ornament in the D in left hand yet. Watching you playing slowly this way I can see how to solve that passage.
Hello codonauta, thank you for your kind and thoughtful words about this video. I appreciate hearing that the lesson was helpful, especially regarding the challenging measure 13 with overlapping duplicate notes in each hand. I'm glad to know that seeing this passage played at a slower tempo was of value. Best wishes to you and your playing of this wonderful invention!
What average listener doesn’t realize is that half of people who can “play” fantasie impromptu can’t even sightread this, let alone play with proper articulation.
Luka Meah Currently most of the editions indicate dynamics. Even without explicit articulation directions, there are many natural interpretation choices such as accents on rising figures and legato phrases for identical variations. It does not make any sense to play an entire invention in a completely flat manner, which would be quite unnatural.
After starting to learn piano as an adult a few years ago, This was my second Bach invention to learn (after the C Major invention). I have it memorized and can play it in my sleep now. Lol. But I really love this invention. It is exercise for the brain for sure. And it is a beautiful little piece of music. Thank you for helping me to learn it!
Hello Charles, thank you for your very kind words! I'm so glad that this lesson has helped you, and that you can play this piece "in your sleep!" It's a wonderful feeling to know a piece this well. :-) Congratulations, and continuing best wishes to you and your journey with the piano!
These lessons are wonderful and a big help. I'm an adult learner a little over a year into this and I'm trying to learn and understand these beautiful Inventions. I have a question about the fingering in this Invention in measure 13. The two lines of music intersect, with a trill being played in the left hand containing the same note (e flat) that collide with the note being played in the right hand. And generally speaking, it's confusing due to the close proximity of the two lines and how the phrasing is expressed. Can you give any advice on how to handle this? I know there's a similar occurrence in the C major invention, but it was easy to handle compared to this. An interesting side note... In both Inventions #1 and #2, this "fingering collision" occurs in measure 13. Coincidence, or by design?
Hello Charles, thank you for your very kind words about the teaching videos. I'm so happy to hear that the lessons are helpful for you! You ask an excellent question. You are correct about the hands colliding in measure 13 of both inventions. I think it is a coincidence, but it is quite interesting that the pieces are most dense at this point in Bach's developing of the material. In the C minor invention, beat 3 of measure 13 is technically challenging because the Eb is used simultaneously by both hands. I recommend the following approach: "Set" your left hand at the front of the black key Eb, and "set" the right hand farther back on the same black key. Focus on playing the left hand trill clearly and cleanly as the dominant part. At the split second where the note Eb is shared, the right hand will barely touch the key so as not to interrupt the left hand voice, nor its own 16th-note melody. You will be "juggling" with your ears and mind so you can track both individual parts without losing any of the notes of either part. The left hand will be doing the real work of playing the note, and the right hand will be piggy-backing for just this one note. This is a lengthy answer which I hope makes sense. I wish you all the best as you learn and master this beautiful invention!
Hi Charles, thank you for sharing your inspiring story of how you decided to learn the piano, buy a keyboard, and then begin with some of the cornerstone classical repertoire! I agree with everything you said. What if everyone channeled their thoughts and energies into a positive and beneficial endeavor such as this? To reassure you, playing a piece through with no mistakes is more difficult than it seems. My teacher used to say: "Even the easy pieces are hard!" The bottom line is the joy that this ongoing gift gives to you. For me, playing the classical piano literature has more and more become a deep well that grounds and centers me. It is a river of nourishment that never dries up! I am pulling for you, and wish you the very best as you travel this magical journey for many years to come!
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you for your gracious sharing of tips and ideas. About this trill, how about leaving the right hand out completely on that particular Eb note ?? Let the left hand just deal with it, so to speak?
@@drbekken Hello TEBekken, thank you for your very kind words which I appreciate hearing! You are correct that the right hand can be left out completely on this one note. This is the surest way for the two voices to both sound fluid and even. With enough hands alone practice in advance, we will have trained our ears and mind to know that this note Eb is simultaneously shared/played by both voices. At this moment, the right hand can become "a silent partner" and the left hand can carry the responsibility for both parts. :-) Thanks for your helpful feedback, and all best wishes!
It took me a while to iron out this measure as well as measure 19. The later took me a while to work out the finger gymnastics required to play it smoothly. But it is so satisfying to finally have tackled this. Two years ago I was barely able to play anything at all, having just started piano at the beginning of 2017. It just feels good to accomplish this. I can't wait to learn more!
