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Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.914744 Composed by Eric J Roth. 20th Century,Contemporary. Individual part. 7 pages. Eric J Roth #5287593. Published by Eric J Roth (A0.914744). This Sarabande is the third of a four-movement sonata composed in 2018. Publicationof the entire sonata is forthcoming. In the interim, I am offering three movements, thePassacaglia, Sarabande and Gigue, as single standalone works. I have performed them inmy own concert programs both as part of the larger sonata and on their own and believethat they work equally well both ways.The typical Sarabande is written in slow triple time with an emphasis on the secondbeat. Hemiola rhythms – in which two groups of three beats are followed by threegroups of two beats – are also often used. Most Sarabandes, though not all, are writtenusing binary structure, often with repeats. The Sarabande offered here adheres to thistradition in most ways. It is in 3/4 time and evokes a wistful character, despite the piece’soverall major-key tonality. It also features shifting rhythms, although the hemiola form issuggested rather than followed exactly.Harmonically, it features an invented scale inverse to the one used in the Passacaglia andGigue. The latter two pieces use an E harmonic minor scale with an added (structural)B flat to blur any sense of strict tonality. The Sarabande, in contrast, employs an E majorscale with two altered tones: B flat and C natural. The piece modulates to a similarlyaltered G major scale for the second section before returning to E major to end thepiece. Phrases in the first half are generally five measures in length but grow more variedin the second section. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).