Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)
Polonaise in F, BWV Anh. 117b
From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725)
BWV Anh. 117 of 20 in Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook (1725)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 98: the usual pace of polonaises and polskas. Its length counts from that.
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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 written456 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots258 notes
- Right-hand melody226 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 F4 to B5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C2 to C4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 1 flat (F major or D minor)
- Accidentals: naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, octaves
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position
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Score typeset by Steven McDougall for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: anonymous, written by 1725 and in print since the 19th century. Credits