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Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)

Gigue

Suite in D Minor N6

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
6/4
Length
64 bars
Plays in
about 2 min

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The opening bars of Gigue
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written528 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand428 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots242 notes
  • Right-hand melody184 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to A5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from A1 to G4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 5ths, 4ths, octaves, 6ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre died in 1729. Credits