Is there Bourrée sheet music for viola?

Yes. This page shows the melody written for Viola in C major, 45 bars in 4/4, and plays it. The notes are public domain.

What notes does Bourrée use on viola?

In this version the melody runs from B3 to F5. The top notes go above first position on the A string. Press play and watch the cursor: it follows the notes as they sound.

How fast should I play Bourrée?

It is marked Allegro. Start around ♩ = 66, practise at 88 and aim for about 112. The player's tempo buttons go between those in steps of 4.

Can I play it together with other instruments?

Not note for note with the other versions here: they are in keys that suit each instrument. Switch the player's “Written for” to hear them.

Bourrée for Violahear it, slow it down, play along

George Frideric Handel
Viola
C major
4/4
45 bars
Allegro

Setting out the notes…

Tempo

♩ = 66

Loop

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On the viola

It is in alto clef and runs from B3 to F5. The top notes go above first position on the A string.

It is in C major, a fifth below the violin version, the way viola books often print tunes like this, so it sits on the lower strings.

How it goes

A quick dance in 4/4 that starts on the last beat of the bar. Steady eighth notes over a quarter-note pulse, in two sections.

A way to practise it

Count the pickup: each phrase starts before the bar line. Loop the first phrase slowly until the pickup falls in place, then keep the eighths light and even.

Slow ♩ = 66
Practice ♩ = 88
Goal ♩ = 112

About the piece

A bourrée from Handel's Flute Sonata in G, HWV 363b, in the violin arrangement by Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907) printed by Edition Peters in his Klassische Stücke.

The small trills and turns of the printed page are left out here; the notes and rhythms are all there.

Where the notes come from

Source: Edition Peters, Leipzig, Klassische Stücke Band 1 No. 9 (arr. Friedrich Hermann, 1828–1907), plate 8048, violin part.
How it was checked: Every bar checked Read by ScoreLens's recognition from the public-domain scan; checked bar by bar by eye against the scan (engraved rendering vs. scan); every bar adds up. One bar split by recognition at the mid-bar double bar was rejoined; the small trill/turn ornaments and two grace notes are not included. Transposed by -P5 for Viola (every note moved by exactly that interval).
Licence: Public domain music; MusicXML CC0 (notes read by ScoreLens from a public-domain print; the check source is not copied). Source: Edition Peters, Leipzig, Klassische Stücke Band 1 No. 9 (arr. Friedrich Hermann, 1828–1907), plate 8048, violin part, public domain (IMSLP). No attribution required. Found a wrong note? Write to hello@scorelens.app.

Bourrée for other instruments

Each version is written in a key that suits the instrument, with its own page and player.

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Questions

Is there Bourrée sheet music for viola?: Yes. This page shows the melody written for Viola in C major, 45 bars in 4/4, and plays it. The notes are public domain.
What notes does Bourrée use on viola?: In this version the melody runs from B3 to F5. The top notes go above first position on the A string. Press play and watch the cursor: it follows the notes as they sound.
How fast should I play Bourrée?: It is marked Allegro. Start around ♩ = 66, practise at 88 and aim for about 112. The player's tempo buttons go between those in steps of 4.
Can I play it together with other instruments?: Not note for note with the other versions here: they are in keys that suit each instrument. Switch the player's “Written for” to hear them.

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