William Hofeldt

Analysis Summary:

AISI Level - 9.5/10

AQ Level - 9/10

Interest Allocation - All parts are equally interesting

Key area: D Minor (Melodic, Harmonic and Natural)

LH:
~ Problems inherent to key of 1♭
~ Celli briefly shift to 2&1/2 Pos. (but it's set up nicely)

Intonation and Balance:
~ Some unison passages
~ Mostly, the harmony sets up intonation nicely (as long as students hear in the key!)

RH:
~ Only a few slur-2's
~ Other than that, the voice leading is very smooth
~ Accents

Tone and Expressivity:
~ If a kid can play a détaché and marcato at different volumes, they should be good.

Rhythm & Texture:
~ EASY!
~ No syncopations or irregular rhythms. Not even any dotted notes.
~ Mostly homophonic

Meter: 4/4

Tempo: Allegro @ q=126-138

Road Map:… (más)

General: This piece is in the vein of shmaltzy movie pops (á la the love theme from "Cinema Paradiso"). When judged by the criteria of that genre it's not bad. Probably the kind of thing the kids would like... very "emotional"

Tempo: Adagio Sostenuto @ q=63

Key Area: G Major

Meter: 4/4

LH: Some basic chromatic alterations, several notes on string crossing and one bow, Vln1 goes into 3rd pos. several times (no shifting in other parts). Vibrato is necessary.

RH: Slurred string crossings, beautiful tone production is necessary, sustained style

Rhythm: Infrequent & simple syncopations.… (más)