Bach's pedagogical materials

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BACH'S PEDAGOGICAL MATERIALS

Sequential order

1. Clavierbüchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach:

15 two-parts inventions (Preludes): later Inventions

14 three-parts inventions (Fantasias): later Sinfonias

17 preludes: some in WTC

Miscellaneous pieces

2. 6 French Suites (lighter and more homophonic) & 6 English Suites (substancial prelude, large gigue): P A C S O G

3. WTC I & II:

2 books of 24 prelude-fugue, all major and minor keys in ascending order

I in second period (Cöthen), II in third period (Leipzig)

Each prelude a different skill and style, all types of fugal writing in fugues (stretto, augmentation...)

Endorsement of Equal Temperament vs. Pythagorean and just intonation