Thanks Sally for the amazing teaching videos! I am relearning this piece and I played this over 15 years ago and now making my way back into playing classical music. Love your teaching style. Just a small request: can you please do a teaching video on Tchaikovsky’s June Barcarolle? I find that piece quite challenging and have no idea how to play it smoothly :) Thank you :)
Hello Nhan, I am so delighted to read your wonderful words! I really appreciate your enthusiasm for these videos, and I'm glad they are helping you as you return to your classical piano music! I am also very happy that you have your chart now for the Bach Invention No. 2 as you learn this piece again. :-) I would love to make a chart and teaching video for Tchaikovsky's June Barcarolle! I adore this piece, and played it many years ago. I will look forward to working on it again as soon as I finish the teaching videos already in process for this year. I wish you all the best, and much joy with your playing!
Finally pulled up this video after six hours of unfruitful practicing. Thank you so much! This really helped my mind and eased my frustrated soul. God bless!
Hello tellatubbies5918, thank you so much for your wonderful comment! I'm very happy to hear that this tutorial helped you to understand this piece and have peace of mind with it. When we see how a piece is constructed, we can relax and enjoy the wonder of it! I wish you all the best with your playing! 🎶
Hello Annie, thank you for your interest. Throughout 2016, I am uploading teaching videos of the complete 13 Rachmaninoff Preludes Opus 32 on a monthly basis. In 2017, I will be making and then uploading more Bach Invention & Sinfonia teaching videos. Best wishes to you!
I just started learning this. I'm trying separate hands first per your advice (I had followed your BWV Anh 116 and Invention 1 which helped a lot). I absolutely love this No.2. Your playing is so beautiful and your teaching is very helpful. @9:19 *find the humanity*--will always keep that in mind. Thank you so much for sharing the beauty! (you piano sounds very beautiful, too) Happy holidays! 🎄🌹
Hello Wombat, thank you so much for your wonderful and acknowledging words about the lesson and the playing! I really appreciate hearing that this video and the others you mention are helping you. I'm also glad you resonate with "finding the humanity" in this music. I'm sure you will play this piece beautifully, and I wish you much joy on your musical journey. 🎹Happy Holidays to you! 🌲
Amazingly helpful lesson - and will inspire you about Bach if you need to be inspired! Do wish she would have done something on the decorations which, being an over-thinker, I find difficult and confusing. But it is a really useful resource - thank you.
Hello Mary, thank you for your kind and enthusiastic words about this lesson! Being inspired is a wonderful thing, and I appreciate you saying this. Regarding your wishing that I had talked about the ornaments (the decorations), I will definitely keep this in mind when I record the next Bach teaching videos. Best wishes to you!
Thank you for this beautiful performance! J.S. Bach to me is more than just a composer. It's true that he is 5th Evangelist. And to me his music is more than just a music but like a language through which God conveys His message. I can't stop listening to his music since I've discovered his Sublime Beauty, Peace and harmony. I am sure the World would be the better place if we all listen to His Music. Even started to learn to play keyboard because of J.S. Bach music. After Prelude in C maj from WTC, Aria from Goldberg Varitations, Minuet in G maj this No.2 Invention is my next jorney. I am right in the midle of this piece. If I may ask what the easiest keayboard pieces written by Bach that I can learn? Inventions, Sonatas, Little preludes or some of the Fugues? Or maybe Partitas and Suits? Anyway, thank you for this lesson and may God bless you and your loved ones.
Hello MrYuryZ, thank you for your lovely words about this performance and the lesson. I also appreciate your thoughtful and heartfelt words about the music of J.S. Bach. I agree that Bach's music is like a language through which God conveys his message. Everything Bach wrote was for the "Glory of God." 🙏The easiest keyboard pieces would be the Minuets, the Little Preludes, the C Major Prelude WTC I, some of the Two-Part Inventions, and a few of the French Suites. Best wishes to you with your playing, and blessings to you and your loved ones as well.
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you very much for your kind words! Also thank you for your recommendations. I realy appreciate that. I'll try to learn them!
Hello Prashant, thank you for your kind and much appreciated words. I am very happy to hear that the lesson helped you learn the piece! Best wishes to you.
