Sonata in Bb Major, Op. 5 No. 2

First Movement

Tempo Marking: Grave

Time Signature: 4/4

Key: Bb Major

Range: G3 – E6

*Baroque ornaments and improvisation typically added in this movement 

Left Hand

• Arpeggio patterns in Allegro sections
• Improvisation: add in scales, trills
• 4th finger extension in 3rd position to reach E6

Bowing

• Legato

Second Movement – Fuga – Level 7

Tempo Marking: Allegro

Time Signature: 4/4

Key: Bb Major

Range: G3 – C6

Left Hand

• Double-stops in 1st, 2nd and 3rd position
• Passages of 6ths and 3rds throughout
• Double-stop suspensions – two notes change on different beats
• Triple Stops – some using all fingers no open strings
• 1 Triple stop – 1st finger in 2nd position on C5, 3rd and 4th finger in 3rd position on E5 and F5

Bowing

• One passage of triple-stops realized as broken chords in slurred sixteenth notes

Third Movement

Tempo Marking: Vivace

Time Signature: 3/4

Key: Bb Major

Range: Bb3 – D6

Bowing

• Triplets – 2 slurred one separate.

Rhythm

• Beat division changes from duple to triple 3 times.

Fourth Movement

Tempo Marking: Adagio

Time Signature: 4/4

Key: G minor

Range: Bb3 – Bb5

*Baroque ornaments and improvisation typically added in this movement

Left Hand

• Trills and Turns

Bowing

• Legato Sustained detaché

Fifth Movement

Tempo Marking: Vivace

Time Signature: 3/4

Key: Bb Major

Range: A3 – D6

Left Hand

• Double-stop suspensions – two notes change on different beats

Bowing

• 2 eighth notes slurred with string crossings
• DetachéPorté