Minuet in F major (K. 2)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Level 2 (Beginner) · Classical · Piano

One of Mozart’s very first minuets, written in January 1762 at the age of six and copied by his father Leopold into Nannerl’s notebook. A keyboard work by Mozart, a model of Classical balance and clarity. F major, 3/4, 24 bars (about one minute), complete score.

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

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.
• Play the slurred pairs of eighths lightly, leaning on the first one, and keep a steady minuet pulse. With Mozart clarity comes first: even runs, light left hand, no unnecessary pedal. Triplets and other tuplets must be perfectly even: count them aloud with the metronome. Start hands separately in Wait mode, then put hands together at a slow tempo before speeding up gradually.

More pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Fugue in G Minor KV 401/375e — K401 Two Hands
• Fugue fragment Anh. 41 (375g)
• Sonata K. 331: theme (Andante grazioso)
• Sonata “facile” K. 545: I. Allegro
• Sonata “facile” K. 545: III. Rondo
• Sonata in C major (fragment) (K6 deest)
• Fugue in E-flat major K. 153
• Fugue in G minor K. 154

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