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Fugue in B-flat major, HWV 607 is a piece by George Frideric Handel from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.
- keyboard work
- Baroque
- Key of B-flat major
- grand
- joyful
- hand independence
- voicing
Also known as Fugue in Bâ Major; Fugue in B♭ Major.
History
Let the long opening notes have direction as shorter material begins underneath. The interest lies in the voices meeting, not only in a louder sound. The source places its explicit metronome near the ending, so it is not an opening tempo claim.
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
Early measures combine long upper values with a newly active inner voice; 78 measures of counterpoint are an upper-intermediate challenge, despite relatively sparse chord encoding.
About this piece
- Licence
- cc-zero
- Source
- musescore.com
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