Learning Piano After 30 – Day 27 – Re‑learning Bach’s Menuet in G

1 · Why I’m Starting Here

Today marks the very first entry in my Learning Piano After 30 series. I wanted to open with something familiar yet honest: Bach/Petzold’s Menuet in G (BWV Anh. 114)⁠—the piece I learned years ago when I first dabbled with piano. Coming back after a long break, I used this Menuet as a “calibration piece” to:

• test how much muscle‑memory survived,
• gauge my current technical gaps, and
• build a quick win that fuels motivation for the tougher repertoire ahead.

2 · Watch the Day 27 Video

Over these first 27 days I didn’t practice strictly every single day—weekends were tough—but I did lock in a weekday habit of roughly 30 minutes per session. Keeping that modest target from Monday to Friday made the comeback sustainable and kept my fingers active.

In this video, I am playing in my old Casio CDP-120, and recorded directly from piano to my interface, a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2.

Have you revisited an old piece after a long hiatus? Drop a comment below or tag me on YouTube with your own “Starting Point” video.