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Discussions => Tune of the Month => Topic started by: Clive Williams on July 31, 2015, 11:09:12 PM
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Hi folks; nice simple theme this month since I guess people are probably time pressured in holiday season. So here we are, waltzes. Play us a waltz, any kind.
Happy waltzing everyone!
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Get in early
Maguire and Patterson (http://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/tune-156-maguire-and-patterson.html)
Miss Dillon's Waltz (http://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/tune-49-miss-dillons-waltz.html)
Bonsoir Bebe (http://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/tune-89-bonsoir-bebe.html)
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Hard on the heels of Lester...
Wells Waltz (https://soundcloud.com/steve_freereeder/wells-waltz-1), played on a Marc Savoy one-row four-stop melodeon in the key of G.
Lester and I learned this gorgeous tune together from the playing and tuition of Katie Howson at Melodeons at Witney in 2002 (I think!). It has been a favourite of mine ever since.
The tune originally comes from the playing of Norfolk dulcimer player Mollie Whittaker, who in turn got the tune from her father, but no further details of the tune's origin have ever emerged. Mollie lived in Wells-next-the-Sea, a village on the north Norfolk coast, and I believe it was Katie or John Howson who gave this otherwise untitled tune its name.
Both Katie and I play this tune slightly differently from Mollie (captured on an archive field recording) but hey, that's the folk/aural tradition for you!
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Hard on the heels of Lester...
Wells Waltz (https://soundcloud.com/steve_freereeder/wells-waltz-1), played on a Marc Savoy one-row four-stop melodeon in the key of G.
Lester and I learned this gorgeous tune together from the playing and tuition of Katie Howson at Melodeons at Witney in 2002 (I think!). It has been a favourite of mine ever since.
The tune originally comes from the playing of Norfolk dulcimer player Mollie Whittaker, who in turn got the tune from her father, but no further details of the tune's origin have ever emerged. Mollie lived in Wells-next-the-Sea, a village on the north Norfolk coast, and I believe it was Katie or John Howson who gave this otherwise untitled tune its name.
Both Katie and I play this tune slightly differently from Mollie (captured on an archive field recording) but hey, that's the folk/aural tradition for you!
http://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/tune-161-wells-waltz.html (http://lesters-tune-a-day.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/tune-161-wells-waltz.html)
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GARDEN WALTZ (First composition of six-year old Daniel Brown Simmons )
with a bit of help from his Dad, Giles Brown*, who sent the notation last week,
https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/53d187e7495e5fe2b4ba4666835545480e6a553d
and invited recordings. So here's a rough and rushed version, with more ordinary chords.
https://youtu.be/YWfnQ55JhKI
*There are more of Giles's own tunes on my youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4QfriW501SnnQTZBKcPA1Q
on the MySpace page for Cyser, (https://myspace.com/cyser/music/songs)
and a few here with notation and audio http://thisismyhypogeum.blogspot.co.uk/ (http://thisismyhypogeum.blogspot.co.uk/)
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Stronsey waltz and Rope Waltz. I put them on you tube some time ago using only laptop and playing them on a 3 voice mmm trichord I had just been given as requiring a complete rebuild - so warts and all 'youtube stronsey waltz'
george
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Waltzing Across The Water
https://youtu.be/bmAeLdWR9V0 (https://youtu.be/bmAeLdWR9V0)
Played on the still-fully-clubbed Hohner Club II B C/F.
A bit rough and ready as ever. Recorded straight to the camera, and seems to have picked a pretty fierce reverb from the kitchen, but it's a heartier performance than my subsequent runs.
I learnt this great tune from Steve Dumpleton at Mendlesham - thanks Steve! and sorry - I still haven't got it right yet ::)
Steve
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Lucky for me that this month's Theme is a waltz, as I have been learning this beautiful one over the last couple of weeks. A chance to slip in something French and by Stephane Delicq, who's music I love.
