Kansas Memories Suite
Composer
Key
Multiple
Nationality
American
Time Signature
Multiple
Annotation
Rainy Daze
Key: G Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Range: G3-B5
Tempo: Moderato
Left Hand
- No accidentals
- All 1st position
- Melodic thirds
Bowing
- Slurred string crossings – 2 eighth notes
- 4 eighth notes slurred – 1 measure
- Simple eighth note bariolage
Rhythm
- Eighth Notes
- Quarter Notes
- Half Notes
Green Tomatoes
Key: D Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Range: B3-B5
Tempo: Allegro
Form: ABA’
Left Hand
- No accidentals
Bowing
- Pizzicato for 8 measures at the beginning and end.
- 4 note eighth note slurs
Rhythm
- Eighth notes
- Quarter notes
‘Lil Blue
Key: A Major
Time Signature: 3/4
Range: B3-B5
Tempo: Andante
Left Hand
- No accidentals
- High 3 – C#4, G#4
Bowing
- 4 note eighth note slurs
- Slur over string crossing
- 3 note quarter note slur
- Dotted quarter, eighth slur
Rhythm
- Eighth notes
- Dotted quarter
- Quarter notes
- Half notes
The Ice Skating Pond
Key: D Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Range: A3-A5
Tempo: Allegro
Left Hand
- No accidentals
- 4th fingers
- High 3 – C#4
Bowing
- Rapid detaché sixteenth notes
- Optional spiccato or sautillé (depending on speed)
Rhythm
- Sixteenth notes
Recording
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