Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 125
From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725); long credited to J. S. Bach
BWV Anh. 125 of 20 in Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook (1725)
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written594 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand494 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots298 notes
- Right-hand melody258 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 B3 to A5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, octaves, 6ths
- Chords: inverted triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms
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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach died in 1788. Credits