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thoughts from a cellist (and amateur bassist)
EnigmusJ4:
Some thoughts--
1. Don't worry about the difficulty. As you said, most bassists will love you.
2. I'm not sure if the spacing between voices will create some muddiness, especially the lower you go. The sound file, which actually had some good cello/bass patches (as far as artificial sounds go), seemed that way at spots. But it could totally be that the file was non-acoustic.
3. Some of your "blue notes," esp. the chromatic passing tones at the end of the second line of the "auld langs yne" (I know that's not the right spelling...) tune, sounded a little out of place. I guess I'm a purist, but I even try to avoid too many major 7th chords if I'm trying to write a serious or nostalgic (not warm-and-fuzzy) piece. I don't know what you intend as a mood or if you agree with me. Just giving you my 2 cents.
I'll post more if I think of it.
I'd love to play this! Not sure if we could get it on a concert, but we have the personnel. Are you going to edit it any more? Not an insult, but just wondering if it's in its final form.
Brooks
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