Here it is, Valse Pour Michel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-IUvKJdzI
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I learnt this great tune from Steve Dumpleton at Mendlesham - thanks Steve! and sorry - I still haven't got it right yet ::)
Sounds pretty good to me! I'm glad you are enjoying the tune. (:)
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Stronsey waltz and Rope Waltz. I put them on you tube some time ago using only laptop and playing them on a 3 voice mmm trichord I had just been given as requiring a complete rebuild - so warts and all 'youtube stronsey waltz'
george
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es1rMLTisbw
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Here it is, Valse Pour Michel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-IUvKJdzI
Drat, that's the one I was going to do. Box sounds great David.
Don't want to tempt fate, but still no allergic reactions to playing again - hoping that the cedar is nicely under wraps now.
I have had a go at 3 French waltzes, with some blatant edits - hope that's not too against the ethos here.
https://youtu.be/HR3IDXtceTE
Could be thread drift but can someone explain the difference (in dance terms - not music) between a Mazurka and a Waltz?
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Here it is, Valse Pour Michel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-IUvKJdzI
Drat, that's the one I was going to do. Box sounds great David.
Don't want to tempt fate, but still no allergic reactions to playing again - hoping that the cedar is nicely under wraps now.
I have had a go at 3 French waltzes, with some blatant edits - hope that's not too against the ethos here.
https://youtu.be/
Could be thread drift but can someone explain the difference (in dance terms - not music) between a Mazurka and a Waltz?
That's great news about the disappearing allergy!
I read somewhere, that a mazurka was a waltz with too many notes! I can't really help you because I am not a dancer but there are videos on You Tube teaching both dances. A waltz in France is quite different to an English waltz, a lot quicker and lots of turning round in circles. A mazurka - they don't seem to go anywhere, dancing on the spot. Ha, ha, I don't know what I'm talking about, so don't take my word for it. Best look on You Tube!
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Next time you have time to call round Pam and I will demonstrate the two dances for you. They are very different.
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Stronsey waltz and Rope Waltz. I put them on you tube some time ago using only laptop and playing them on a 3 voice mmm trichord
(http://www.wuerziworld.de/Smilies/musik/mus22.gif)
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Yesterday I promised to record "Du, Du, liegst mir im Herzen".
https://youtu.be/lDwI_KEk8SA
Saxony-made Club (second class, not for export into the capitalistic economic space). ;)
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Linden Lea & Genevieve's Waltzes. (I have included a short clip of the guitar sketch for LL which I transferred onto the melodeon).
A friend played Genevieve's in a pub session, the chords are what he sent to me.
Each are dancable, (living room test), so hopefully meet the criteria.
https://youtu.be/IP5u1MU8ctA
Best wishes.
Bill
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Bit of environmentally friendly recycling...
https://soundcloud.com/oysterboy6/vals-efter-manneberg
(:)
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Linden Lea
Beautiful LH part. :-*
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Bill, in fact a beautiful rendition of Linden Lea!
Best wishes - Wolf
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Dear God, thank you for helping me get, and play the melodeon, and harmonica. I am extremely grateful for these gifts! Amen.
Today, I have recorded another tune on my Mundinger Diaton III! The tune is Take Me Out to the Ballgame, which is an American waltz. ;D
Enjoy! :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aTThBFN84M
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Oh, very good, you're here already! 8)
Very nice and appealing, Happy!
Best wishes - Wolf
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A lovely 16 bar tune from the playing of Tufty Swift:
SAM STEELE'S WALTZ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE0fgk3kKyE
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Some Cajun waltzes from a recording of Bois Sec Ardoin
http://youtu.be/9fEZuF4v1yY
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An intriguing waltz from the East Riding of Yorkshire,
Napoleon Crossing the Alps
http://youtu.be/QcvqJ5aLrLg
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Banks of the Seine from Tony Hall
http://youtu.be/RYiCWdHeDQs
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Derek Pearces Blue Denim Waltz (by Levi Strauss ;) ) , followed by All dressed up to the nines
http://youtu.be/iPJsQvHWpDo
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Oh Joe, played as a waltz on my Hohner Ouverture
http://youtu.be/T-Cf-rapmQA
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One of my favourite waltzes, Percy Browns waltz for the Veleta
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-holland-7/nutley-waltz
Ignore the filename ;)
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One of my favourite waltzes, Percy Browns waltz for the Veleta
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-holland-7/nutley-waltz (https://soundcloud.com/kevin-holland-7/nutley-waltz)
Ignore the filename ;)
Even more interesting is the tag #Electronic ... ;D
I like it very much! I think you played basses throughout the tune. There are some bars where the single row's chords are "wrong" - amazing it doesn't matter at all.
