Impromptu

Composer

Grace White

Key

C minor, C Major

Nationality

American


Time Signature

4/4

Stylistic Period

Modern

Level

4

LISTING

Annotation

Range: G3-D6

Tempo: Lento – Moderato – Allegro

Left Hand

  • Begins in C minor; modulates to C Major.
  • Uses 1st and 3rd position
  • Augmented 2nds
  • Natural harmonics with extension
  • 2 chords m; 1 chord uses bridging 1st finger with Perfect 5th and two more fingered notes, all in 3rd position.

Bowing

  • 2 Sixteenth notes slurred from weak beat to strong beat – 5 measures
  • Allegro section marked “bouncing or smooth, at the discretion of the teacher.

Rhythm

  • 3 Different tempos marked
  • Rhythmically straight forward for this level
  • Sixteenths are written using single slash mark on eighths.

 

 

Recording

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