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Allemande, French Suite No. 1, BWV 812 is a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.
- keyboard work
- Baroque
- Key of D minor
- dancing
- melancholic
- hand independence
- voicing
Also known as Allemande from French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812; Bach, Johann Sebastian - Französische Suite Nr 1 - 1- Allemande; J.S. Bach.
History
The tiny pickup leads into overlapping lines. Carry the held notes while the shorter figures move around them. Think in phrases larger than a beat so the allemande remains a dance rather than a counting exercise.
Sources
How to practise it
- Keep the sustained or entering voice audible without making its supporting material heavy.
- Practise the encoded lines separately, then combine them while preserving their different rhythms.
How hard is it
Level 6, estimated
The first full measures mix held values with sixteenth-note voices across both staves; 26 measures and 11 encoded ornaments place this in the intermediate range with significant sustained-voice control.
About this piece
- Licence
- cc-zero
- Source
- musescore.com
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