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Ok, here goes, my first ever ThOTM!
Zodiac Waltz, learned from Steve Freereeder to whom I personally apologise for the wrong note in the last couple of bars, but it was the best version I could manage! Featuring my new (to me) Castagnari Tommy - I have only been playing for a year and a half so all pointers welcome. And I know I speed up, nerves get the better of me but I'm working on it.
https://youtu.be/zf3gDOb3Ras
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Ok, here goes, my first ever ThOTM!
Zodiac Waltz, learned from Steve Freereeder to whom I personally apologise for the wrong note in the last couple of bars, but it was the best version I could manage! Featuring my new (to me) Castagnari Tommy - I have only been playing for a year and a half so all pointers welcome. And I know I speed up, nerves get the better of me but I'm working on it.
https://youtu.be/zf3gDOb3Ras
Well done Vicky! Of course I'll forgive the 'wrong note' at the end. Anyway, it's just a variation... ;D
All you need to do now is play it at about half-speed and you'll be perfect! :Ph
Seriously, great stuff though! Keep it up...
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Ok, here goes, my first ever ThOTM!
Really Brilliant - well done!
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One of my all-time favorites, "Louis's Waltz" by Andy de Jarlis, played on a C#/D box:
http://youtu.be/FNK3t6a0o48
Also on concertina at:
http://youtu.be/UtKinYcba_0
Bob Michel
Near Philly
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Ok, here goes, my first ever ThOTM!
https://youtu.be/zf3gDOb3Ras
Good stuff Vicky and a lovely new instrument - did the eBay pokerwork get moved on? Nigel.
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I can't remember if I've posted this one before. A John Richie tune I always enjoy playing.https://soundcloud.com/cysgod/the-dove
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Thanks Steve, Arty and Nigelr for your lovely comments, duh, of course a waltz should be slow enough to actually dance to! Bloomin nerves! And no nigel, my ebay pokerwork is still to be found around the highways and byways of Yorkshire as I play it when playing with Silkstone Greens. First ThOTM wasn't so scary after all, maybe next stop TOTM!
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Dear God, thank you for helping me get, and play the melodeon, and harmonica. I am extremely grateful for these gifts! Amen.
Today, I have recorded another tune on my Mundinger Diaton III! The tune is In the Good Old Summertime, which is an American waltz. ;D
Enjoy! ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHgqVqi4ksQ
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Dear God, thank you for helping me get, and play the melodeon, and harmonica. I am extremely grateful for these gifts! Amen.
Today, I have recorded another tune on my Mundinger Diaton III! The tune is The Sidewalks of New York (also known as East Side West Side), which is an American waltz. ;D
Enjoy! :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lcF8_8fCF4
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Here's my (first?) effort as to this month's theme:
Heißa Kathreinerle - Och Flickan Hon Går I Dansen (https://soundcloud.com/blue-eyed-sailor/heisa-kathreinerle-och-flickan-hon-gar-i-dansen-melodeon)
(previously recorded with English Concertina - here adapted for the "Dark Side")
Any comments welcome - Wolf
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Ok, here goes, my first ever ThOTM!
Zodiac Waltz, learned from Steve Freereeder to whom I personally apologise for the wrong note in the last couple of bars, but it was the best version I could manage! And I know I speed up, nerves get the better of me but I'm working on it.
https://youtu.be/zf3gDOb3Ras
I enjoyed it. I'd rather listen to yours than to mine which I edited to blend the best sections of two takes, and ended up taking the life out of.
What are the 'right' speeds for waltzes in different countries?
