Practice score with a fingering picture under every note. Press play and the current note shows large at the top. Tap two bar numbers (start → end) to loop that section, or ▶ to start from a bar.
Sax part: F major3/4♩=6645 bars
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About this song
It appears in the 1725 music notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach and was long thought to be by Bach, but it is now credited to Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, from his opera Diomedes (1718). It is often sung at weddings.
Practice tips
A slow song in 3/4. Count "one-two-three" in every bar and keep the air going to the end of the long notes.
For bars of running eighth notes, drop the speed to 60% and learn the finger order first.
The busiest spot is bar 6 (6 notes). Loop just that bar and practice it slowly.
Bars 3 and 30 are the same notes. Learn one and you can play the others with the same fingerings.
Where the octave key goes on and off a lot: bars 8, 23 and 24. Keep your left thumb close to the octave key.
The biggest jump is in bar 28 (G → F). Alternate the two fingerings a few times so your fingers learn them first.