Sonata No. 3 in F Major

Composer

George Frederic Handel

Key

F Major

Nationality

German


Time Signature

Multiple

Stylistic Period

Level

5

LISTING

Annotation

First Movement

Key: F Major

Time Signature: 3/4

Range: G3-Bb5

Tempo: Adagio

Left Hand

  • 2nd and 3rd position for tone color
  • Turns
  • 2 Trills

Bowing

  • Legato detaché
  • Detaché porté
  • 2 and 4 note slurs

Second Movement

Key: F Major

Time Signature: 3/4

Range: A3-Bb5

Tempo: Adagio

Left Hand

  • 2nd and 3rd position for tone color

Bowing

  • 11 measures of sixteenth notes with rapid strings crossings
  • Martelé
  • Detaché porté
  • Bariolage passages

Third Movement

Key: D minor

Time Signature: 3/2

Range: A3-Bb5

Tempo: Largo

Left Hand

  • 2nd and 3rd position for tone color (Suzuki edition also uses 4th position)
  • 1 Trill
  • 1 triple-stop with a fingered 5th and 7th

Bowing

  • Legato

Fourth Movement

Key: F Major

Time Signature: 3/2

Range: A3-Bb5

Tempo: Largo

Left Hand

  • 2nd and 3rd position
  • 1 Trill
  • 1 triple-stop with a fingered 5th and 7th

Bowing

  • Slurred Triplets
  • Hooked bows – dotted eighth, sixteenth pattern

Recording

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