Eric Galluzzo wrote:
It certainly is, Eric. Thanks!Well, hopefully a not-terribly-great classical violinist's opinion will be of some use. :)
Originally I had a jump right from [DBb] to [Ebc] on sixtenth notes, and when I noticed that blunder, I decided it was time for a reality-check. I have to admit my own fiddling skills are rather rudimentary.
Good.It's definitely playable, and doesn't seem fiendishly difficult. The sixteenths at the end could be a little difficult for a less experienced player (depending on the tempo), but the fingering is certainly not that hard.
The music seems to work best at a speed slightly above average hornpipe tempo (the given 1/4=188 might be a bit on the slow side). That is relatively fast, but the second fiddle isn't exactly meant to be a beginner's part.
Probably the most challenging part to get right is some of the bow division, particularly the two notes after the sixteenths at the end.
Yes, that's the part I was worried about.
A slur there would actually be perfect. I think of that part as firework rocket. You've got the fuse burning through the sixteenth notes, a big explosion on the double open strings and then the rocket whistles through the air on the high D. (Of course, that is *exactly* the kind of stuff you'd expect to hear during a good ole Irish session ;-)One possible solution is to slur the eighth note and the following note, and then slur two of the following four eighth notes so that the last bar remains down, up, down (a natural bowing). However, I have a feeling that's not the effect you wish to achieve.
Now, all I've got to do is write a solo guitar part I can actually manage to play myself. Have to go for DADGAD for that, I'm afraid... :-/
Frank Nordberg
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