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Johann Adolf Hasse (1699–1783)

Polonaise in G, BWV Anh. 130

From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725); long credited to J. S. Bach

BWV Anh. 130 of 20 in Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook (1725)

Level
4 of 7
Time
3/4
Length
56 bars
Plays in
1 to 3 min

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.

Practise it

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The opening bars of Polonaise in G, BWV Anh. 130
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 written608 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand554 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots386 notes
  • Right-hand melody330 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 D4 to D6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from D2 to E4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth 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, hands in different rhythms

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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: Johann Adolf Hasse died in 1783. Credits