Gavotte in D Major, BWV 1068

Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach

Key

D Major

Nationality

German


Time Signature

4/4 (cut time)

Annotation

Range: D4-B5
Tempo: Allegretto
Left Hand
  • 1st position
  • Low 1 – A#4 in 2 measures
  • High 3 – G#4 
  • 2nd finger moves from Low 2 to High 2 – C5 and C#5
  • Accidental – Low 2 – C5
  • Use 3rd finger to play C#5
  • Optional double-stop 1 finger and 1 open string
  • Grace Notes
  • Trills
Bowing
  • Martelé detaché
  • Contrast of legato and staccato bowing
  • Accented detaché
  • Hooked bow (Louré)
  • 3 eighths slurred with 1 eighth hooked at the end of the pattern
  • sf – p Detaché porte with immediate piano following
 Rhythm
  • Ties over bar lines
  • Some trills have written out realization using sextuplet
Previews:

Gavotte I

  1. m. 12 Beat 3 – m. 14 Beat 2 – Intonation and finger placement for A#4 as well as trill.
  2. m. 15 Beat 3 – m. 18 Beat 2 – Intonation and fingering for 1st finger moving from A#4 to B4. 

Gavotte II

3.  Pick-up – m. 1 – Accents both at the frog and at the tip of the bow
4.  m. 12 Beat 3 – M. 14 Beat 2 – Bow speed for 3 note slur with 1 note hooked; Intonation for accidentals; crescendo – using bow length and bow speed.
5.  m. 17 – Double stop – with hooked bow
6. m. 24 Beat 3 – m. 28 Beat 2 – 4 eighth notes slurred; m. 26-27 bow speed.

Recording

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