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Invention 12

J. S. Bach

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0:00 1:16 · ♩ = 100

INVENTION 12 — MELODY + ACCOMPANIMENT Engraved with Verovio (verovio.org)

DIFFICULTY: Advanced
BARS: 21
SECTIONS: 8
TEMPO: ♩ = 100
MELODY NOTES: 360
PARTS: Melody + chords

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Invention 12. The composition is public domain. Encoded mechanically from the Mutopia Project edition. Typeset by jeff covey. Edition source: Bach-Gesellschaft. The edition is used under its Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. The melody is the top line of the edition's first staff as printed; the accompaniment is a simplified one-chord-per-bar reduction of the edition’s second staff.

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