Third Music Critique

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For the third music critique I am going to talk about the performances of Gunnar Biggs and Bill Bradburry. First of all, I must say this was my favorite performance of the semester so far. I love the bass and it amazes me how beautiful the mandolin plays music. The musician who played the bass was Gunnar while the mandolin was played Bill. They both played Irish traditional music, however in their performance they improvised solos when usually you don’t in Irish traditional music. Both Gunnar and Bill played their instruments standing up. Gunnar read his music sheet while he held the bass up with one hand and while the other was playing the instrument. I noticed whenever he was playing he had good balance between him and the bass. I was listening

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