Thank you, I'm happy to hear that the Invention sounded new to you. Best wishes to you. 🎵 пасибо, я рад слышать, что это изобретение показалось вам новым. Желаю тебе всего наилучшего.@@АлексейКоннов-я2ш
Hello Birger, thank you so much for your wonderful and generous words! I really appreciate hearing that you were inspired by the lesson. I'm also very happpy to see that you purchased your chart for this invention and can study the color coded voice entries as you learn and memorize this piece. With very best wishes to you and with your works as a composer! 🎵
I just learn and memorize it in the first key and then go a half step up, relying on my ear. usually by the 5th key it gets much easier. @@turtlebackflapjack
thank YOU! I stumbled upon this video by chance but I've never quite seen somebody really get into the beauty of Bach like that. How you shared your thoughts so naturally was a beautiful thing to watch. Also would love to see a video on the Aria from Goldberg Variations :)). God bless you
Thank you, Hagbard, I am again so touched by your beautiful words! I have a CD recording of the Goldberg Variations (available through CD Baby), and perhaps one day I will also do a teaching video of this magnificent work. Blessings to you as well!
Well that's an instant buy from me, I think i just have to make an account on that site. And i don't want to ramble but stumbling on this video really did make my day. That there are people still out there who really love and appreciate beauty and actually know it when they see it (or hear it) it just fills me with joy. I would like to leave you with a Bach piece (that i hope you haven't heard!) Side note: simply because *every single* version of this piece that i listened to was just depressing and slow tempo, and I instinctively knew it wasn't supposed to be like that, until i found this version and said aha! I say that because when i first listened to Bach piano i was directed to Gould... and again my gut said hhmmm.. but anyway i could go on and on.. heres the piece .. th-cam.com/video/U-I7wbMY-A4/w-d-xo.html
Im a fresh piano student and i just learned invention no. 1 and sinfonia 11. So i thought i pick up invention 2 in c minor but i feel its way above my level. What order would you suggest i learn the inventions? Or should i brute force invention 2?
Hello Diego, you ask a good question. I would recommend you learn next Invention No. 8 in F Major. I have always felt that if a piece "speaks" to us, we will learn it more easily and have a good experience. Brute force is counterproductive. Good luck to you in choosing the piece that is just right for you at this time!
Thank you for your analysis and demonstration here, it helped me a lot. I especially like the part about breathing, that's hard to remember sometimes if you get nervous.
Hello Kidren, thank you for your kind, meaningful, and appreciated words! You are so right about the power of focusing on the breathing to counteract nervousness. Conscious breathing helps us to better align our breathing with the music, as well as simultaneously relaxing our bodies. Thank you for your important observation which we all need to remember! :-) Best wishes to you and with your playing.
Thank you so much Mrs. Sally
You are a great teacher , and you're helping me so much with this piece , i am a music student and in my next exam i will be playing it.
I couldnt feel the piece at first
But with your great method of teaching and passion for what you are teaching made me look at it differently .
So glad that great people like you exist , a true mentor.
Thank you so much!
Hello Maggie, thank you for your wonderful and generous words! I am delighted that the lesson is helping you to better understand this piece, and all best wishes and success with your next exam!
After starting to learn piano as an adult a few years ago, This was my second Bach invention to learn (after the C Major invention). I have it memorized and can play it in my sleep now. Lol. But I really love this invention. It is exercise for the brain for sure. And it is a beautiful little piece of music. Thank you for helping me to learn it!
Sally, you are are a brilliant performer and teacher! Your commitment to not just the physical execution, but the emotional drama of the piece is mesmerizing, and just as entertaining as it is educational. You are an original! I love your work!
Thank you, Denny, for your wonderful words of acknowledgement. I am really moved by your thoughtfulness and generosity. Your words also energize and encourage me as I begin preparing for the next big project, another group of Bach Inventions & Sinfonias. Thank you for your comment, which was a gift for me!
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❤@@SallyChristianMusic
Thank you Denny! 💕@@dennyboleware8408
I don't know much about music theory, but I hear baroque music is the most difficult and demanding music to play, and all mistakes are heard because it is very intimate. Thank you Johann
Amazing !
A music mentor of mine used to speak of Chopin’s melodies _pulling at their heart strings_ . And they do...I love Chopin. Yet Bach somehow has a much more profound effect on me, as if the music is unlocking secrets deep within my mind. When you demonstrate the section from 18:15 - 18:35 (bars 19 to 23) I am overwhelmed to the point of tears.
