Collection
arr. by D. Ippensen
Four Irish Tunes
String Quartet
• The Brink of the White Rocks
• Paddy O'Rafferty
• Patrick's Day
• Ploughman's Whistle
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Four Irish Tunes arranged by D. Ippensen are scored for string quartet, and include "The Brink of the White Rocks," "Paddy O'Rafferty," "Patrick's Day," and "Ploughman's Whistle." All tunes are written in the keys of G and A major as well as Bb minor and change meter from 6/8 to 12/8 to 3/4. Strings play the entire quartet in first position. The "Ploughman's Whistle" in Bb minor may cause some intonation problems.
    -Alvin Mistak, The Instrumentalist January 2003