Sonata No. 3 in F Major

First Movement

Key: F Major

Time Signature: 3/4

Range: G3-Bb5

Tempo: Adagio

Left Hand

• 2nd and 3rd position for tone color
• Turns
• 2 Trills

Bowing

• Legato detaché
• Detaché porté
• 2 and 4 note slurs

Second Movement

Key: F Major

Time Signature: 3/4

Range: A3-Bb5

Tempo: Adagio

Left Hand

• 2nd and 3rd position for tone color

Bowing

• 11 measures of sixteenth notes with rapid strings crossings
• Martelé
• Detaché porté
• Bariolage passages

Third Movement

Key: D minor

Time Signature: 3/2

Range: A3-Bb5

Tempo: Largo

Left Hand

• 2nd and 3rd position for tone color (Suzuki edition also uses 4th position)
• 1 Trill
• 1 triple-stop with a fingered 5th and 7th

Bowing

• Legato

Fourth Movement

Key: F Major

Time Signature: 3/2

Range: A3-Bb5

Tempo: Largo

Left Hand

• 2nd and 3rd position
• 1 Trill
• 1 triple-stop with a fingered 5th and 7th

Bowing

• Slurred Triplets
• Hooked bows – dotted eighth, sixteenth pattern