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Menuet, French Suite No. 1, BWV 812 is a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 4, an estimate.
- keyboard work
- Baroque
- Key of D minor
- dancing
- gentle
- hand independence
- voicing
Also known as Bach, Johann Sebastian - Französische Suite Nr 1 4-Menuet; Menuet from French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812; Nr 1 D-minor Nr 4.
History
Keep the upper dance phrase clear over the held supporting notes. Small releases can give the minuet room to breathe. This source presents the named Menuet component, not the whole French Suite.
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 4, estimated
Upper eighth-note movement and held lower half/quarter values in the first measures, plus 25 measures of modest-density writing, suggest an accessible intermediate introduction to layered dance.
About this piece
- Licence
- cc-zero
- Source
- musescore.com
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