Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 123
From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725); long credited to J. S. Bach
BWV Anh. 123 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 written532 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand363 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots231 notes
- Right-hand melody197 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 C4 to C6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D2 to D4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals, flats outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 6ths, 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), 5ths, octaves, 4ths
- Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms
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, 1894 (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach died in 1788. Credits