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What are the 'right' speeds for waltzes in different countries?
I think you will find quite a lot of helpful videos about various dances, e.g. Mazurka, French Waltz, Bourees etc., on this You Tube Channel. I have found lots of help here : https://www.youtube.com/user/Tirn0/videos
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Hi folks - just time for a quick waltz; wasn't quite sure what I was going to play when I sat down, hence this is played on the 18 bass VDA melodeon; but this tune is very simple and will fit very easily on a standard 2 row box.
Here we are, from Denmark, Skobo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oay7pPVg7VE
A beautifully simple tune - if you're looking for a nice circle waltz tune for a barndance, I think this is it.
Cheers,
Clive
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Simply beautiful, Clive!
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Here's my (first?) effort as to this month's theme:
Heißa Kathreinerle - Och Flickan Hon Går I Dansen (https://soundcloud.com/blue-eyed-sailor/heisa-kathreinerle-och-flickan-hon-gar-i-dansen-melodeon)
(previously recorded with English Concertina - here adapted for the "Dark Side")
Any comments welcome - Wolf
Just in case this might have been misread: I was playing the tunes on melodeon (not concertina) this time...
P.S.: Fellow melodeonist TomBom has given me further advice as to the origins of the second tune: To my former knowledge the Swedish version had been preceding the - in fact well-known - German version. According to the respective entry of Swedish Wikipedia it's just the other way round, with the Swedish version being derivative of the German one: which is "Zum Tanze da geht ein Mädel", apparently from Alsace, same as the A-part of the first tune by the way...
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Here's a tune from Québec I like, the "Valse-clog Lacroix":
http://youtu.be/DazhaF49LXo
Played (as far as I can tell) on a one-row in D.
Bob Michel
Near Philly
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Played (as far as I can tell) on a one-row in D.
I would not hesitate to second that perception!
Nice tune by the way, Bob - enjoyed!
Best wishes - Wolf
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Lovely playing Bob. What box is that? Sounds lovely. Bob.
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Just looked at your other vids Bob. A Welty! Bob
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A Welty! Bob
Thanks, Bob. Yes, it's a Welty. Its a nice little box; my only complaint about it is that it's a bit too polite. One of these days I'll have to decide whether I want to have it retuned wetter or put the money toward an upgrade.
It replaced a woebegone (new) Hohner 114--that's the sound I was after--which I owned for about two weeks. My (limited) experience suggests that another word for "good quality new Hohner" is "Weltmeister."
Bob Michel
Near Philly
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Bob, that's an interesting working of 'Bonnie Doon' (as in Ye Banks and Braes thereof ;))
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Bob, that's an interesting working of 'Bonnie Doon' (as in Ye Banks and Braes thereof ;))
Why...yes it is. Une bonne trouvaille!
The funny thing is that I've read a little bit about the background of the québecois tune (in the Hart/Sandhill book "Danse ce soir!" and other places), and I don't think anyone else has mentioned that.
Those two tunes would probably have occupied separate compartments in my brain indefinitely if you hadn't pointed out the resemblance. It wouldn't be the first time.
Bob Michel
Near Philly
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It might be verging on blasphemy Bob but I prefer the sound of the weltmeister! Bob
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Absolutely, the Welty is in tune - which is more than can be said of a new Hohner! I did at one time talk to a couple of tuners about tuning the HA114C I had to try to get it in tune without losing the fairground organ sound, none were enthusiastic about working on those reeds unless I had a clear definition of what I wanted as a result. I can understand that, but ultimately you'd always need to have an example of what sound you want to guide the tuner so it's often a journey of discovery into the unknown. I've been surprised at how well a Cajun tuned box sounds playing the English repertoire. Being well tuned, the temperament comes across more like a spoklen accent rather than mispronounciation.
I like the pure, clean sound of your box - I ended up with a Max to replace the Hohner. It's a lot less effort to play and twice as loud but still with a good dynamic range. I still miss the grunting basses of the Hohner, though.
Thanks you for your postings, I enjoyed them all. You'd be very welcome in the local sessions were you in the UK.
