Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114

Learn this piece

Composer

Christian Petzold

Level

Intermediate

Key

G major

Metre

3/4

Tempo

140 BPM

Length

32 bars, about 1 minute

Hands

both

Trains

Two independent lines in 3/4: a right-hand melody of stepwise eighth-note runs and leaps against a left hand that moves in its own line of mostly dotted-half, half and quarter notes; mordents (bars 3, 5, 11, 13), a grace note in bar 8 and a short trill in bar 30, and a second half that turns to D major (C sharp) before coming home. Both halves repeated.

How to practise it

• Each hand has its own line: the left hand holds long notes while the right hand moves in eighths. Practise each hand alone, then loop bars 1-8 together at 80 BPM.
• Learn bars 3 and 5 without the mordents first. Add them lightly once the eighth notes are steady, so the beat never waits for them.
• The second half turns to D major, so watch for the C♯ in bars 20-23. Listen for the brighter sound before the music comes home to G.
• In bars 25-26 the left hand plays two voices: the upper note comes in on beat 2 and holds while the lower note is struck again on beat 3. Practise the left hand alone here first.

Where this score came from

Licence: Public domain

https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=75

Credit: Typeset by Allen Garvin for the Mutopia Project (Mutopia-2017/01/19-75) from the Bach-Gesellschaft edition, and placed in the public domain by the typesetter.

Other versions

• Minuet in G major (first part, arranged for beginners) Beginner

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