Learn A Bach Invention in 10 Days

A Step by Step Practice Plan from Start to Finish

Learn How to Play or Teach a Bach Invention Step by Step

In this course, Elizabeth Gutierrez breaks down the process of learning a Bach invention into easily digestible practice steps. Each lesson builds on previous lessons in a way that will soon have you or your students playing a Bach invention confidently.

How the 10-Day Practice Plan Works

This course is a Drip content course meaning that each day's assignment will be released at 12:01 UTC (or 6:01AM Central Time) beginning ON THE DAY that you enroll in the course and will continue each day after for a total of 10 days.

SO.... do not enroll in the course until you are certain that you are ready to begin your 10 days of practice OR you may desire to enroll right away so as to receive the assignments one by one and save for later. The 10 daily assignments will appear here on this website. Just log in at the top right corner with your username/password, click into your Bach course, and you'll see each daily practice assignment appear in the Curriculum day by day. Once they're all "dripped in" you'll have the entire practice plan to use again and again as you like.

I look forward to learning from you about your experience with this "Drip Content" feature and the practice plan itself, so don't hesitate to email me with comments! I may release a more detailed version of this course in the future, so do inform me of what you'd like to know more of as you work on your Bach Invention.

*** If you think I should enable the system to send you a daily email to inform you when each course section becomes available, please let me know. These types of daily prompts into your Inbox may not be desired, but I am willing to enable them if you think others might prefer this feature and if it would help you. Otherwise, just check back here inside the course to view your new daily practice assignment.

Enjoy! And let me hear from you!


Your Instructor


Elizabeth Gutierrez
Elizabeth Gutierrez

Founder ELIZABETH GUTIERREZ began Piano Teacher Academy in 2016 as an extension of her instructional blog and summer camp. Piano Camp for Piano Teachers (pianoteachercamp.com). She has years of experience teaching piano, piano pedagogy, and piano literature to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has given numerous workshops and master classes to working independent teachers around the globe both in person and via livestream on Facebook and Periscope and also as a national clinician for Faber Piano Adventures. For her workshops and online courses, she draws on her extensive background as an independent teacher, professor, performer, and composer/editor/author. Elizabeth is well-known for her engaging, inclusive approach to nurturing the piano teaching community via print, video, and social media.


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"The 10-Day Bach Practice Plan is a challenging and thorough way to learn a Bach invention in a limited amount of time. As an undergraduate music major, this plan also helped to solidify and refine practice habits that carry over into different practicing for other pieces."

- Cellie Buchanan, Piano Major, Baylor University

Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.
Is it constructed for 10 CONSECUTIVE days of practice or may I skip a day here or there if I have to?
The course is constructed for 10 consecutive days, but it won't hurt if you miss a day here or there as long as you've been fairly thorough in your practice. Some have even stretched this practice plan beyond 10 days for more ease and to allow more time for mastery of a particular task in an assignment. Perfectly fine!

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