For adult pianists between lessons · A worked example from PlayableNotes

Know each hand. Then bring them together.

Follow each line in Bach’s first Invention. Choose a hand, slow bars 7–8, then bring both parts together.

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The page demonstrates bars 7–8 at 60, with hand, tempo and repeat controls. The shared link opens all 22 bars at 90; choose 60 and click bars 7 then 8 to set a loop. Changes to controls stop playback; press Listen to start again.

Bach Invention No. 1 bars 7–8, the same two bars used by the hand and tempo controls.

Stay with the same two bars.

The moving figure passes between the hands in bars 7–8. Follow each line separately, then compare where the two parts meet.

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Follow the worked example

  1. Choose Left hand or Right hand and Listen.
  2. Lower the tempo and turn on Repeat this passage.
  3. Choose Both hands and listen to the same two bars.

Worked example from a real PDF reading. We corrected eight right-hand pitches in bar 7 and checked the clef changes in the complete print before sharing. The printed edition’s final arpeggio sign is omitted; the final chord plays together.

Keep the link beside your piano.

The complete PDF and practice copy cover all 22 bars. A shared link is a snapshot: later score changes need a deliberate link update.

Open the worked practice link

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Make your assigned piano page playable.

Read your piano photo or PDF, check the notes against the page, then make a practice link for the passage you are preparing.

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