Air Varie Op. 89 No. 6

Range:  G3-F#6

Tempos:

Theme: Andante maestoso; Andante Cantabile;

Variation I: Unpoco più animato;

Variation II: Cantabile;

Variation III: Brillante

Left Hand

• Theme – 4 Grace notes in-between 2 beats (all slurred together)
• Variation I – Some accidentals used in chromatic passages
• Variation II – Mini-candenza with a downward D scale
• Variation II – One measure of 5th position
• Variation III – Double stops using one finger and one open string
• Variation III –  2 triple-stop chords

Bowing

• Legato bowing – with passages marked molto cantabile
• Variation I – Up-bow staccato – triplets
• Detaché ponté
• Up to 3 beats of sixteenth notes slurred together
• Variation III – 1 measure of bariolage
• Variation III – up-bow staccato – Sextuplet

Rhythm

• Double dotted quarter notes
• Triplets
• Some ties, but none over the barline
• Sextuplets
• Cadenza-like measure – fast downward scale