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The short answer
Duetto No. 3 in G major, BWV 804 is a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.
- Baroque
- dancing
- joyful
- hand independence
- ornaments
- scales runs
History
Duetto here means a conversation between keyboard lines, not a piano duet for two players. Bach’s Third Duet has a buoyant 12/8 pulse, with small runs and rests passing energy through the texture.
Sources
What to listen for
Motion through rests
The upper line begins with rests before a descending sixteenth-note figure. Listen to how the short silences make the motion spring forward.
An ornament within the line
The upper line adds an ornament as the texture continues. Keep hearing the larger 12/8 pulse rather than letting the decoration interrupt it.
How hard is it
Two active strands, frequent short notes and rests need independent phrasing within 12/8. Later ornaments and the sustained close require control without flattening the compound pulse.
About this piece
- Licence
- CC0
- Source
- musescore.com
More by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Prelude in C major, BWV 846Level 4, estimatedOpen to everyone
- Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772Level 5, estimatedWith Maestro
- Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: III. PrestoLevel 9, estimatedWith Maestro
