Rawhide!

Of all the tunes in all the books:
Bluegrass Fiddle Styles (Stacey Philips and Kenny Kosek) - Rawhide - Bill Munroe (mandolin)

So an opportunity to brush down my bluegrass mandolin licks. I absolutely love this stuff. I think I even prefer it to Irish folk were I pushed. This tune is a showpiece as this staggering version attests. Just watch for the little Rasputin like character on mandolin. His bluesy improv. skillz make me weep. *edit* a little web stalking has given me a name (Andy Statman) and I have myself a new hero. Klezma and bluegrass. Lovely stuff. *end edit* The book suggests the absolutely blistering pace of 165 crotchets a minute. I have managed to get a comfy 100 going. Slow and accurate is better than speedy and rubbish. But I must lay it aside before getting the metronome to any decent place due to a rehearsal tonight for a new show. Yes you heard right, yet another endeavour that I, the glutton for punishment am putting myself through. This time it's Seussical, as in Dr. Seuss, the Cat in the Hat etc. and I'm playing th Grinch the moment I put down my baton for Iolanthe. Two show weeks in a row may well kill me, if the green makeup doesn't get me first!