Hello derinderruheliegt, thank you for your eloquent and insightful words about the power of Bach's music. I agree, this music "unlocks secrets deep within our minds." The inevitable return to C minor in bars 19-23 is a defining and heartfelt moment in the piece. With Bach's directive for "cantabile" playing, this music "sings" to us on a very deep and direct level. With all good wishes to you! 🎵
Thank You.
I might take learning this in the near future, just because I very much enjoyed your analysis and enthusiasm of this piece. Most players indeed play this too fast and you lose the track of the very intricate harmonics and intervals used in this piece.
Thanks for sharing, once again.
It is unbelievable how much difference it makes to the speed of memorizing and understanding this (and other pieces) by simply giving names to sections as in this video (especially if they meaningfully capture some feature/aspect of structure/feel). It pleasantly surprised me. I find it also also helps ease reading from the music - if you've noted in your section titles, as you see those titles approaching your brain is sort of primed for the way that section plays out. Help your memory help you :)
Hello Roman, wow, it is so wonderful hearing your enthusiasm for this lesson and in particular the descriptive labels I assigned for the various motives and sections. I spent many months naming these, trying to put in words what I thought fit the character for each one. I first came up with this idea in 1996 when I gave labels to the different sections of de Falla's "Dance of the Miller's Wife." I couldn't believe how much it helped me to track and anticipate what was coming next, and to perform it in public for memory with ease and confidence! You put it perfectly: "Help your memory help you.” Bravo! Thank you for your very appreciated feedback. All best wishes to you. :-)
Amazing video! Ive been playing this piece by heart for 15 years with the two singing voices approach you discuss. Its amazing to see you discuss the details of music theory about it which I need!
Hello smilelovebe / Michael, thank you for your wonderful words about this video! I really appreciate hearing that the analysis and theory discussion was helpful. I find that understanding these details makes for better tracking as well as a more enjoyable playing experience. Best wishes to you on your musical journey. 🎵
So beautiful melody ~
I agree, it is such a beautiful melody! Thank you for your comment, and best wishes to you.
It sounds so jazzy, I can't stop thinking about smooth jazz songs like "I will say goodbye" or "Autumn leaves"
You are the best!
Hello Daniel, thank you for your kind and much appreciated words! Best wishes to you.
Thank you again Sally,as I keep coming back to your explanations of this beautiful piece; and each time I learn more! Incredible!❤ 2:24
Hello Maxine, thank you so much for your wonderful words! I really appreciate hearing that you continue to learn more each time you watch this tutorial. 💕 I wish you all the best with your learning and playing of this beautiful invention. 🎵
Amazing lesson & performance. Thank you for sharing such precious ideas!
Hello Rodolfo! Thank you for your thoughtful and generous words. I am moved by your responses, and appreciate your enthusiasm for the lesson and performance. Best wishes to you!
Thank YOU Sally. It´s wonderful to go back to the Inventions (after decades!) with this new, constructive approach. Honestly, your lesson is full of meaning. Again, thank YOU!!!
For the absolute beginners you should do a video on how to train left hand trills/mordents;) Bach just sounds better with good ornaments :)
Beautiful Invention, hope that I will be able to remember everything you say in my music theory exam in less than 2 months from now. Appreciate your videos.
Hello Adel, thank you for your kind words about this tutorial. I agree it is a beautiful invention, and is so interesting with the canonic writing. I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the videos. 💕 Best wishes on your upcoming music theory exam! 🎵
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you so much
@@GracefulLiving1 You're welcome!
I love your passion, and this was so helpful. It made me see the piece in a new light. Thank you
Hello Portland Piano Studio, thank you so much for your meaningful and generous words. I'm delighted that the lesson was helpful, and gave new insights as well. Knowing that you are a fellow piano teacher makes your responses all the more appreciated! I wish the very best to you and to your students!
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you! :)
This is pure gold, I love you excitement with the piece good job !
Or Ron Thank you so much!
:) I would actually love to hear pure recording of you playing bach ( would definitely buy that on itunes )
Or Ron I have a CD recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations that is available through CD Baby at www.cdbaby.com/sallychristian2
Really lovely lesson -- thank you!
Hello Monique, thank you for your kind and warm words! You are welcome, it is my pleasure. Best wishes to you. 🎵
Thank you once again. Your instruction videos are so helpful. I have just taken a look at invention no 6 in E major. Have you planned to produce a video on this?
