Research Article

A Study on Digital Analysis of Bach’s “Two-Part Inventions”

Table 1

Statistics of semitone spaces of adjacent pitches in Bach’s inventions (intervals bigger than 12 ignored); unit: %.

WorksIntervals
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No. 140.0030.1770.3580.1190.0580.070.0340.0680.0340.0340.0140.003
No. 130.0070.090.080.3680.140.0670.0540.1070.0330.0430.0030.003
No. 80.0030.20.2780.1190.0780.0340.0270.060.0540.0470.040.003
No. 60.0130.2940.3430.1250.0860.0430.0130.0130.0130.0170.010.003
No. 50.0050.260.4550.130.0590.0260.0050.0030.010.020.0080.015
No. 40.0250.2490.50.0360.0180.0250.0070.0290.0140.040.0430.011
No. 30.0360.2660.4090.0840.0330.0550.0260.0070.0180.0260.0360.004
No. 20.0390.2960.40.0560.0280.090.010.0140.0170.0230.0140.011
No. 10.0160.2340.4130.1630.070.0280.0040.020.0160.010.0160.008