Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)
Minuet in A minor, BWV Anh. 120
From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725)
BWV Anh. 120 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 written330 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots224 notes
- Right-hand melody168 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 E4 to A5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 3rds (skips), 5ths, octaves, 6ths
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
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Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: anonymous, written by 1725 and in print since the 19th century. Credits