Le Tango Select

Range: B3 – D6

Left Hand

• Excellently fingered. Uses 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th position.
• Changes key for the trio from A minor to D Major.
• 2 Fingered Double stop in first position
• This is fingered to move in and out of all 4 positions. Student should feel comfortable shifting before beginning this piece.
• Preview spot: m. 13 – m. beginning in 4th position the phrase ends with a 1st finger extending down to 3rd position. Then after a sixteenth rest, the hand moves again down to 2nd position for 1 measure, then to 1st position. The phrase repeats, but instead of beginning in 4th position, a step wise pattern takes the student up to the finger in 3rd position, then uses finger replacement to start the same shifting pattern.
• Uses Db5 in First position – with a low 3rd finger.
• First finger extension from 3rd position, down to F#, then immediately back up.
• Preview: m. 38-39 – Shift from 3rd position into 4th position over a string crossing.

Bowing

• Bowing marked.
• Detaché 32nds at the frog
• Spiccato/ Brushed 16ths
• Legato sections using full bows.

Rhythm

• 32nds, 16th patterns
• Traditional tango rhythm – 16th, 8th, 16th,
• Some measures with tango rhythm has with some flare – 16th note, 8th note, 2 32nds