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Gavotte

Region: 
Germany
Style: 
Baroque
Composer: 
Handel, G.F.
Score Audio: 
Handel Gavotte Audio

This Gavotte by George Fredric Handel is a quick German dance in AABB format. There are clear dynamics marked for these short phrases. Demand extreme difference between Piano and Forte. Warm up with a two octave E minor scale using directives like: “Play so quietly I can barely hear you” and “Push through the string! Loud with good tone!”. This piece is arranged for all Level 4 players and every student must have a good command of first position notes and also confidence changing between thumb stroke and alternation.

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