Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
March in G, BWV Anh. 124
From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725); long credited to J. S. Bach
BWV Anh. 124 of 20 in Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook (1725)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at half note = 74: the usual pace of marches. Its length counts from that.
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written496 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand480 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots350 notes
- Right-hand melody306 notes
To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from G3 to B5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D2 to C4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, octaves, 6ths
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach died in 1788. Credits