+Tony Bayliss Hi Tony! Thank you again for your nice words and for letting me know that the teaching videos are helpful. Yes, Invention No. 6 is in the next group of Bach Inventions & Sinfonias I am currently working on and hope to have finished by the end of the year. Thanks for your request, and my best wishes to you!
Thank you for this lesson. I am returning to this piece after many months with it on the back burner. I thought I had purchased the charts for this, but can't find them. Do you have any record of this? Thank you!
Hello Randi, thank you for your kind words about the lesson! I do have a record of your purchase last year for the chart of this piece. Please message email me at SallyChristiamMusic@gmail.com so I have your current email address and can send you a duplicate chart! 🎵 I'm very happy you are coming back to this invention and I wish you all the best with your playing!
wonderful lesson and playing,very helpful,you're a terrifying teacher, thank you very much
Thank you, Ruben. I'm glad the lesson was helpful!
Super helpful, thank you
Hello Tyler, thank you for your wonderful and much appreciated words! You are welcome, ...I'm so glad it helped!
Best wishes to you. 🎵
l like it.
thank you!
Hello Wang, thank you so much for your kind and much appreciated words! Best wishes to you and with your playing! 🎵
You bring out the beauty in every phrase and note 9f this piece. I like your beautiful expression and dynamics as well.
You play from the heart ultimately.
And that's how it should be.
Hello Joseph, thank you so much for your wonderful and profound words. It is with deep appreciation that I read your descriptions of my approach and interpretation of this piece. I also feel that everything first and foremost comes from the heart. Bach's inscription in his Preface to the 2 and 3-Part Inventions asks above all for us to play in a cantabile style, which for me is achieved through expressing with an open heart! With very best wishes to you!
I stepped back from this last summer, realizing I wasn't quite ready to handle this piece. But about a month ago I decided to tack another shot at it... and now I am proud to say that I have conquered this wonderful piece of music!
Congratulations, Charles! You were really wise to set this piece aside for awhile until you felt you were ready for it. It is a wonderful feeling to see that you are reaching your goals, little by little. Playing a more difficult piece like this is proof of your progress! Keep up the good work!
This piece is a brain and finger buster.
I'm learning this piece and your instruction has made this piece an actual living, breathing thing I'm going to work with now. Love your enthusiasm and passion for the music.
Hello Anubhav, I am delighted and very touched to read your words. Thank you for letting me know that the lesson has further helped you appreciate the "life and wonder" in this piece! I wish you much joy with your work on Invention No. 2, and with your journey with the piano!
really glad to see the update on this series, as well as the update on C major sinfonia. Every note, every interval that Bach wrote in these pieces are beautiful and mindful. and you point them out to less trained ears like me
杨竞峰 很对
I like oscillating between tempos...
His pieces lend themselves so amazingly to this way of playing.
Hello Joseph, thank you so much. Your words of support are very gratifying to hear! Best wishes and blessings to you.
Is there more videos about using both hands to learn. I am beginner to learn piece with one hand starting to learn piece with both hands playing same notes, I would like to learn more about this training technique for my other pieces I want to learn
Hello maxthecat, I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly. Are you asking for videos that show how to play the notes written for one hand and instead playing these same notes with both hands? If so, I don't have any videos that show this approach. Best wishes to you with your piano studies. 🎵
@@SallyChristianMusic I like to see tips and techniques like yours of learn the song by playing the same notes with both hands at same time same one octave lower. I am learning this song with playing the right notes and playing the same notes one octave lower.
@@maxthecat1235 Great, thank you for clarifying. This is a good practice technique to learning & reinforcing the melodic patterns. Keep up the good work. I wish you all the best with your piano studies. 🎹
Thank you for the vídeo it has been very useful for me, since I am practiicing this invention now and having problems at bar 13, beats 2 and 3, when the 2 hands plays the same notes (keys) D, Eb, C virtually at the same time. ( time 13:08 to 13:10 of the video) , with an ornament in the D in left hand yet. Watching you playing slowly this way I can see how to solve that passage.
Hello codonauta, thank you for your kind and thoughtful words about this video. I appreciate hearing that the lesson was helpful, especially regarding the challenging measure 13 with overlapping duplicate notes in each hand. I'm glad to know that seeing this passage played at a slower tempo was of value. Best wishes to you and your playing of this wonderful invention!
