![]() This is also unexpected but fits in nicely to join and lead up to the last chord as the notes get longer from quavers, to crotchets and then in the last bar: a dotted minim.read more. ![]() We are given a new rhythm that is similar to bars 20, 25, 26 where the rhythm is: ta ta-te ta whereas in bar 31, the rhythm is: ta-te ta ta. Finally, in bar 31, we also experience something but it's not to do with the texture but to do with rhythms. Additionally if we look at the next bar, bar 22 and 30, we can see that they same rhythm and sequence but because the notes are different, it is a modified sequence. This gives contrast between the two scales. read more.ĭifference is that the scale in bar 21 is in the key in D major with the C# and the scale in bar 29 is in the key of G major. The next thing that happens in the 'B' section is that in bar 19, it is a pivot as there is an E minor chord, which is the 6th degree and 2nd chord of G major, which then leads into bar 20 where there is modulation as the key changes and becomes D major when the first note (being a C). In section 'B', the first 3 bars are modified sequences of bars 5 and 6 in section 'A' as they use the same rhythms and each first note of the 3 bars begins a tone lower than the one before. During the 'A' section the left hand swaps the melody with the right hand and they are: bars 8 and 12. But then goes back to polyphonic in the next bar. In bar 10, the texture becomes monophonic as the right and left hand are playing in unison. Both 'A' and 'B' sections are equal in length and are quite similar, with both having simple rhythms although in the 'B' section, new things are introduced and many 'A' section rhythms have been modified.read more. The piece is in Binary as the piece is played like this: A:|| B:||. This Minuet is in two sections 'A' and 'B'. Bach P 224 (10) (copy of BWV 841 by Anna Magdalena Bach in her Klavierbchlein fr Anna Magdalena Bach (1722)) Am. I believe that it wasn't written for the piano especially as pianos were just being invented and therefore were not as popular as the harpsichord. Bach wrote this piece especially for the harpsichord and for his wife who played the harpsichord. As it is a Minuet, the speed of the piece is quite steady- andante (at a walking pace). The time signature, also known as the metre is 3 crotchet beats in a bar. Bach is in the key of G major as we can obviously see by the title: "Minuet in G". Here is a video of this music, or scroll down the page to see the sheet music.Essay on Minuet in G by J.S. Further examples of these works, which make a great introduction to Baroque music, are available from Sheet Music Plus. 4 from the second notebook) is known to have been composed by Christian Petzold (another contemporary composer), and the sheet music, midi and mp3 files can be downloaded using the links on the left-hand menu.Īlso on the left are links to other pieces from the A. Bach only composed a few of the works, and they have now attributed some of them to the relevant composers. More recent analysis by scholars has discovered that J. For many years the pieces in the second notebook were all assumed to have been composed by Johann Sebastian, and even in 1950 Wolfgang Schmieder catalogued the pieces as being Bach's and gave them "BWV" numbers. The second notebook was mostly handwritten by Anna Magdalena herself (with occasional help from others), and the pieces were composed by various members of the Bach family, their students or musical friends. The first notebook consisted of pieces composed and handwritten by Johann Sebastian which he presented as a gift to his wife. Anna Magdelena was the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach and also a musician. There are two handwritten notebooks of mostly keyboard music known as the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebooks. Christian Petzold : Minuet in G, No.4 from 2nd Notebook of A.
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