In this arrangement the flautist plays Voice 1 and the piano voices 2 and 3. The realisation plays back at a tempo 84 quarter note (crotchet) beats to the minute Piano accompaniments are in place playing at 76, 80, 84 and 88 quarter note (crotchet) beats per minute giving opportunity for ensemble practice as part of music routines. This is an uplifting movement played at an appropriate tempo. There is quite an amount of tempo variation in the way that performers approach playing this movement. Retain a lightness in the playing intention and avoiding sounding too deliberate. The points of imitation need to be clearly articulated The inventions and sinfonias are great movements to assist in an understanding of musical process whilst at the same time help improve intonation and encourage good listening and ensemble playing skills. There is considerable rhythmic detail that requires attention when playing this sinfonia including tied notes, long notes, short notes, off the beat notes and dotted notes The lines of this sinfonia connect quite beautifully making it in terms of its outcome something of a inspiring musical jigsaw in that everything fits beautifully? There are both scale and chordal shapes that feature in this movement Be prepared to count when playing this sinfonia which to be fair is needed for playing most of Bach’s music. Bach generally explores the closely related keys in the sinfonias namely the relative minor, (B minor) the sub dominant (G) and the dominant (A) Keys in the sinfonias maybe established by a perfect cadence but are more likely to be referenced by passing modulations in which a key is referenced but not actually established. A flute part is appended to the full score. Typically baroque scores have very little score detail in terms dynamics and articulations but if an edited would be more useful please advise the PlentyMusic office.
