As a violist about to play this for a concert, you were so in tune with the other instruments and the very few times you got the melody (like every other piece) sounded exactly like the song!
Thanks for sharing. Most interesting! In my view, the key parts of the piece for viola occur at 1:23 and 1:28 which are done very nicely. Here, the horse (which is partially played by the viola) stumbles and then you hear the whip in response. So I like the way you dig into the "uh huh" weak downbeat followed by a strong accented upbeat to emphasize the stumble which sets up the whip. And here, it is okay to be a little bit off or ahead in the upbeat since after all this supposed to be a stumble. And then at 2:10 the viola has the horse whinney which again sets up the whip crack in response. I might try a little glissando between those notes with the accent now on the first of the two notes. Let me elaborate a little here. The composer starts out with a musical idea. But she has to put it to notes in order to convey it to musicians and that is in terms of notes and markings and such. Sometimes not everything is written down, like "maybe it here it might be okay if this accented note comes in a little early. So something like "horse stumble" or "whinney" is left up to the players to interpret.
Hi Liesl! I love all the videos on your account! I’m Dave & Camille Foster’s daughter. You are so talented and I know you’ll go far with music!! Loving all of it.
As a violist about to play this for a concert, you were so in tune with the other instruments and the very few times you got the melody (like every other piece) sounded exactly like the song!
Thanks for sharing. Most interesting!
In my view, the key parts of the piece for viola occur at 1:23 and 1:28 which are done very nicely. Here, the horse (which is partially played by the viola) stumbles and then you hear the whip in response. So I like the way you dig into the "uh huh" weak downbeat followed by a strong accented upbeat to emphasize the stumble which sets up the whip. And here, it is okay to be a little bit off or ahead in the upbeat since after all this supposed to be a stumble.
And then at 2:10 the viola has the horse whinney which again sets up the whip crack in response. I might try a little glissando between those notes with the accent now on the first of the two notes.
Let me elaborate a little here. The composer starts out with a musical idea. But she has to put it to notes in order to convey it to musicians and that is in terms of notes and markings and such. Sometimes not everything is written down, like "maybe it here it might be okay if this accented note comes in a little early. So something like "horse stumble" or "whinney" is left up to the players to interpret.
I am a cellist and I’m so happy I finally found a viola perspective! I love watching all the instruments perspectives on sleigh ride.
Best instrument!
no competition
former hs violist here, im still bitter we never got to play this in symphony but you guys sounded great !
It takes intense focus for that level of difficulty in a piece
I agree, user-tj2pj5hs3r!
Hi Liesl! I love all the videos on your account! I’m Dave & Camille Foster’s daughter. You are so talented and I know you’ll go far with music!! Loving all of it.
Thank you so much!! So good to hear from you :)
As a violist, this piece looks pretty hard lol. You did great!
awesome video!
OMG STRING ORCHESTRA YESSS
Hey I know that girl! (Great job 😘)
how eventful
how do you make it so I can never read your tone when you're typing 🤨
You know what
Really not half bad
hehe🤭
its the same as the horn parts 😭😭
I was just about to say that
U a fello horn?