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Minuet in G — melody and bass

Play the famous Baroque Minuet in G with both hands, pairing the sparkling right-hand tune with a poised bass line.

DevelopingChristian Petzold (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) · Opening eight bars with bass · piano both handsPiano · Both hands · G major · 3/4

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Try it at the keyboard

  1. Practise each four-bar half hands separately before putting both hands together at a slow tempo.
  2. Keep the left-hand dotted minims steady and unhurried while the right hand plays quavers.
  3. Don’t forget F♯ in bar 3 (right hand F5) and bar 7 (right hand F4).

About this score

First eight bars of BWV Anh. 114 with ornaments omitted and the bass line simplified to one sustained dotted minim per bar.

Composed by Christian Petzold (from the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach); source edition by Mutopia Project. Public domain composition and source edition. Teaching excerpt by NotePlayMusic.

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