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30Viennese Bass MethodLesson 6. Orchestra Excerpts
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Exercise 37. Mozart, Symphony no. 34, 4th movement
This lesson presents a recapitulation of all technical elements covered in the previous 5 lessons. You are
welcome to reinforce your string crossings, arpeggio and single position technique here through the study
of the actual orchestra Viennese bass excerpts. You will also have the opportunity to utilize the extended
positions, or avoid them should you think some other fingerings may offer a better solution.
You may also notice a that the following excerpts are in the keys of C major, E flat major and G minor,
which may serve as a good argument that the assumed convenience of D and A keys can indeed only be
applied to the solo figurations, while the tonal reality of period orchestra music was far more diverse.
Copyright 2009 by Igor Pecevski
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32Exercise 38. Mozart, Symphony no. 39, 1st movement
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34Exercise 39. Mozart, Symphony no. 40, 1st movement
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36Exercise 40. Mozart, Marriage of Figaro, Overture
You are welcome to fill in your own fingerings here. The position brackets are here only as a suggestion.
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3Exercise 41. Capuzzi, Concerto, 1st movement
This also a fingering exercise. The D major key should be of help here.