Research Paper On D Minor Tonality

Your students will find the D minor tonality very appealing. As flat keys can be more difficult for string players, though, a good way to prepare for this piece is to first play an F major scale. Then, show the students that the key signature of the F major scale is the same as the D minor scale (relative major-minor), and have them play the D natural minor scale. Discuss how the mood or feeling can be different between the major and minor tonalities, even though they each employ the same notes.

There will need to be some preview of the special techniques (the “experiments”) included in this piece, which include: double stops (1st and 2nd Violins), trills and col legno (Violins and Viola), and tremolo (Viola, Cello and Bass). When playing col legno, the students should turn their bows over and bounce the wood of the stick on the strings (measures 25-41). In measures 65-81, the orchestra becomes a rhythm band by the instruments being struck in rhythm patterns. The best way to do this and obtain optimal sound production is to hold the instrument normally, as when it is played, except the bow should be set on the ledge of the music stand. The RH knuckles should knock on the right lower part of the front, or top of the body while the LH is damping the sound of the strings by gently resting on the strings over the fingerboard.
2nd Violin and Viola have identical notes, so they can rehearse together slowly, with special focus on the “barred” first finger notes occurring in the pattern (E-B). These can be marked with a bracket as a visual