Shenandoah is a traditional American folk song dating from the 19th century. The song exists in many forms and arrangements becoming popular as a sea shanty in the 1800’s. The beautiful yet powerful melody is suited to being both sung and played as an instrumental. The melody is also quite expansive and clearly open to different interpretations. This arrangement sounding in F is for viola accompanied by piano. The playback tempo is 84 quarter note beats to the minute. Accompaniments are in place playing at 82, 84, 86 and 88 quarter note (crotchet) beats per minute. A click track introduction is not necessary. This is an excellent piece to develop tonal quality and legato playing.
