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What Child is This? (Greensleeves)



QUARTET

arranged by Charles Maggs

published by Cantabile Press

Code No. CP 6053

 


Choreography by Michèle Sharik

(last updated Sept. 25, 2002)


General Notes:


This choreography is for the soprano line of this quartet.  I often play this as a solo with piano or harp accompaniment.  When I do that, I let the piano or harp take the melodic line in mm. 1-4, and I enter with the main melody at the pickup to m. 5.



Table Setup:


remove F6 from table


start with D6/C6 and G6\E6



Choreography:


m. 2:  set down G6\E6 as a unit, keep the D6 as a constant


m. 3:  set down D6/C6 as a unit


m. 4:  move D6 to the space above and between E6 & F6 (NOTE: this is it's "home" position for the rest of the piece), then setup D6\F#6, begin the next phrase with your left hand


m. 5:  keep the A6 as a constant (A6/C7), release the C7 after playing it


m. 6:  return the D6 to its home position, then keep the E6 & F#6 as constants


m. 7:  release the G6 after playing it, release the D#6 after playing it, release the E6 after beat 6


m. 8:  setup D6\F#6 cluster


m. 9:  play G6 with left hand, then pass to right, keep A6 as constant


m. 10:  set down the A6/C#7 cluster as a unit, release the D6 after playing it, keep the E6 & F#6 as constants


m. 11:  keep the E6 & F#6 as constants, set down the D#6\F#6 cluster as a unit


m. 12:  play the B5 with the right hand, set up D7\B6 cluster


m. 13:  setup the D6\F#6 cluster, set down the D7\B6 cluster as a unit


m. 14:  set down the A6/C#7 cluster as a unit


m. 15:  release the G6


m. 16:  set down the D6\F#6 cluster as a unit


m. 17:  release the D7 & C#7 after playing them


m. 18:  release the D6 after playing it, keep the E6 as constant


m. 19:  release the G6, keep F#6 & E6 constant


m. 21-23:  set up D6\F#6 cluster


m. 24-32:  same as above


m. 33:  I play both D7 & B6, and C#7 & A6 as double stops


m. 33-40:  same as above


m. 41-42:  return F#6 to home position, set up G6\E6 and E7\A6


m. 44:  release G6 after playing it, keep D6 & E6 as constants


m. 45:  set down D6/C6 as a unit, keep F#6 as constant


m. 46:  F#6/B6


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