Abel - Arpeggio for Solo Viola da Gamba WKO194

[holyprayerx]

I heard this song when I was about 6, and I really liked it.....and then nearly 6 years later, i heard it6 again in the 6th grade when the classes were going to the band, chorus, and orchestra classes ,and I heard it again. I was just like "Screw everything else I'm playing that instrument!"

[denwa010ko]

Carl Friedrich Abel(1723 - 1787)

Please rewrite it definitely.

[danldunham]

Love the Viola.

[Montyleeny14]

His music is quite familiar to that of Bach's cello suite; no suprise from the remark since he worked for Bach.

[HARMONICO101]

@Montyleeny14 this type of arpeggio prelude-style composition is actually more common than you would think and didn't start with Bach at all. You'll find it alot in harpsichord compositions for example.

[dolofonos]

@HARMONICO101 The style suits bowed instruments very well in creating a strong, polyphonic texture.

[afreename]

I don't think I've heard this instrument before. I like it.

[dolofonos]

@afreename If you had, it was most likely hidden amongst the continuo. For me, there is no finer-sounding bowed instrument played in solo.