Gavotte in G Minor – Becker

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:

1. 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.
2. m. 12 Beat 3 – m. 14 Beat 2 – Accents followed by 6 up-bow staccato eighth notes
3. m. 20 Beat 3 – m. 22 Beat 2 – Bow speed and bow distribution on 2 beat slurs with string crossings
4. m. 27 Beat 3 – m. 29 Beat 2 – Brushed off the string bowing at the frog.
5. m. 32 – Intonation for G#4; Turn either in 1st position or 3rd position.
6. m. 41 – Learn rhythm – Quarter note tied into 1 sixteenth note; Also teach bowing.