Fantasia No. 1 in B-flat Major

Fantasia No. 1 in B-flat Major, for Solo Violin (TWV 40:14)

Largo

Key:  B-Flat Major

Time Signature: 3/4

Range: G3-Bb5

Tempo: Largo

Level: 5

Left Hand

• Trills
  • Single Note trills
  • Trill on top note of 5th double stop.
• Double-stops and triple-stop chords
  • Fingered diminished 5th with open string triple-stop
  • Fingered diminished 4th with open string triple-stop
  • Fingered 3rds, 4ths, and 5ths
• Shifting through 1st, 2nd, 3rd positions

Bowing

• Double string crossings in eighth notes
• Legato
• Minimal portato with 2 notes
• Slurred couplets

Rhythm

• Subdivisions from duple to triple in the same measure.

Allegro (Moderato)

Key: B-flat Major

Time Signature: 4/4

Range: G3-Bb5

Tempo: Allegro (Quarter = 96)

Left Hand

• Double-stops and triple-stops
  •  Fingered 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths
•  Trills
• Shifting from 1st – 3rd positions

Bowing

• Sixteenth sequence pattern – 1 separate, 2 slurred, 1 separate
• Eighth note – double string crossings
• Slurred bariolage
• Martelé

Rhythm

• 1 Measure of slurred triplets in between  measures of eighth notes
• 4 measures of slurred triplets
• Tempo alteration at the end with marking of poco più lento

Grave

Key: D minor

G Minor

Time Signature: 3/2

Range: G3-A5

Tempo: Grave

Level: 6

Left Hand

• Double stops through out the 21 measures. Double-stops in 1st – 4th positions. Incorporating all major, minor and diminished intervals. 
• Double-stops with top voice moving and bottom voice sustaining.
  • Diminished 5ths
  • Perfect 4ths
  • Perfect 5th in 3rd position – top note trills, bottom voice sustains
  • Walking fingered Minor 3rds 
•  Shifting 1st – 4th positions – fingered

Bowing

• Legato
• Voicing – 2 voices through out