Analysis of the C Major Invention (BWV 772) by Bach
Measures 11 and 12
The sequence of measures 3 and 4 is now repeated with the following changes:
- Invertible counterpoint (like in measures 7 and 8).
- We are now in the D Minor key. Measures 3 and 4 took us from the C Major key to G Major (ascending 5th), now this sequence will take us from D Minor to A Minor (ascending 5th also):
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Subject by inversion in yellow, by augmentation in blue |
Compare with measures 7 and 8: