JS Bach Two-Part Invention BWV 784

Bridget Mermikides creates a guitar duo arrangement of Bach’s incredible two-part Invention In A Minor. Learn either part, or both, and play along!

- Bridget Mermikides

Today we revisit the work of that extraordinary composer, organist and violinist Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Bach’s talents were recognized by a modest number of musicians and some patrons during his long and hugely productive life, but in 260 years since has firmly established himself (along with Mozart and Beethoven) as one of the three greatest composers of Western Art Music. While Mozart is representative of the heights of the Classical era, and Beethoven the transition from the Classical to Romantic era, Bach was a master of the Baroque musical era. Baroque music is associated with significant development in harmony and counterpoint (the sustaining of multiple simultaneous but distinct melodies), and these fundamental concepts of harmonic dissonance and consonance resonate to this day. Bach’s mastery of harmony and counterpoint has been a source of inspiration to countless musicians in a range of styles ever since.