Pieces / Petzold
Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach · BWV Anh. 114

Minuet in G major

Christian Petzold, long credited to J. S. Bach, c. 1725 · 64 keys · Easy

About the piece

This minuet is in the notebook Bach put together in 1725 for his wife, Anna Magdalena, and it went by his name for two centuries. In the 1970s it was found to be by Christian Petzold, an organist in Dresden.

You play the right hand of the first part, moved a fourth lower, to D major, to fit the 17 keys.

Key
G major
Played in
D major, a fourth lower
Time
3/4
Keys
64
Licence
Public domain

Minuet in G major letters

The whole passage, as letters to type. P is a black key; a dash holds the note a little longer.

H - S D T G H - S - S - J - G H J O L - S - S -
G - H G T D T - G T D S W - S D T S D -
H - S D T G H - S - S - J - G H J O L - S - S -
G - H G T D T - G T D S D - T D S W S -
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