What average listener doesn’t realize is that half of people who can “play” fantasie impromptu can’t even sightread this, let alone play with proper articulation.
Luka Meah Currently most of the editions indicate dynamics. Even without explicit articulation directions, there are many natural interpretation choices such as accents on rising figures and legato phrases for identical variations. It does not make any sense to play an entire invention in a completely flat manner, which would be quite unnatural.
Hello Jason, thank you for your thoughtful and well-expressed commmentary. I agree with everything you have said.
After starting to learn piano as an adult a few years ago, This was my second Bach invention to learn (after the C Major invention). I have it memorized and can play it in my sleep now. Lol. But I really love this invention. It is exercise for the brain for sure. And it is a beautiful little piece of music. Thank you for helping me to learn it!
Hello Charles, thank you for your very kind words! I'm so glad that this lesson has helped you, and that you can play this piece "in your sleep!" It's a wonderful feeling to know a piece this well. :-) Congratulations, and continuing best wishes to you and your journey with the piano!
These lessons are wonderful and a big help. I'm an adult learner a little over a year into this and I'm trying to learn and understand these beautiful Inventions.
I have a question about the fingering in this Invention in measure 13. The two lines of music intersect, with a trill being played in the left hand containing the same note (e flat) that collide with the note being played in the right hand. And generally speaking, it's confusing due to the close proximity of the two lines and how the phrasing is expressed.
Can you give any advice on how to handle this?
I know there's a similar occurrence in the C major invention, but it was easy to handle compared to this.
An interesting side note... In both Inventions #1 and #2, this "fingering collision" occurs in measure 13. Coincidence, or by design?
Hello Charles, thank you for your very kind words about the teaching videos. I'm so happy to hear that the lessons are helpful for you! You ask an excellent question. You are correct about the hands colliding in measure 13 of both inventions. I think it is a coincidence, but it is quite interesting that the pieces are most dense at this point in Bach's developing of the material. In the C minor invention, beat 3 of measure 13 is technically challenging because the Eb is used simultaneously by both hands. I recommend the following approach: "Set" your left hand at the front of the black key Eb, and "set" the right hand farther back on the same black key. Focus on playing the left hand trill clearly and cleanly as the dominant part. At the split second where the note Eb is shared, the right hand will barely touch the key so as not to interrupt the left hand voice, nor its own 16th-note melody. You will be "juggling" with your ears and mind so you can track both individual parts without losing any of the notes of either part. The left hand will be doing the real work of playing the note, and the right hand will be piggy-backing for just this one note. This is a lengthy answer which I hope makes sense. I wish you all the best as you learn and master this beautiful invention!
Hi Charles, thank you for sharing your inspiring story of how you decided to learn the piano, buy a keyboard, and then begin with some of the cornerstone classical repertoire! I agree with everything you said. What if everyone channeled their thoughts and energies into a positive and beneficial endeavor such as this? To reassure you, playing a piece through with no mistakes is more difficult than it seems. My teacher used to say: "Even the easy pieces are hard!" The bottom line is the joy that this ongoing gift gives to you. For me, playing the classical piano literature has more and more become a deep well that grounds and centers me. It is a river of nourishment that never dries up! I am pulling for you, and wish you the very best as you travel this magical journey for many years to come!
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you for your gracious sharing of tips and ideas. About this trill, how about leaving the right hand out completely on that particular Eb note ?? Let the left hand just deal with it, so to speak?
@@drbekken Hello TEBekken, thank you for your very kind words which I appreciate hearing! You are correct that the right hand can be left out completely on this one note. This is the surest way for the two voices to both sound fluid and even. With enough hands alone practice in advance, we will have trained our ears and mind to know that this note Eb is simultaneously shared/played by both voices. At this moment, the right hand can become "a silent partner" and the left hand can carry the responsibility for both parts. :-) Thanks for your helpful feedback, and all best wishes!
It took me a while to iron out this measure as well as measure 19. The later took me a while to work out the finger gymnastics required to play it smoothly. But it is so satisfying to finally have tackled this. Two years ago I was barely able to play anything at all, having just started piano at the beginning of 2017. It just feels good to accomplish this. I can't wait to learn more!
Thanks Sally for the amazing teaching videos!
