Public-domain song
Minuet in G
- Key signature
- 1 sharp: F♯
- Time signature
- 3/4
- Origin
- Written in 1725 in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach; first printed in the Bach-Gesellschaft edition.
Public domain: by Christian Petzold, who died in 1733; first published in 1894.
Written out here note by note as a melody only: no lyrics and no accompaniment.
The two parts
Part 1
The phrase people know, short enough to learn in a sitting.
- Length
- 8 bars, 32 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 96
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Range
- F♯4 to G5
- Note values
- dotted half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes
Part 2: the complete song
The whole tune: its melody once through to its end, without the repeats a performance would add.
- Length
- 32 bars, 126 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 110
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Range
- D4 to B5
- Note values
- dotted half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes
Earn a star on the first part to open the complete song.
Lessons that use this song
Each of these lessons opens the first part.