O Shenandoah

Well of course it.

So I nailed the solo in the video.  Which made me confident for the concert.

Then I got to the church (tiny little thing, almost taller inside than it is long) and I started getting nervous.

[I never get nervous before gigs, for good or ill.  That’s because one mistake doesn’t kill the gig.  but with these choir concerts I get one shot.  So I get a little edgy.]

I took my guitar outside to practice and get several reps in between the guys who like to talk to musicians who are practicing.

After the concert started the nerves would not go away.  Kind of distracting really.  But when it came time I went and got my guitar.   I took a deep breath and kicked off the song.

Got to the solo… It started well, nailed the first double stop section, then landed on the high D in time and on target… yay.

Second run and the second double stop section went well and I thought I was in the clear.  double yay.

But no.  I thought.  And that was the problem.  On the return to the theme where I play a figure on the e string between index and pinky mostly, I landed on a c natural instead of a C sharp, and then spent the rest of the bar plus a second trying to find a way back to D major.  Finished on a G instead of  D.   grr.

🙂  Probably sounded less bad in real time than it does in my head right now on the morning after.

But the choir director’s wife did tell me she prefers the octave mandolin to the guitar…