Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Bourrée in E minor, BWV 996
The fifth movement of Bach's Suite in E minor, BWV 996, written for lute or the lute-harpsichord on two staves
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 written480 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand478 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots321 notes
- Right-hand melody272 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 D4 to B5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D3 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths, 6ths, octaves
- Chords: triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, 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 2–9played twicelevel 3 of 7
- Bars 11–18played twicelevel 3 of 7
- Bars 19–26played twicelevel 3 of 7
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score from a copy shared on MuseScore (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits
Community source. A copy shared on MuseScore that passed our checks: every bar complete, every chord within reach of a hand, repeats that can be followed, and the key its title names. It hasn't been compared bar by bar with a printed edition yet. How we check Heard a wrong note? Tell us