Two Tuneful Sketches
Composer
Key
Multiple
Nationality
American
Time Signature
Multiple
Annotation
The Town Clock
Key: F Major, Bb Major
Time Signature: 6/8, 2/4
Range: C4-Bb5
Tempo: Gaily
Form: ABBA
Right Hand
- Low 1 – Bb4, F5
- 1st finger moves from Bb4 to B4 with accidental, and F4 to F#4
- Key change from F Major to Bb Major to F Major
- 3rd finger moves from G4 to Gb4 with accidental
- Low 4 – Eb5
- 10 measures of double-stops
Bowing
- Staccato
- Quarter, eighth – hooked bows both down-bow and up-bow
- Could be used to introduce brushed off the string bowing
Rhythm
- Eighth notes
- Dotted quarter notes
- Quarter notes
- Half Notes
- Dotted eighth, sixteenth pattern
- Meter change – A theme: 6/8; B theme: 2/4
- Fermata on end of a slur
At Dancing School
Key: G Major, G minor
Time Signature: 3/4
Range: C4-Bb5
Tempo: Moderato
Form: Intro, ABCCA
Left Hand
- Left Hand Pizzicato
- Key change from G Major to G Minor
- G minor section – Low 4 for Eb5 and Bb5
- G minor section – Low 1 for F5 and Bb4
Bowing
- Up-Bow Staccato – 4 eighth notes
- Pizzicato
- Detaché Louré – 3 quarter notes – up-bow and down-bow
Rhythm
- Dotted half notes
- Half notes
- Dotted quarter notes
- Quarter notes
- Eighth notes
- Eighth rests
- Quarter rests
Recording
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