Time Pieces, IV.

Clarinet List Ranking

Muczynski

TEXAS ONLY

Cross Break?

Yes

Range:

Highest note: Ab6

Key:

No key

Meter:

Simple, compound, and asymmetric meter

Rhythms:

Advanced

Ornamentation:

Musicality Requirements:

Cadenzas are difficult & require maturity. Large dynamic shifts. Begins with clarinet alone for 28 measures. Alternate fingerings including overblown altissimo. Leaps of octave or more. Difficult finger patterns (throat tone-left hand).

Special Considerations:

Most difficult movement of piece. Playing correctly with piano at tempo is very difficult. Graduate level piece. 4 pages.

State Lists:

AL, NE (V), HI (5-6), IN, NY (6), OH (A), TX (1), VA (6)