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 Instrumental Works Inventions and Sinfonia Bach's collection of Inventions and Sinfonia, Aufrichtige Anleitung, demonstrates his pragmatic approach to musical science as a teacher. This collection was written for private instrumental lessons. Bach's didactic experience and musical scholarship is demonstrated in the title: Aufrichtige Anleitung, wherein the lovers of the clavier, and expecially those desirous of learning, are shown a clear way not only to learn to play clearly in two voices but also, after further progress, to deal correctly and well with three obbligato parts; furthermore, at the same time not only to have good inventiones but to develop the same well and, above all, to arrive at a singing style in playing and at the same time to acquire a strong foretaste of composition. Though the collection was not composed specifically for Leipzig, it probably went far to impress Bach's employers, the authorities in Leipzig.
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