Green notes: right hand, blue notes: left hand. Preview played right in your browser with the app's real piano (lightweight version). Inside Pianovera: full multi-layer sound, fingering display and Wait mode.
In Anna Magdalena Bach's notebook, this minuet sits right after the famous Minuet in G major, like its reflection in a darker mirror. Same dance frame, same elegance, but in minor: teachers pair the two MIDI files constantly, and playing them back to back makes a perfect first little concert set.
It's a notch subtler than its twin: the minor-mode accidentals land under less obvious fingers, and the melody needs a more sustained legato to avoid sounding dry. Exactly the piece to pick up once the G major Minuet starts running on its own.
Minuet in G minor BWV Anh. 115: the first notes
Right hand, in letter names (C4 = middle C): A#5 A5 G5 A5 D5 D5 G5 G4 A4 A#4 C5 D5 D#5 F5 D#5 D5 C5 D5 D#5 D5 C5 A#4 C5 D5… The rest scrolls in the preview above, with the fingering, and the sheet music PDF has the whole piece.
Play Minuet in G minor BWV Anh. 115 on the virtual piano
Here are the Minuet in G minor BWV Anh. 115 virtual piano notes, in computer keyboard letters: the first 8 bars of the melody. One key per note, read left to right; dark keys are the sharps, and a thin line marks each bar. The melody sounds an octave lower than written, so it fits on the keyboard.
Letters for a QWERTY keyboardYour keyboard: 28 notes
7YTYWWTBNJQW
;R;WQW;WQJQWQJQN
▶ Play on the virtual pianoThe piano opens with this piece loaded: the key to play lights up and waits for you.
What you'll be working on
A legato melody line, more demanding than it looks
The F-sharps and E-flats that surprise the fingers
A walking bass that dances without getting heavy
Contrast between repeats: softer first, bolder second
Playing Minuet in G minor BWV Anh. 115 on piano with Pianovera
Play it right after the G major Minuet in Pianovera; both files are in the library. In Wait mode the accidentals lose their menace: you see each note coming and the fingering settles in stress-free.
Open Minuet in G minor BWV Anh. 115 in Pianovera: the notes fall toward an 88-key virtual piano keyboard, each hand gets its color, and Wait mode is there if you're starting out. On a PC, it's falling notes piano software for Windows, with video export up to 4K.
Free, with no time limit and no ads: 30 pieces (10 in full, 20 in a simplified version), the first 10 lessons and 10 minutes of 3D hands (then 15 seconds per piece). Premium opens all 651 pieces.
Download the Minuet in G minor BWV Anh. 115 MIDI and sheet music
The work itself is in the public domain, and this MIDI engraving was placed in the public domain by its typesetter on the Mutopia Project. Use it freely, videos included.
About this piece
Is Minuet in G minor BWV Anh. 115 hard to play on piano?
We rate it beginner: 199 notes over 0:41, spanning G2 to A#5. The first thing to work on: a legato melody line, more demanding than it looks.
Where can I get the sheet music for Minuet in G minor BWV Anh. 115?
Right on this page: the "View the sheet music" button opens the PDF (166 KB), engraved by the Mutopia Project from the same source as the MIDI file, Public domain license. View it, print it, keep it.
Is the Minuet in G minor BWV Anh. 115 MIDI file really free?
Yes. Christian Petzold died more than 70 years ago, so the work (1725) is public domain. This MIDI engraving is public domain too: download it and use it freely, videos included.
