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Elaine Fine, 2021.
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Elaine Fine, 2021.
Sonstige Bemerkungen
There are relatively few tonal studies for viola set in keys that are more difficult to play in tune in on the instrument. I was so happy to come upon the tenth of the 16 Fantasy Etudes by Lillian Fuchs, one of the very few etudes in the key of B major, that I gave my B major etude, “Be Happy,” the same character marking of Giochevole (lighthearted). The fourth study, in F minor, is called “Iron” because the symbol for Iron in the periodic table is Fe (number 26). E natural moving to F is one of the flavorful characteristics of F minor, and iron is found by way of mining. The fifth study uses a minor setting of the mine-referencing song “Clementine,” as its main material, and then arrives in the seven-sharped key of C-sharp major. The sixth study begins in G-sharp minor, referencing Germanium (32 on the periodic table), but it goes through so many other keys that I thought it could represent all the rare earth minerals that are also used in building electronic devices. The meaning behind the names of the first two studies should be obvious.
Elaine Fine, 2021.
Verlag
Elaine Fine, 2021.
Sonstige Bemerkungen
There are relatively few tonal studies for viola set in keys that are more difficult to play in tune in on the instrument. I was so happy to come upon the tenth of the 16 Fantasy Etudes by Lillian Fuchs, one of the very few etudes in the key of B major, that I gave my B major etude, “Be Happy,” the same character marking of Giochevole (lighthearted). The fourth study, in F minor, is called “Iron” because the symbol for Iron in the periodic table is Fe (number 26). E natural moving to F is one of the flavorful characteristics of F minor, and iron is found by way of mining. The fifth study uses a minor setting of the mine-referencing song “Clementine,” as its main material, and then arrives in the seven-sharped key of C-sharp major. The sixth study begins in G-sharp minor, referencing Germanium (32 on the periodic table), but it goes through so many other keys that I thought it could represent all the rare earth minerals that are also used in building electronic devices. The meaning behind the names of the first two studies should be obvious.