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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Minuet in C, K. 6

The first minuet of the Sonata in C, K. 6 (1762–64)

On the RCM Level 2 list (Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition)

Level
3 of 7
Time
3/4
Length
32 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 120: the middle speed of the 15 minuets in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.

Practise it

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

The opening bars of Minuet in C, K. 6
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.

  • As written194 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots148 notes
  • Right-hand melody116 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 A5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from C2 to D4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, octaves, 6ths, 5ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

Sections

The piece in 2 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.

  1. Bars 1–8played twicelevel 3 of 7
  2. Bars 9–16played twicelevel 3 of 7

What stands between you and this piece

Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.

Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in 1791. Credits

Community source. A score shared on MuseScore that passed our computer checks; not yet checked bar by bar against a printed edition. How we check

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