Dog’s Life: Dog Tired and The Great Tail Chase

Dog Tired has long phrases with a changing time signature though the pulse is always a crotchet. It will benefit from vibrato and sustained bows. There is a rall. in the middle and a glissando at the end. It goes up to 3rd position but could use 4th position on the D string depending on the chosen fingering.

The Great Tail Chase opens with an up bow crescendo followed by fast semiquavers which require good co-ordination. It goes up to 3rd position.

Dog’s Life is a very effective concert piece.