Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 119

Anonymous (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)

Key: G minor
Style: Baroque
Level: Level 2
Roughly: RCM 2 · ABRSM 2 · Trinity 2 · Henle 1
Lesson: 2.3 Count long and short subdivisions
Musicianship: 2.3 Dotted rhythms
Focus: dotted rhythms, ornaments

What its lesson teaches

2.3 Count long and short subdivisions

Study the Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 119. Reuse the harmonic-minor and sixteenth-note preparation from the previous lesson, and count the written dotted figures without shortening the long note. Distinguish the dotted-quarter/eighth model in the card from smaller dotted values in the music.

Ideas: Dotted rhythms
Technical exercises and Hanon
Octaves and stretches
Theory cards: The dotted quarter and eighth
Hanon is optional
Reaching an octave
Technique: G harmonic minor scale, hands separately, 2 octaves

Edition and licence

Score: Mutopia Project · public domain

Polonaise in G minor

Typeset by Steven McDougall.

Public Domain

Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1016

Licence: Public Domain (Mutopia Project licensing: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/legal.html)

Adapted by Musalea: converted to MusicXML and prepared for interactive practice.

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