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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)

Level
4 of 7
Time
3/4
Length
40 bars
Plays in
1 to 2 min

Practise it

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The opening bars of Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 125
The opening bars

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