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 major2/4♩=10040 bars
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The backing is a chord accompaniment made by this site for each song, so there are no copyright issues. Playback sounds at the real pitch of the sax you pick above (alto, tenor, soprano or baritone).
About this song
A short piece from the same 1725 notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach as the Minuet in G (BWV Anh. 126). A musette is a dance with a low note that keeps sounding, like a bagpipe. Nobody knows who wrote it.
Practice tips
The four sixteenth notes in the first bar walk down a scale, adding one finger at a time. Make them even at a slow speed.
The tune jumps between high and low. Think ahead about when to press and release the octave key.
The busiest spot is bar 25 (8 notes). Loop just that bar and practice it slowly.
Bars 1, 2, 5 and 6 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 20, 21 and 32. Keep your left thumb close to the octave key.
The biggest jump is in bar 5 (F → ↑C). Alternate the two fingerings a few times so your fingers learn them first.
We took only the top line (the melody). Transposed for saxophone (alto part). Repeats are written out as in the original. FingerNola fingering pictures and accompaniment are added to every note.