2-part invention in Db

Here's another small invention. More quiet than the 1st one. It's an adagio! Mostly done in 2020, but updated in 2026.

Hello @Frederic Gill and welcome to the forum!

This is a nice invention!  I think, usually, the primary goal of the exposition in an invention is to maintain the melodic identity of the motive.  But here you change the motive in the imitation.  And the counter-motive doesn't keep the same contour as the first instance in the right hand in measure 2.  The 1st inversion triad is a prominent figure that gives this invention its melodic definition so it would have been nice to keep it intact throughout the invention.  Also, since the first three notes outline a Bb minor chord in first inversion, it would have been nice to have some kind of accompaniment in the left hand from the very beginning of the piece to help solidify the harmonic identity and remove any doubt the listener might have as to whether the invention is in Db major or in Bb minor.  Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for your feedback. Yes, this is not really an invention, lol. I'll try to make a real one. I enclose the original motive of the exercise. The convention in my books, is that  the motives do begin on the tonic or the 5th of the key. But not on the 3rd, in a 1st inversion. The motive bears some ambiguity about the key in me1 but the stretto in me2 make it clear. Feel free to show me an intro to your taste in me1. :)