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Virtuoso Playing

(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
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
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
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