Thanks to Dan Moller for sponsoring this video with his book "The Way Of Bach". It's available in both hardback and eBook here: https://www.amazon.com/Way-Bach-Three-Years-Music/dp/1643135805 Bach is often, and quite rightly, cited as a musical genius, but what is it exactly that makes his music so clever? Well, today we're going to take a closer look at three examples of his big brain contrapuntal composing! SOURCES: Numberphile on Crab Canon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sToqbqP0tFk Deciphering Guitar and Music Theory, Solving Puzzle Canon 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3zZyj3WJiM GeruBach, BWV 1087 - 14 Canons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h6AabkLvEE Inside the score, Fugues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG4SKgCpppE Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847 - Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3oLFxv9zTU Adam Neely, How to write a crab canon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAIc1XvnPkI Netherlands Bach Society, Concerto for 4 harpsichords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emkJ0A7IfkY Netherlands Bach Society, Quaerendo invenietis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3OZiaIR1Ok Netherlands Bach Society, Crab Canon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29YwFjE2b1A Netherlands Bach Society, WTC I Prelude and fugue no. 2 in C minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkSJq_W58TU Netherlands Bach Society, WTC I Prelude and fugue no. 11 in F major: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF8bGzcrWkY And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/davidbennettpiano 🎹 0:00 Introduction 0:36 Canon a 2 Cancrizans 3:23 Canon a 2 Quaerendo invenietis 5:14 Fugue 5:58 Fugue no. 2 in C minor 8:08 The Way Of Bach by Dan Moller 8:58 Patreon