Minuet, G Major and G Minor

Minuet I

Key: G Major

Range: D4-B5

Tempo: Allegretto

Left Hand

• Fingered melodic 5ths
• Grace notes
• 2nd finger moves between Low 2 and High 2 – C5, C#5, G5
• Incorporates use of 4th finger to eliminate string crossing

Bowing

• Hooked Bows (Loureé)
• 2 slurred eighth notes
• Retake
• Crescendo and Diminuendo

Rhythm

• Dotted half notes
• Half notes
• Quarter notes
• Eighth notes

Previews:

• m. 3, 5, 11, 13, 30 – Learn turns; These are not included in Minuet 3 in Suzuki Book 1.

Minuet II

Key: G minor

Range:D4- Bb5

Tempo: Allegretto

Left Hand

• 1st position with optional shift to 3rd position for 1 turn
• Key signature – Low 1 – Bb4, Eb4, F5
• Accidental – High 2 – F#4
• Key signature – Low 4 – Eb5, Bb
• Optional fingering for either 3rd finger playing F#4 and 2nd finger playing C5, or 2nd finger playing F#4 and 1st finger playing C5
• Turns

Bowing

• 2 eighth notes slurred
• 1 Eighth with turn, 2 sixteenths slurred
• Detaché louré – 2 quarter notes

Rhythm

• Dotted half notes
• Half notes
• Dotted quarter notes
• Quarter notes
• Eighth notes

Previews:

1. Learn G minor scale and G minor totalization or arpeggio. Review Low 4 – Eb5 and Bb5; Low 1 Eb 4, Bb5 and F5. Low 2 Bb3, F4, C5, G5
2. m. 27 – Set up perfect 5th string crossing; Set up half-step finger pattern relationships; Slurred string crossing.
3. m. 8, 13, 15 31 – turns. (If playing in 1st position eliminate turn in m. 13)