Gavotte in G Minor – Becker
Composer
Key
G Minor and G Major
Nationality
German
Time Signature
4/4 (cut time)
Annotation
Range: D4- Bb5
Tempo: Allegro moderato
Left Hand
- 1st position
- High 3 – G#4, D#5
- 1st finger changes from Bb4 and B4
- G minor key signature – Low 1 and Low 4’s
- Turns
- Grace notes
- Some optional fingering for 3rd position
- Key change to parallel major
Bowing
- Staccato detaché
- Hooked bows
- 2 note slur into up-bow staccato 4 eighths
- Up-bow staccato 4 and 6 eighth notes
- Accented detaché
- Brushed spiccato eighth notes and quarter notes
- 2, 4 and 6 note slur
Rhythm
- Half notes
- Quarter notes
- Dotted quarter notes
- Eighth notes
- Dotted eighth notes
- Sixteenth notes
- Quarter note tied to 1 sixteenth note
Previews:
- m. 10 Beat 3 – m. 12 Beat 2 – Learn the accents then bow distribution with 2 note slur going into 4 up-bow staccato eighths.
- m. 12 Beat 3 – m. 14 Beat 2 – Accents followed by 6 up-bow staccato eighth notes
- m. 20 Beat 3 – m. 22 Beat 2 – Bow speed and bow distribution on 2 beat slurs with string crossings
- m. 27 Beat 3 – m. 29 Beat 2 – Brushed off the string bowing at the frog.
- m. 32 – Intonation for G#4; Turn either in 1st position or 3rd position.
- m. 41 – Learn rhythm – Quarter note tied into 1 sixteenth note; Also teach bowing.
Recording
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