How to play Minuet in G Minor on piano

The minor-key partner to the famous Minuet in G, with both halves repeated: flowing eighth-note lines over a walking bass, a trip to B-flat major and back to G minor. Learn it step by step in your browser: the music waits for you on every note, then you speed it up.

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Works with a MIDI keyboard, the on-screen keys or your computer keyboard.

Level3 of 5
ComposerChristian Petzold (from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook, BWV Anh. 115)
KeyG minor
Time signature3/4
Tempo96 bpm
HandsBoth hands
VersionFull song
AccessPremium

The first notes

Right hand, first bars. The small numbers are finger numbers (1 = thumb, 5 = little finger).

B♭4A3G2|A3D1D1|G4G1A2B♭3C1|D2

In the app you see these notes falling onto the keyboard and on sheet music at the same time, with the right key lit up.

How to learn it fast

  1. Listen first: Listen mode plays the whole piece.
  2. Learn mode: the music stops and waits until you press the right key, one hand at a time.
  3. Play mode at 60–70% speed: real-time feedback on every note, early or late.
  4. Loop the hard bars: the coach finds them for you and speeds them up as you improve.
  5. Hands together at full speed.

New to piano? This song fits best after Unit 8: Rhythm Power of the free course path.

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