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George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Minuet in G minor, HWV 434

Level
3 of 7
Key signature
2 flats
Time
3/4
Length
92 bars
Plays in
3 to 6 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Minuet in G minor, HWV 434
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written628 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand602 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots406 notes
  • Right-hand melody314 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 B3 to C6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from C2 to E4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
  • Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, octaves, 7ths, 5ths
  • Chords: inverted triads
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: George Frideric Handel died in 1759. Credits