Minuet in G major BWV Anh. 114
Minuet Piano solo 2 min
In brief

This minuet has a light, courtly character, both dance-like and poised, with rhythmic motifs that call for clarity of articulation while staying relaxed. Technically, focus on Legato (2.5/5) — you will need steady finger connections and subtle wrist control to keep the melodic line flowing without breaking the supports — and on Phrasing (2.5/5) — each short phrase requires an internal dynamic curve, with slightly shaped beginnings and endings to preserve the singing character. The piece appears in the BWV Anhang, indicating uncertain attribution, but it fits squarely within the keyboard minuet repertoire of its period.

Listen to this work

These recordings are found automatically, and the machine still gets it wrong. One click from you — yes or no — fixes the catalogue for every musician who opens this page after you. Across our 10,000 works, your answer is our only real quality check.

An arrangement or transcription is fine: if you recognise the work, answer yes. Answer no if it is a different work, a different composer, or if the recording does not play.

  • Play — Bach, Minuet in G major, BWV Anh 114, Piano · The Great Repertoire (the player loads on click)

    Open on Youtube ↗

    Is this the right work?
  • Play — Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 (Prev. Attrib. Bach) · Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Seemann (the player loads on click)

    Open on Spotify ↗

    Is this the right work?

No account is required and no personal data is collected.

MusicCoach difficulty
13/100
Beginner
Likely range : 10–17/100
Confidence : 71% · fair confidence
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedVirtuoso
Exam grade
On the syllabus: Grade 1 ABRSM

Official level, taken from the exam syllabus.

Other syllabi : AMEB Grade 1

Difficulty estimate by MusicCoach on a scale of 1 to 100.

Where this work sits
050100

Most works cluster between 45 and 65: a small score gap often marks a real step. The highlighted bar shows this work among those for the same instrument.

The MusicCoach difficulty measures a work's overall demands (technique, reading, stamina) on a shared 0-100 scale, consolidated from editorial and pedagogical reference points (Henle, exam syllabuses, curation) and our own analyses. It measures neither musical value nor the practice time YOU will need: two musicians of the same level can experience the same work very differently depending on their strengths (hands used to octaves, quick sight-reading…). The confidence reflects how many reference points sit behind the score and how well they agree — a lightly documented score is flagged “to validate”. For a truly personal bearing, the diagnostic and your space compare each work to YOUR estimated level, which the score alone cannot do.

Does this rating look right to you?

This rating is computed automatically from heterogeneous sources. It gets things wrong, sometimes badly. If you know this work, your answer is worth more than our computation: it tells us which ratings to review.

Add a note (optional)

Your note is not published on the site: it is read in review.

Difficulty sources
Combined exam syllabi
Grade 1
12/100 normalised · 2 obs.
ABRSM (syllabus)
Grade 1
12/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
9%
Among Johann Sebastian Bach
5%
Era
2%
Genre
Estimated skills
Sight-reading
Sight-reading
1
Technique
Legato
1
Interpretation
Dynamics
1
Interpretation
Phrasing
1
What to play next?

Each suggestion combines difficulty gap, risk, confidence and skill overlap. The first two cards in each column are the most useful pedagogically.

See the whole progression