The Clearinghouse of Choreography
What Child is This? (Greensleeves)
(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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