How To Teach Bach Invention No.13 in A Minor: Improve your Bach playing and teaching skills!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2024
  • Today we’re talking about how to teach Invention No.13 in A Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. To further help you determine the difficulty of an individual piece such as one of the Inventions, download my FREE Repertoire Difficulty Worksheet. www.jannawilliamson.com/blog/...
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    0:00 Introduction
    2:00 Key signature and accidentals
    2:38 Meter and rhythm
    3:02 Tempo
    3:53 Analyzing the subject
    5:50 Imitation
    6:58 Broken chords
    10:11 Syncopation
    12:07 Articulation
    13:25 Accurate learning in the first few weeks
    14:12 Additional practice techniques

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  • @JannaWilliamson
    @JannaWilliamson  ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do you have other pieces in the intermediate repertoire that you'd like me to cover in a future video? Leave a comment here!

    • @MotifMusicStudios
      @MotifMusicStudios ปีที่แล้ว

      I should look through the new RCM syllabus for some ideas! There are so many gems in there!

    • @JannaWilliamson
      @JannaWilliamson  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MotifMusicStudios yes, particularly by women and composers of color!

    • @MarcusVinicius116
      @MarcusVinicius116 ปีที่แล้ว

      Prélude No. 6 Op. 28 of Chopin ?
      I find it really difficult to play without à mecchanical and jerky side.

  • @MotifMusicStudios
    @MotifMusicStudios ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love that you highlight two different performers with very different styles in this piece.

    • @JannaWilliamson
      @JannaWilliamson  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Another viewer commented about Glenn Gould on a previous video - it reminded me that his influence is strongly felt! Which is a little dangerous for our students, given his tempo choices. 😬

    • @MotifMusicStudios
      @MotifMusicStudios 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JannaWilliamson Yes! It's amazing how those more well known performers can really impact a generation of players. I actually found that with lots of RCM recordings in the past that they were SO fast that it was hard to imagine things not at a break neck tempo! [I'm talking old Cassette Recordings and CD's - ya know, from the dark ages when I was a kid. ;) ]

  • @karolpuma
    @karolpuma 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much. I am back to this after 23 years.

  • @henryyoutube4359
    @henryyoutube4359 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I went to high school with Bach and he would always play at local parties. So cool to finally see him get some recognition.

    • @sirmaxwellvonfleckenstein5376
      @sirmaxwellvonfleckenstein5376 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What next.... a joke about broken chords and how to fix them?

    • @henryyoutube4359
      @henryyoutube4359 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sirmaxwellvonfleckenstein5376 finish the joke

    • @JannaWilliamson
      @JannaWilliamson  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      If it isn’t bar-oque, don’t fix it! 😂

  • @MotifMusicStudios
    @MotifMusicStudios ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this invention and always enjoy your way of explaining your approach to teaching specific pieces.

  • @markteague8889
    @markteague8889 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for sharing your perspective and experience on this wonderful Bach invention.

  • @MarcusVinicius116
    @MarcusVinicius116 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another piece I like to play. Not so easy to learn by oneself but I see that I play approximately as you advise.

  • @piotrrusk
    @piotrrusk 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm searching everywhere: did anybody notice that in 24th bar the time signature really changes to 3/8 or 6/16? I had problems with analysing the melody logically, but if you group it by six sixteenths under one beam (three eighths in left hand), suddenly it becomes perfectly logical regarding to accents 🙂
    Best regards from Poland!

  • @tonywhetton9015
    @tonywhetton9015 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice nice piece this, Janna! Not done Bach for a long while so May look at this one. Thanks for your teaching tips Janna 👍

    • @JannaWilliamson
      @JannaWilliamson  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for watching!

  • @cariboux2
    @cariboux2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. I'm just about to learn this piece and this is very helpful.

  • @peterknezevich9959
    @peterknezevich9959 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you! I am currently teaching this piece. I love your comment about syncopation. I hadn't really thought about the syncopation in this piece. But it's definitely one of the elements that makes it such a fun piece to play.

    • @JannaWilliamson
      @JannaWilliamson  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes I agree! Keep an eye out for syncopation in all Bach - he uses it a lot!

  • @hovefactually7505
    @hovefactually7505 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I find it really hard to play this without looking at my fingers (especially bars 3 and 4), so I have to keep looking from the score to the keyboard and back again or wait till I learn the piece off by heart (which is my usual solution, but which I'm trying to stop doing).

  • @guitargod6997
    @guitargod6997 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just subscribed! Lovely lesson from an articulate and expressive teacher! Very excellent insights. Piano is my second instrument, as I am currently a jazz musician classically trained on guitar at age twelve. If I could hit "reset", I would have preferred to learn classical piano first.

    • @JannaWilliamson
      @JannaWilliamson  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for watching and subscribing! More info here: www.jannawilliamson.com/blog/how-to-teach-bach-invention-13

  • @fredrasio
    @fredrasio 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a beautiful piano that fits your arts & crafts house so perfectly. Can you say what it is and where you got it from? I very rarely see light oak pianos and they seem to be always upright models. Thanks!

    • @JannaWilliamson
      @JannaWilliamson  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Of course! It's a 1999 Yamaha C2 that we bought in 2019 shortly after moving to this house. I show more of the studio and link to the place where we bought it in this video - th-cam.com/video/A9jcXRsA1Kw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=eAVoQ_Igf39SaFpC

  • @tomcalderaro7164
    @tomcalderaro7164 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    check back half of bar 1 (video @ 4:15) 3rd 16th of beat 2.... B not A :)

    • @JannaWilliamson
      @JannaWilliamson  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ah, yes, you are correct. I grabbed screenshots from a free edition online since my Henle urtext is under copyright. One more reason to always purchase a good quality edition!

  • @follettpianoteacher
    @follettpianoteacher ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Janna! Thanks for another great teaching video. What slow metronome tempo or number would you recommend for students to practice at?

    • @JannaWilliamson
      @JannaWilliamson  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This depends on your student's current maximum tempo. If your student can play it at quarter=80, then a good slow tempo might be around half of that, or maybe a little more than half. So something like eighth=96? Just something that feels REALLY SLOW. 😂

    • @follettpianoteacher
      @follettpianoteacher 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JannaWilliamson Thank you!

  • @jeffreykaufmann2867
    @jeffreykaufmann2867 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    invention 14 was much easier for me to learn then #13. I cant play #4 cause i cant do trills with my left hand even though im left-handed