An arrangement for clarinet in Bb and bass clarinet of this minuet from the Anna Magdalena Notebook sounding in the key of G minor and like most dance music from this era in AB or binary form. The movement has a haunting quality and is often performed with the Minuet in G BWV App.114. Like so much of the music from the collection it is a great study piece for music students and can be played by a combination of different instruments. Keep the eighth notes (quavers) as even as possible and a tempo of around 116 quarter note (crotchet) beats to the minute is suggested. Ornaments are written out in the sheet music score which is presented to the players with both parts able to be viewed. The ornaments in place offer a practical suggestion rather than being prescriptive but are probably best omitted until the piece is familiar. The clarinet in Bb plays the melody an octave lower than in the original version for keyboard. Accompaniments are in place enabling the clarinet and bass clarinet players to participate in duet playing as part of practice routines. They play at 116, 120 & 120 bpm and there is a count in featuring the sound of the wood block.
