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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Minuet in D minor, BWV Anh. 132

for Harpsichord

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
1 flat
Time
3/4
Length
32 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

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The opening bars of Minuet in D minor, BWV Anh. 132
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

  • As written240 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots172 notes
  • Right-hand melody140 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from D4 to B5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from D2 to D4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
  • Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths, 10ths, 6ths
  • 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 (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits