Paganini - Caprice no. 9 “The Hunt“

Originally for violin. Here is a piece that immediately made me think of the old Segovia video where he describes the many colours on the classical guitar, and how they can imitate orchestral instruments. In this piece, the initial theme is to be played “imitating the flute“, according to Paganini. To achieve this, you play a little in the sound hole with a soft attack. This immediately changes to a passage “imitating the horn“, so basically the exact opposite, with a somewhat brighter sound on the lowe
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