The short answer
Allemande, English Suite No. 4, BWV 809 is an allemande by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 9, an estimate.
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- allemande
- Baroque
- dreamy
- gentle
- ornaments
- voicing
History
A short F pickup leads into tiny repeated and turning notes before the upper phrase descends. Hear the direction through that detail rather than making each decoration a separate gesture.
Sources
How hard is it
A short F pickup leads into tiny repeated and turning notes before the upper phrase descends. Hear the direction through that detail rather than making each decoration a separate gesture. Across 49 encoded source measures, the retained writing uses eighth, 16th, 32nd detail and 6 encoded voices. This supports estimated level 9, not teacher approval or a copied publisher grade. Expanded source length and literal performance returns are not a reference printed-bar count.
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

