Bourrée I — complete first strain

  • Lead from the upbeat into each downbeat.
  • Keep the running quavers even.

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Original: BWV 1009, Bourrée I: upbeat and bars 1–8; foreground uniformly up P11 from cello C major to soprano F major. Lower chord tones and slurs omitted.

Source: Stelios Samelis, Mutopia 890, public domain; Bach-Gesellschaft (1879), p. 72.

Notes Used: C4, D4, E4, F4, G4, A4, Bb4, B4, C5, D5, E5, F5, G5

Notes Used: F4, G4, A4, Bb4, C5, D5, Eb5, E5, F5, G5, A5, Bb5, C6

Time Signature: 2/2 · Key: F major

Time Signature: 2/2 · Key: Bb major

Fingering Review

Complete music

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Practice

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Performance Goal: Play the complete strain twice with even quavers and a clear returning upbeat.