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Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)

Gavotte, from the Premier livre

Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin

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

Practise it

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

Versions

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

  • As written758 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand740 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots409 notes
  • Right-hand melody344 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to C6, 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, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, 4ths, octaves, 5ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns

What stands between you and this piece

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