Sonata Hob. XVI:27: II. Menuetto

Joseph Haydn · Level 4 (Intermediate) · Classical · Piano

A sonata movement by Haydn, the “father” of the Classical sonata. G major, 3/4, 66 bars (about 2 minutes), complete score.

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How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Haydn loves humour and surprise: lively articulation, light ornaments. One hand sometimes plays two voices: hold the long notes for their full value and let the main line sing louder than the accompaniment. Triplets and other tuplets must be perfectly even: count them aloud with the metronome. For chords, shape the hand in the air before landing, all notes together.

More pieces by Joseph Haydn

• Sonata Hob. XVI:27: I. Allegro con brio
• Sonata Hob. XVI:27: III. Presto
• Sonata Hob. XVI:28: I. Allegro moderato
• Sonate II, III - Presto (Hob. XVI:28)

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