Concerto in E Minor

1st movement

Key: E minor

Time Signature: 4/4

Range: B3-E6

Tempo: Allegro moderato

Left Hand

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th positions
• Rapid shifting
• Position work on the A string and E string
• Trills
• 1 Fingered triple stop
• Accidentals on all scale degrees except tonic and dominant

Bowing

• Martelé
• Accented Detaché
• Porté
• Louré triplets
• Passage with groups of 4 sixteenth notes first three are slurred last is separate

Rhythm

• Dotted Eighths with two 32nds slurred
• Passage of triplets
• Passage of sixteenths

2nd movement

Key: C Major

Time Signature: 4/4

Range: A3-C6

Tempo: Andante cantabile

Left Hand

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 
• Trills
• Accidental on every scale degree except the dominant

Bowing

• Mostly legato detaché
• Porté
• Hooked bows
• 5 notes slurred

Rhythm

• Tempo changes – poco animato, rallentando, 
• Sixteenth notes fastest note value
• Syncopation with eighth, quarter, eighth,

3rd movement

Key: C Major

Time Signature: 3/8

Range: B3-E6

Tempo: Allegretto giocoso

Left Hand

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd position
• Fingered for longer 2nd position passages
• Trills
• Accidental on every scale degree except the tonic
• Double Stops in all positions – 3rds, 6ths, 7ths, octaves
• Double stops with one finger holding while the other finger changes
• Fingered octave while top 3rd and 4th finger have trill on eighth note
• Natural harmonics

Bowing

• Martelé
• Up-bow staccato
• Spiccato
• Large string crossings 

Rhythm

• Dotted quarter tied to eighth over the bar line in octaves.
• Sixteenth notes are fastest note value