Concerto in A Minor, Op 3, No. 6, RV 356
Composer
Key
A minor
Nationality
Italian
Time Signature
4/4 and 2/4
Annotation
Movement I
Key: A minor
Range: G3-D6
Tempo: Allegro
Left Hand
- 1st and 3rd position – requires quick shifting between the 2 positions
- Fingered melodic 5ths
- Fingered diminished 5ths
- Accidentals – F#4,G#4, C#5, D#5, Bb5, F#5, G#5,
Bowing
- Detaché ponte
- Accented staccato detaché
- Accented detaché
- Sforzando
- Sixteenth note passages- middle 2 sixteenth notes of 1 beat slurred (Natzhéz)
- Martellanto passages
- Terraced dynamics
- Crescendo and diminuendo used to shape passages of sixteenth notes.
Rhythm
- Half note tied to sixteenth note over the barline
- Sixteenths are fastest note value
Movement II (Suzuki Book 5)
Key: D minor
Range: A4-B5Tempo: Largo
Left Hand
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions
- Trills
- Accidentals: B4, C#5, Eb5, F#5
Bowing
- Legato detaché
- Detaché ponté
- Accented detaché
Rhythm
- Thirty-second notes fastest notes
- Sixteenth note triplets in 1 beat
Movement IIII
Key: A minor
Range: A3-E6
Tempo: Presto
Left Hand
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th position
- Trills
- Fingered melodic 5th
- Unison notes played on open string and fingered on the neighboring string.
Bowing
- Martelé
- Detaché ponté
- Sixteenth note passages – first note is separate, next 2 are slurred, last note is separate.
- Sforzandos
- Accented detaché
- Bariolage
- Martellato passages
Rhythm
- Sixteenth notes
Recording
Natchez Arrangement
Baroque Styling
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String Orchestra Parts
look inside | Concerto A Minor, RV 356, Op. III, No. 6 Strings Continuo Rv356 (op. 3, No. 6) Parts. Composed by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). String Orchestra. Classical. Softcover. Ricordi #NR140877. Published by Ricordi (HL.50600140). |
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