Aria "Warum betrübst du dich", BWV 516 (Anna Magdalena Notebook) sheet music

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Level 5 · Intermediate, 1:04

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Aria "Warum betrübst du dich", BWV 516 (Anna Magdalena Notebook), keyboard staff, page 1 of 2Aria "Warum betrübst du dich", BWV 516 (Anna Magdalena Notebook)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Regular keyboard staff. Print at 100%, not fit-to-page.CCDDEFFGGAABBold red line: C4 · Solid line: other Cs, D F G A · Dotted grey line: E | F and B | CC3C544FCD♭D♭CB♭A♭A♭FGA♭B♭ECFFC3C53GA♭GA♭B♭CD♭CB♭A♭GFA♭B♭CD♭GECFCFFE♭C3C55B♭CD♭E♭FD♭CB♭E♭D♭CB♭CD♭E♭CC3C57A♭GA♭D♭CB♭A♭A♭CFD♭E♭D♭E♭A♭A♭Source: "Aria "Warum betrübst du dich", BWV 516 (Anna Magdalena Notebook)", typeset by Steven McDougall, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1622.Aria "Warum betrübst du dich", BWV 516 (Anna Magdalena Notebook) · Page 1 of 2
Aria "Warum betrübst du dich", BWV 516 (Anna Magdalena Notebook), keyboard staff, page 2 of 2C3C59B♭CB♭A♭B♭E♭D♭AB♭E♭FG♭FE♭D♭E♭E♭E♭D♭CB♭FG♭CD♭E♭C3C512CB♭D♭CFEFGB♭FFB♭B♭B♭A♭GFECC315A♭GFEFGGFFCD♭B♭CFSource: "Aria "Warum betrübst du dich", BWV 516 (Anna Magdalena Notebook)", typeset by Steven McDougall, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1622.Aria "Warum betrübst du dich", BWV 516 (Anna Magdalena Notebook) · Page 2 of 2
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Key facts

Level
Level 5 · Intermediate. Estimated from the notes (0 of 8 on our difficulty score)
Time signature
4/4
Key signature
4 flats
Length
17 bars, 2 pages
Playing time
1:04
Notes
131
Range
F2 to G5
  • The source file does not write out repeats, so marked repeats sound and show once.

Source and licence

Licence of the source: Public Domain dedication.

Source: "Aria "Warum betrübst du dich", BWV 516 (Anna Magdalena Notebook)", typeset by Steven McDougall, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1622.

Source: The Mutopia Project, from the edition Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe 1851-1899 Band 43 (1894).

Playback sounds: Salamander Grand Piano by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0); Upright Piano KW by Gonzalo and Roberto of FreePats (CC0 1.0); Fluid R3 GM by Frank Wen and contributors (CC BY 3.0). Full sound credits.