Millionaire’s Hoedown

Composer

Key

D Major, A Major

Nationality

American


Time Signature

2/2

Stylistic Period

Level

5

LISTING

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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