Save your outside fingers for white keys, and let your longer inner fingers tackle the black keys. Try to avoid putting your short fingers (1 and 5, or thumb and pinkie) on black keys. Rule #1 of fingering (in no particular order): Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s head to the focus of the video – figuring out the finger patterns! Piano Fingering rule #1 A minuet is a dance with small steps, so there’s nothing bold or dramatic here. Next, what about the tempo and character of the piece? Well we know from a previous discussion that minuets are moderate in tempo, simple in rhythm, and have a light, airy feel. We can confirm that by looking at the harmony at the beginning and end of the piece. I’d make you figure out what key that is, but we already know because of the title: it’s the key of G minor. We have two flats stationed in the key signature: Bb and an Eb. Minuet in G Minor: Basic Detailsįirst of all, let’s get some super basic details out of the way. Let’s listen through this Minuet in G Minor and then get into the nitty-gritty details. It’s fun because, if you learn both short pieces and put them together, suddenly it seems much more impressive – especially if you play them da capo – starting with the G major minuet, then going to the G minor minuet, and then repeating the G major minuet again. These pieces were composed in the early 1700s and are meant to go together as a pair, like PB & J. 115) were written by Christian Petzold, He was a well-known German composer and organist in his day, but not much of his music has survived to our current day and age. This minuet pair – Minuet in G major (Anh. It’s basically a collection of tunes meant to instruct her on the keyboard, written by himself and others. The Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach was created by Bach for his wife, Anna Magdalena.
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We’re going to talk about the backstory of this Minuet in G Minor tutorial, listen while following along to the music, and then use it as an example to talk about fingering rules, and how to figure out your own finger patterns if there aren’t any written in the music. We’ve done it’s happier major twin on this channel before, so check it out if you missed it. 115, from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. In today’s PianoTV tutorial, we’re going to look at Minuet in G Minor, Anh.
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