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Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)

Menuet, from the Premier livre

Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
3/4
Length
52 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.

The opening bars of Menuet, from the Premier livre
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written404 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand396 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots315 notes
  • Right-hand melody263 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from C4 to G5, 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, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, octaves, 6ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Jean-Philippe Rameau died in 1764. Credits