Solo on "The Girl I Left Behind Me"

Okay, now we're going to look at a solo on The Girl I Left Behind Me, which is absolutely packed full of these kinds of licks.

Breakdown of the Solo

I need to go through it slowly first. So, we're going to start off with:

• Similar Lick:

  • Second finger over first finger.
  • Moving from first position up a third to third position.

• Diminished Substitution:

  • This is a tricky fingering.

• Transition to D7:

  • Then we've got a lick that takes us to the D7.

Lick Details

And then we're into this lick, which is:

• Open E:
  • With the first finger sliding down.
  • Second finger over third finger.

This lick is taken from Johnny Gimble's Fiddling Around, which is a great tune in itself. So, that will take a bit of work.

• Next Pieces:
  • The yodel.
  • A syncopated chop.

So, that is a bit of a diminished going into C.

Altered Notes & Hemiola

• Altered Notes:

  • These are jazz elements, which I won't explain, but again, they are in my jazz violin book.

• Hemiola:

  • That's what we call a hemiola, which is a three-note phrase that crosses the bar lines.

• Augmented Substitution:

  • Second finger over first finger.
  • Third over second.
  • First over open.
  • Two over one.
  • Three over two.

This will take quite a bit of work to get that.

Practice Tips

I would spend quite a bit of time playing this slowly and then gradually get it up to speed so you can play it along with the backing track.