Humoresque

Range: G3-C6

Tempo: Poco lento e grazioso

Left Hand

• 1st and 3rd position
• Low 2 and High 2 – C5, C#5
• Accidental – High 3 – G#4
• Key change from D major to D minor
• Uses Low 1 – Bb4 and F5 in D minor section
• Grace notes
• Either shift into 3rd position, or 4th finger extension for C6
• Optional harmonic

Bowing

• Slurs for 16th notes and 32nd notes
• Leggiero Bowing
• Bow distribution
• Use of weight, and less weight in 2 note slur “scooping”
• Half note slurred into sixteenth note on beat 1 – bow speed and bow distribution work.

Rhythm

• Half notes
• Quarter notes
• Eighth notes
• Sixteenth Notes
• Thirty-second notes
• Some syncopation using eighth and quarter

Previews

1. m. 9 – String crossing from D string to E string ; Shift if using that fingering; Bowing – work on dropping and lifting the arm.
2. m. 22 – String crossing with slurs; Shift if using 3rd position
3. m. 25 – 26 – 3rd position and shift if using that fingering; D minor key change – new finger positions; bowing sinking into string;
4. Note the changes between m. 25 -26 and m. 29 – 30
5. m. 38 Learn rhythm; includes 32nd notes.
6. m. 40 Focus on fingering and intonation for C6 – Either shift into 3rd position or 4th finger extension.
7. Learn to count sixteenth notes and sixteenth rests; Can count it in 4/8
8. Focus on scooping motion or banana boat motion with bow arm. Using the arm to create the motion not the hand or fingers.