Impromptu
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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