Cello excerpt
Handel, Keyboard Suite in D minor, HWV 437 (cello arr.)
Sarabande
A solemn baroque sarabande, perfect for working on bow distribution and tone.
At a glance
- Instrument
- Cello
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Work
- Keyboard Suite in D minor, HWV 437 (cello arr.)
- Movement
- Sarabande
- Era
- Baroque (c. 1600–1750)
- Composed
- 1733
- Key
- F
- Metre
- 3/4
- Tempo
- Lento · ♩ ≈ 58
- Clef
- Bass clef
- Level
- Easy, amateur orchestra
- Audition list
- Not a standard excerpt
How to practise it
The bow style, the trouble spots, and the stylistic decisions that come up most often on this excerpt.
Style
Stately, weighty second beat (the sarabande's defining feature).
Tags
Work on the technique underneath
Arco's cello curriculum builds the bow strokes, positions, and clef reading this excerpt assumes, with recorded cello playback throughout.