Re: Is this reasonable/playable (guitar)?

[David Kastrup]

John Link <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mar 6, 2014, at 9:53 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> John Link <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>>> The runs are playable, but in each run I would either play the final B
>>> on the open B string or omit the C in the following F chord.
>> 
>> Well, the C is the target of the run so it's not really an option to
>> omit it.
>
> Even though it's the target of the run I think it could be omitted
> because the melody is also a C and if it's omitted I doubt that it
> would be noticed.

The melody is a different instrument.

> Besides, even if the C is omitted on the first beat it will sound on
> the second and third.
>
>>  With regard to playing on the open string, I've basically
>> taken the phrasing as I would do it on a violin.
>
> But if you were going to play a chord on the violin following the run
> I bet you would like to have the B on an open string so that you could
> get your left hand ready for the chord.

Actually, I prefer it to play on the G string with the fourth finger
since I can then already place the barrée (which only needs first and
second finger in the first measure and requires a solid placement for
the bass tone) in leisure rather than both slamming it on (and there was
the suggestion to use hammer-on for the phrasing) _and_ plucking it in
two different places on the beat.  And it allows me to use a
p-m-i-p-m-i-p-m-i plucking technique for the faster of the two runs if I
don't believe in hammering.

> My answer to your original question is "no" if you insist on the Bs
> being played on the G string and the Cs following the Bs.

Hm.  I'm not convinced so I'll give my guitar a bit of a workout and try
extrapolating to a somewhat better player from there.  Of course,
I can't enforce any particular execution anyway so I'm probably
overthinking this, but I still like not to be absurd.

>> But I probably should at least remove the string indications in the
>> normal Staff.
>
> I don't see any reason to keep them, since a guitarist is going to
> play the run as he sees fit whether or not you include the string
> indications.

Sure.

-- 
David Kastrup