I am relearning this piece and I played this over 15 years ago and now making my way back into playing classical music. Love your teaching style.
Just a small request: can you please do a teaching video on Tchaikovsky’s June Barcarolle? I find that piece quite challenging and have no idea how to play it smoothly :) Thank you :)
Hello Nhan, I am so delighted to read your wonderful words! I really appreciate your enthusiasm for these videos, and I'm glad they are helping you as you return to your classical piano music! I am also very happy that you have your chart now for the Bach Invention No. 2 as you learn this piece again. :-) I would love to make a chart and teaching video for Tchaikovsky's June Barcarolle! I adore this piece, and played it many years ago. I will look forward to working on it again as soon as I finish the teaching videos already in process for this year. I wish you all the best, and much joy with your playing!
Finally pulled up this video after six hours of unfruitful practicing. Thank you so much! This really helped my mind and eased my frustrated soul. God bless!
Hello tellatubbies5918, thank you so much for your wonderful comment! I'm very happy to hear that this tutorial helped you to understand this piece and have peace of mind with it. When we see how a piece is constructed, we can relax and enjoy the wonder of it! I wish you all the best with your playing! 🎶
Thank You Sally. Are you uploading anything anytime soon
This is a beautiful piano.
Hello Annie, thank you for your interest. Throughout 2016, I am uploading teaching videos of the complete 13 Rachmaninoff Preludes Opus 32 on a monthly basis. In 2017, I will be making and then uploading more Bach Invention & Sinfonia teaching videos. Best wishes to you!
I just started learning this. I'm trying separate hands first per your advice (I had followed your BWV Anh 116 and Invention 1 which helped a lot). I absolutely love this No.2. Your playing is so beautiful and your teaching is very helpful. @9:19 *find the humanity*--will always keep that in mind. Thank you so much for sharing the beauty! (you piano sounds very beautiful, too) Happy holidays! 🎄🌹
Hello Wombat, thank you so much for your wonderful and acknowledging words about the lesson and the playing! I really appreciate hearing that this video and the others you mention are helping you. I'm also glad you resonate with "finding the humanity" in this music. I'm sure you will play this piece beautifully, and I wish you much joy on your musical journey. 🎹Happy Holidays to you! 🌲
Amazingly helpful lesson - and will inspire you about Bach if you need to be inspired! Do wish she would have done something on the decorations which, being an over-thinker, I find difficult and confusing. But it is a really useful resource - thank you.
Hello Mary, thank you for your kind and enthusiastic words about this lesson! Being inspired is a wonderful thing, and I appreciate you saying this. Regarding your wishing that I had talked about the ornaments (the decorations), I will definitely keep this in mind when I record the next Bach teaching videos. Best wishes to you!
Thank you for this beautiful performance! J.S. Bach to me is more than just a composer. It's true that he is 5th Evangelist. And to me his music is more than just a music but like a language through which God conveys His message. I can't stop listening to his music since I've discovered his Sublime Beauty, Peace and harmony. I am sure the World would be the better place if we all listen to His Music.
Even started to learn to play keyboard because of J.S. Bach music. After Prelude in C maj from WTC, Aria from Goldberg Varitations, Minuet in G maj this No.2 Invention is my next jorney. I am right in the midle of this piece. If I may ask what the easiest keayboard pieces written by Bach that I can learn? Inventions, Sonatas, Little preludes or some of the Fugues? Or maybe Partitas and Suits? Anyway, thank you for this lesson and may God bless you and your loved ones.
Hello MrYuryZ, thank you for your lovely words about this performance and the lesson. I also appreciate your thoughtful and heartfelt words about the music of J.S. Bach. I agree that Bach's music is like a language through which God conveys his message. Everything Bach wrote was for the "Glory of God." 🙏The easiest keyboard pieces would be the Minuets, the Little Preludes, the C Major Prelude WTC I, some of the Two-Part Inventions, and a few of the French Suites. Best wishes to you with your playing, and blessings to you and your loved ones as well.
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you very much for your kind words! Also thank you for your recommendations. I realy appreciate that. I'll try to learn them!
this is very helpful for learning this piece, thank you!
