Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Allemande, BWV 836
In G minor, written with one flat as Bach wrote it; from the Little Keyboard Book for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
On the RCM Level 5 list (Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition)
- Level
- 4 of 7
- Key signature
- 1 flat
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 41 bars
- Plays in
- 1 to 2 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 108: the middle speed of the 101 pieces in 4/4 in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.
Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.
- As written610 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots405 notes
- Right-hand melody364 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 C6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
- Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, octaves, 5ths, 7ths
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms
Sections
The piece in 3 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.
- Bars 1–5played twicelevel 4 of 7
- Bars 6–12played twicelevel 4 of 7
- Bars 13–20played twicelevel 4 of 7
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score typed for Clefsight from Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, 1897, ed. Alfred Dörffel (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits
Checked against the edition. Typed from the scan, then compared bar by bar with another copy shared on MuseScore; the 4 bars where they differed were settled against the scan. How we check