The Changing Timepiece

This set of brief variations is based on the theme from the slow movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 101, nicknamed "The Clock" due to the "tick-tock" effect accompanying the theme. Created to be a teaching tool, it offers a chance to deal with changing time signatures, key signatures, and tempi; col legno technique, subito, fermata (grand pause), tremolo, even the concept of variations and what an old-fashioned mechanical clock sounds like.