Hat Dance (viola and piano) level 1.0

Title: Hat Dance

Composer: traditional Mexican folk dance tune, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Viola and Piano

May be performed with violin and cello (level 1.5) versions.

Printout: 3 pages

Note: This well-known dance tune is lively and fun to play. In difficulty it is comparable to The Happy Farmer in Volume 1 of the Suzuki repertoire.

Skills: 6/8 time; G Major; staccato bowing; hooked bowing; bow recovery lifts; high and low settings of second finger; use of fourth finger.