Minuet in G Recorder Notes
Letters and fingering pictures for soprano recorder. Starts A D E F♯ G A.
The notes
Key: D major.
ADEF♯GADDBGABC♯DDDGAGF♯EF♯GF♯EDC♯DEF♯DE
ADEF♯GADDBGABC♯DDDGAGF♯EF♯GF♯EDEF♯EDC♯D
- C♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, half 7
- Dcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Ecovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- F♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- Bcovered: thumb, 1
- C♯covered: 1, 2
- Dcovered: 2
Key: F major.
CFGAB♭CFFDB♭CDEFFFB♭CB♭AGAB♭AGFEFGAFG
CFGAB♭CFFDB♭CDEFFFB♭CB♭AGAB♭AGFGAGFEF
- Ecovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Fcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- B♭covered: thumb, 1, 3, 4
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- Ecovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Fcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Key: E♭ major.
B♭E♭FGA♭B♭E♭E♭CA♭B♭CDE♭E♭E♭A♭B♭A♭GFGA♭GFE♭DE♭FGE♭F
B♭E♭FGA♭B♭E♭E♭CA♭B♭CDE♭E♭E♭A♭B♭A♭GFGA♭GFE♭FGFE♭DE♭
- Dcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- E♭covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, half 6
- Fcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- A♭covered: thumb, 1, 2, 4, 5, half 6
- B♭covered: thumb, 1, 3, 4
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- E♭covered: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Key: G major (the original key).
DGABCDGGECDEF♯GGGCDCBABCBAGF♯GABGA
DGABCDGGECDEF♯GGGCDCBABCBAGABAGF♯G
- F♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- Bcovered: thumb, 1
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- Ecovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- F♯covered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 5
- Gcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3
Staff notation
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About this song
- Melody
- Christian Petzold (1677–1733), 1725
- Public domain
- Melody 1725, melody only: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114, from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725), scans on IMSLP (1725)