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The Moderato section features a melody, marked legato (to play in a smooth, even style without noticeable breaks between the notes). In terms of A-B-A sections, the three parts are:
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The minuet is in incipient ternary form, A-A-B-A, a type of song form as differentiated from other, such as the binary song form in the format A-B, the ternary A-B-A, or the rondo, A-B-A-C-A or an alternate form but with the "A" theme repeating after each new theme in the sequence of themes. 2 is a composition originally written for orchestra, but was lost and only an arrangement for piano could be found. Ludwig van Beethoven's Minuet in G major, WoO 10, No. After you work on all the measures with the hook bows on their own it will be much easier to get the song to flow.Ħ.Play along with the Youtube video above and other recordings.Problems playing this file? See media help. Do not be in a hurry because it will not sound nice, your arms need time to get ready. Work on all the hook bow measures playing each one 3 times preparing the bow so there is no squeak or crunch. Play through the piece with no hook bows or slurs, just focusing on the fingering and rhythm.ĥ. This will help your fingers used to the hops.Ĥ. Laying the bow aside for a minute, hop fingers E 2nd finger to A 3rd,Ī 3rd finger to E 2nd, E 2nd finger to A 2nd finger each 5 times. Play the finger concerto with high 2nd and high 3rd finger with regular bows, hook bow, and try also slurs.ģ. Warm-up with the bow exercises, now with an emphasis on decrescendos on long notes.Ģ. Then we can make this difference between lines 3 and 4.ġ. The 1st line is a little more aggressive, while line 2 play more legato and gentle. Now we are ready to make a difference between the mood of the 1st line and 2nd line. We have already learned that the Minuet is a dance in 3/4 time, which means that we need to emphasize the first note of every measure with more bow. There is a hop from E 2nd finger to A 3rd finger in measure 5 into measure 6, then A 3rd finger to E 2nd finger measure 6, then E 2nd finger to A 2nd finger measure 6 into measure 7.Īrtistry. To play a high third finger we need to stretch it a little further so that when you place the fourth finger they are next to each other (half step apart).įinger Hopping. Along with getting used to the low 2nd finger, now we are ready to try out the high third finger. One way to make the decrescendo is by starting with fast bow and then slow down during the 3 beats. So far we have done decrescendo over a few notes, but now we do it on one note. At the end of part 2, both in the 1st section and the 2nd section, there is a decrescendo under the dotted-half note. The idea is to not allow the notes to be weak, but sustained.ĭotted-Half Note Decrescendo. The tenuto indicates that we use long, strong bows on these notes. This is the first we see these kind of notes in the book. The first measure, which repeats a few times in the piece, has notes with dashes. The slur appears in measure 15, 23, 29, 30 and 39. That is the main difference between hook bow and a slur, hook bows have stops between the notes while the notes in a slur are smoothly connected. You have played two-note hook bows, not we are ready to play three notes in one bow smoothly.
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We see this in measure 15, 22, 23, and 39. 2 we will not only play hook bows on the same note but also two different notes. 1 the notes that are hooked are the same, but now in Minuet No. 1 we learned that hook bows are played up-up and indicated by a curved line over or under two notes with dots above or below them. In 4 parts, here’s what I mean: part 1, line 1-2 part 2, line 3-4 part 3, line 5-6 part 4, line 7-8 and part 2, line 9-10. Piece is organized in two main sections: section 1, lines 1-4 and section two, lines 5-10. Bach! Here are some tips to help you on the Bach journey: 1, we are ready for the 2nd of the 3 Minuets by J.S. Now that we have grown more familiar with Johann Sebastian Bach's music through Minuet No.