Minuet in F major, K. 2

Learn this piece

Composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Level

Intermediate

Key

F major

Metre

3/4

Tempo

116 BPM

Length

24 bars, about 1 minute

Hands

both

Trains

One of Mozart's earliest pieces, a graceful 3/4 dance in F major: broken-chord leaps in the right hand over a simple bass line and a triplet in bar 7. The second part turns to G minor, brings the opening back in bar 17, pauses on a fermata over a deceptive cadence in bar 20 and ends with the phrase again. The first part is repeated.

How to practise it

• Bars 1-3 each start with a slurred pair of eighth notes, then the right hand leaps down to two quarter notes. Play the pair smoothly and the quarters lighter, like a dance step.
• Bar 7 has a triplet: three eighth notes in one beat. Loop bars 7-8 at 60 BPM, keep the three notes even and land the B♭ on the second beat.
• Bars 9-12 turn to G minor with E♭ and F♯. Read the accidentals before you play, and listen for the darker colour.
• Bar 20 has a fermata in both hands, so hold it a little longer. Then go back to tempo for the last phrase in bars 21-24.

Where this score came from

Licence: Public domain

https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1770

Credit: Typeset by Nicolas Morant for the Mutopia Project (Mutopia-2016/11/30-1770) from the Breitkopf & Härtel Mozart edition (1877-1910, plate W.A.M. 2.4), and placed in the public domain by the typesetter.

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