Cello excerpt
Schubert, String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810
II. Andante con moto (theme)
The cello plays the bass voice of the chorale-like theme, solemn, shrouded.
At a glance
- Instrument
- Cello
- Composer
- Franz Schubert
- Work
- String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810
- Movement
- II. Andante con moto (theme)
- Era
- Romantic (c. 1820–1880)
- Composed
- 1824
- Key
- C
- Metre
- 2/2
- Tempo
- Andante con moto · ♩ ≈ 60
- Clef
- Bass clef
- Level
- Comfortable, community and youth 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
Hushed, processional. Total stillness.
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.