the last movement of Ravel's Sonatine

3.  Animated

~9 pages

~The Third Movement of Ravel's Sonatine begins in 3 sharps -
in the second to last page it lapses shortly into no sharps and
flats - and the Grand Finale is in 6 sharps.

~The dynamics range from pp to fff.

~Some of the features in the The Third Movement are:

o predominant use of sixteenth notes

o accent marks to indicate the melody line

o a brief reminder by the composer of the first movement

o a fascinating touch at the very end  - tie marks leading to nowhere


Recap:

The first movement is most easily playable for me.

The second movement - beautiful.

But it is in the third movement where Ravel steps up and says:

I composed this really great Sonatine.





and what are ya gonna do about it anyway?







I will be back with the Scriabin when I figure out what it is.








Thanks Mike.