Hello Prashant, thank you for your kind and much appreciated words. I am very happy to hear that the lesson helped you learn the piece! Best wishes to you.
thank you
You are welcome! 🎹
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Thank you! 😊
Thank you for making the invocation sound new to me
Для меня инвенция прозвучала по новому 👍
Thank you, I'm happy to hear that the Invention sounded new to you. Best wishes to you. 🎵
пасибо, я рад слышать, что это изобретение показалось вам новым. Желаю тебе всего наилучшего.@@АлексейКоннов-я2ш
You are an amazingly inspiring teacher. Thank you
Hello Birger, thank you so much for your wonderful and generous words! I really appreciate hearing that you were inspired by the lesson. I'm also very happpy to see that you purchased your chart for this invention and can study the color coded voice entries as you learn and memorize this piece. With very best wishes to you and with your works as a composer! 🎵
I play this piece and the other 14 inventions in all 12 keys. Truly magical.
This is awesome! Congratulations! 🎉
That's incredible. Do you have an automated transposer and print them out in all the keys or are able to just adjust your fingers by ear?
I just learn and memorize it in the first key and then go a half step up, relying on my ear. usually by the 5th key it gets much easier. @@turtlebackflapjack
amazing teaching skills ! thanks for sharing!
Hello Richard, thank you for your wonderful words, and all best wishes to you!
Cheers
Thank you so much for this!
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You are a great teacher, thank you
Hello aV, thank you so much for your kind and much appreciated words! Best wishes to you and with your music!
Wonderful.
Thanks. Love you !
Hello Tom, thank you for your beautiful and much appreciated words! All best wishes to you.
Another bride, another groom.....who came first Fats Waller or Bach with the leaping 6ths and 7ths?
Everything about this video is beautiful. What a wonderful teacher too
Hello Hagbard, thank you for your kind and generous words! I appreciate your lovely comment, and all best wishes to you!
thank YOU! I stumbled upon this video by chance but I've never quite seen somebody really get into the beauty of Bach like that. How you shared your thoughts so naturally was a beautiful thing to watch. Also would love to see a video on the Aria from Goldberg Variations :)). God bless you
Thank you, Hagbard, I am again so touched by your beautiful words! I have a CD recording of the Goldberg Variations (available through CD Baby), and perhaps one day I will also do a teaching video of this magnificent work. Blessings to you as well!
Well that's an instant buy from me, I think i just have to make an account on that site. And i don't want to ramble but stumbling on this video really did make my day. That there are people still out there who really love and appreciate beauty and actually know it when they see it (or hear it) it just fills me with joy. I would like to leave you with a Bach piece (that i hope you haven't heard!) Side note: simply because *every single* version of this piece that i listened to was just depressing and slow tempo, and I instinctively knew it wasn't supposed to be like that, until i found this version and said aha! I say that because when i first listened to Bach piano i was directed to Gould... and again my gut said hhmmm.. but anyway i could go on and on.. heres the piece .. th-cam.com/video/U-I7wbMY-A4/w-d-xo.html
So nice
Hello Federico, thank you for your kind and much appreciated words! Best wishes to you.
Thank you very much.. Sally❤
Hello abeer, thank you so much for your wonderful comment. You are welcome, it is my pleasure! Best wishes to you. 🎵
Im a fresh piano student and i just learned invention no. 1 and sinfonia 11. So i thought i pick up invention 2 in c minor but i feel its way above my level. What order would you suggest i learn the inventions? Or should i brute force invention 2?
Hello Diego, you ask a good question. I would recommend you learn next Invention No. 8 in F Major. I have always felt that if a piece "speaks" to us, we will learn it more easily and have a good experience. Brute force is counterproductive. Good luck to you in choosing the piece that is just right for you at this time!
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Hi do you sell doughnuts???
why say bahhc instead of bahhk
Bach was from Germany, and this is the correct German pronunciation.
SallyChristianMusic ive always said bahhk, haven't had anyone correct me yet.
なぜ人々はこれが好きではないのですか？
Thank you for your analysis and demonstration here, it helped me a lot. I especially like the part about breathing, that's hard to remember sometimes if you get nervous.
Hello Kidren, thank you for your kind, meaningful, and appreciated words! You are so right about the power of focusing on the breathing to counteract nervousness. Conscious breathing helps us to better align our breathing with the music, as well as simultaneously relaxing our bodies. Thank you for your important observation which we all need to remember! :-) Best wishes to you and with your playing.
Beautiful!❤ Thank you…
Hello Maxine, thank you so much for your wonderful words! You are welcome, it is my pleasure. Best wishes to you. 🎵