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How to play Menuet In G Minor, BMV Anh. 115 on piano
Written by Phillip Keveren
- G minor
- 3/4
- 88 BPM
- 2017
- Medium
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Learn Menuet In G Minor, BMV Anh. 115 in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
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Chords: D7 – Gm – Dm – Eb
How it goes
Menuet In G Minor, BMV Anh. 115 sits in G minor: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D7 is D, F#, A and C; Gm is G, Bb and D; Dm is D, F and A; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
D7V7GmiDmvEbVI- D7D · F# · A · C
- GmG · Bb · D
- DmD · F · A
- EbEb · G · Bb
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Left hand: Waltzing river
How it goes
Flows up five notes with a little step near the top, in three. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10 (3/4) (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 82 songs of the library.
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Right hand: Waltz chords
How it goes
A chord on each of the three beats: a simple waltz. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
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Both hands at 88 BPM
How it goes
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
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Ending: Eb – F – Gm
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EbFGm- FF · A · C
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Questions about Menuet In G Minor, BMV Anh. 115
What chords are in Menuet In G Minor, BMV Anh. 115?
The loop is D7 – Gm – Dm – Eb (V7 – i – v – bVI) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is Menuet In G Minor, BMV Anh. 115 in?
G minor, at about 88 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Menuet In G Minor, BMV Anh. 115?
Waltzing river: open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Menuet In G Minor, BMV Anh. 115 easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.