Millionaire’s Hoedown
Composer
Key
D Major, A Major
Nationality
American
Time Signature
2/2
LISTING
- ASTACAP Level 4 or 5
- Barbara Barber – Suzuki Violin Book 4 & up
Annotation
Range: A3-C6
Tempo: Fast and Rhythmic Hoedown Style
Left Hand
- Slides
- Doubled-stops – using one open string
- LH pizzicato on A string while bow sustains note on E string
- LH pizzicato using 2nd finger
- Scale run shifting into 4th position (4 notes)
- Modulates from D Major to A Major – uses same fingering 5th higher./
Bowing
- On the string bariolage
Rhythm
- Careful counting needed on opening repeated double stops as the bowing pattern reverses from measure to measure.
Recording
look inside | Solos for Young Violinists, Volume 2 Volume 2. Selections from the Student Repertoire. Edited by Judi Gowe. Music Prodigy; String - Violin Studies or Collection; Suzuki. Suzuki Method. Companion CD also available. Classical. Set of performance parts. 88 pages. Alfred Music #00-0989. Published by Alfred Music (AP.0989). |
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