How To Teach Handel Gavotte in G Major

Today we’re talking about how to teach the Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frideric Handel. This is a bouncy, patterned, Baroque piece at the early intermediate level.

Recommended editions:

• Classics Alive! Book 1 (Jane Magrath)

Topics highlighted in the video below:

• G Major key signature and scale patterns

• Common time, easy eighth note and quarter note rhythms

• Independent lines in each hand - the left hand bounces around

• The interval of an octave, with attention paid to the 9ths in m.17-18

• “The minuet pattern”

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