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Virtuoso Playing

1. (Mozart's Horn Concerto Eb)

   • Lively Rondo Theme
   • Traditional hunting horn sound
     • Sonata Rondo Form
       • ABACABA
       • Rondo
         • ABACA
   • Originally written for and performed in front of friends
   • Repeated notes and arppegio figures
   • Horn, Oboe, Violins, Viola, Double Bass, Solo Horn

2. Virtuoso playing is the skill or ability of a player to master a technique when playing their instrument

   • Part of performance to show off talent
   • Techniques and skill

3. Techniques

   • Arrpegio phrases
     • Notes 1,3 5
   • Hand stopping
     • Using hand to play a semi tone above or below
   • High and low notes
     • Big range on the horn
   • Fast Tempo
     • Skillfull playing at fast pace
   • Dynamics
     • Range in the piece
   • Expression
     • Playing with emotion
   • Cadenza (Bar 178)
     • Cadenza is used to highlight the soloist completely
   • Chromatic (62-65)
     • Playing every note in the scale

4. Other Notes

   • Playing high notes at the time would have been difficuilt without the use of the harmonic series
   • Hand stopping is placing you hand inside the bell of the horn to go up and down semitones allowing the use of chromatic phrases
   • Climatic phrases (136-147)
   • Leutgeb is the solo horn player
     • Exceeded skill of playing for his time