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Upshift for solo violin
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Violin Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.914161
Composed by Tom Swafford. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. 4 pages. Tom Swafford #6570947. Published by Tom Swafford (A0.914161).
Upshift is a rhythmic, energetic show-piece for solo violin. The title refers to the image of a car speeding up, revving its engine and shifting to an ever higher gear. Despite the word "shift," the piece is entirely in first position. The challenge is maintaining the multi-voice, polyrhythmic energy. Although the time signature remains 12/8, there should also be a 6/4 feeling, and this tension between a two beat and a three beat feel is what drives the piece. It is influenced by West African music, which I learned about in Ghanaian musician C. K. Ladzekpo’s classes at U.C. Berkeley. I recommend keeping the bow hair looser than usual in order to get all the strings to fully resonate on the three note chords. Upshift is on my 2021 album, Bound to Go Away. This notated version is slightly different from the version I recorded. Players are welcome to take liberties with the piece, add embellishments, repeats, and so on.
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Violin Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.914161
Composed by Tom Swafford. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. 4 pages. Tom Swafford #6570947. Published by Tom Swafford (A0.914161).
Upshift is a rhythmic, energetic show-piece for solo violin. The title refers to the image of a car speeding up, revving its engine and shifting to an ever higher gear. Despite the word "shift," the piece is entirely in first position. The challenge is maintaining the multi-voice, polyrhythmic energy. Although the time signature remains 12/8, there should also be a 6/4 feeling, and this tension between a two beat and a three beat feel is what drives the piece. It is influenced by West African music, which I learned about in Ghanaian musician C. K. Ladzekpo’s classes at U.C. Berkeley. I recommend keeping the bow hair looser than usual in order to get all the strings to fully resonate on the three note chords. Upshift is on my 2021 album, Bound to Go Away. This notated version is slightly different from the version I recorded. Players are welcome to take liberties with the piece, add embellishments, repeats, and so on.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
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only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
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