Minuet in G

Christian Petzold (1677–1733) · G major · 3/4 · 104 BPM · 8 bars · Classical

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Minuet in G sits in Classical, written in G major. It uses 3 chords across 8 bars, at about 104 BPM.

Chords in this song

GDC

G

D

C

Chord chart

Chord chart
1GDGD
2CGDG

How to sing it

Eight bars of a dance in three. G and D take turns, C colours bar five, and the last D sends you home. Once one lap is in the hand, play it twice and it already feels like the piece.

In every key

In every key
KeysChord chart
C majorC · G · C · G · F · C · G · C
Db majorDb · Ab · Db · Ab · Gb · Db · Ab · Db
D majorD · A · D · A · G · D · A · D
Eb majorEb · Bb · Eb · Bb · Ab · Eb · Bb · Eb
E majorE · B · E · B · A · E · B · E
F majorF · C · F · C · Bb · F · C · F
F# majorF# · C# · F# · C# · B · F# · C# · F#
G major · Written in this keyG · D · G · D · C · G · D · G
Ab majorAb · Eb · Ab · Eb · Db · Ab · Eb · Ab
A majorA · E · A · E · D · A · E · A
Bb majorBb · F · Bb · F · Eb · Bb · F · Bb
B majorB · F# · B · F# · E · B · F# · B

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Why this song is free to play

The minuet from the Anna Magdalena Notebook, long attributed to Bach and now to Christian Petzold. Petzold died in 1733, Bach in 1750; either way the term has been expired for centuries. The reattribution and Petzold’s dates (1677–1733) were checked by search.

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