Rob.
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I've been surprised at how well a Cajun tuned box sounds playing the English repertoire. .
Thanks, Rob; that's most kind. One of these years I'll get back to the U.K., and when I do some local sessions will be very high on my to-do list.
I played a Castagnari one-row (I don't think they call it a Max anymore) last winter and liked it just fine, but dear gods, they've gotten expensive. That same day, as it happened, I had a chance to sample two Cajun boxes I liked better: a Jr. Martin that simply purred, and another make I hadn't heard of--I think it was Tèche--which was of much cruder construction but really hit my sweet spot. If and when I decide to upgrade the Welty I think I'll be Louisiana bound.
(My chance to play with all these wonderful toys comes a couple times a year when my local shop, Liberty Bellows in Philadelphia, has me in to make demo videos. Coincidentally they just emailed me this morning, so I'm looking forward to a fun afternoon tomorrow. Hope I don't fall in love...)
Bob Michel
Near Philly
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Having recently returned from the Mill Race festival in Cambridge, Ontario - what could be more appropriate than Brian Peters' lovely Mill Race Waltz written in 1995 while in Cambridge for the festival, and which the local musicians over there are still playing.
https://youtu.be/CnHPdzLZRZE
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Ok, here goes, my first ever ThOTM!
Zodiac Waltz, learned from Steve Freereeder to whom I personally apologise for the wrong note in the last couple of bars, but it was the best version I could manage! Featuring my new (to me) Castagnari Tommy - I have only been playing for a year and a half so all pointers welcome. And I know I speed up, nerves get the better of me but I'm working on it.
https://youtu.be/zf3gDOb3Ras
Nicely played! And what a cool tune.
Mike
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I have always loved this tune, although it's provenance is still a bit fuzzy to me. The tune is actually from a song attributed to Dick Gaughan, "Both Sides of the Tweed", and he is credited with the tune, but the words are perhaps from another party. At any rate, the French Diato folks seem to love playing this as a waltz, because it works quite well this way. So I am presenting the tune in the French fashion, which they call "Valse Ecossaise", played on my newly valved, waxed, & tuned Pistelli.
https://youtu.be/DffgCCiV-64 (https://youtu.be/DffgCCiV-64)
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I have always loved this tune, although it's provenance is still a bit fuzzy to me. The tune is actually from a song attributed to Dick Gaughan, "Both Sides of the Tweed", and he is credited with the tune, but the words are perhaps from another party. At any rate, the French Diato folks seem to love playing this as a waltz, because it works quite well this way. So I am presenting the tune in the French fashion, which they call "Valse Ecossaise", played on my newly valved, waxed, & tuned Pistelli.
https://youtu.be/DffgCCiV-64 (https://youtu.be/DffgCCiV-64)
Beautiful sound! Haunting feel. And what a cool voice the box has. Any link to the dots?
M
M
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Here's a link (http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=back.numachi.com:8000/dtrad/abc_dtrad.tar.gz/abc_dtrad/BTHTWEED/0000) to dots, ABC and midi in Am. Plays well on a G/C instrument. (My posting was played in Bm on an A/D box). There are also some other notations on the net in other keys.
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nobody seems to have mentioned the many 'old time' waltzes that are very pleasant to play and great to dance to. Oh dear what can the matter be, Daisy Bell (daisy daisy), Endearing young charms, Irish Eyes, Wild colonial boy, Westering home, \my Bonny lies over the ocean, My love is like a red red rose, Molly Malone, Road and miles to Dundee, Lassie from Lancashire etc etc.
All great fun to play as as 'sing along' tunes work well at a ceilidh. Sir Jimmy Shand recorded most of them and sold them in thousands
george
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I have always loved this tune, although it's provenance is still a bit fuzzy to me. The tune is actually from a song attributed to Dick Gaughan, "Both Sides of the Tweed", and he is credited with the tune, but the words are perhaps from another party. At any rate, the French Diato folks seem to love playing this as a waltz, because it works quite well this way. So I am presenting the tune in the French fashion, which they call "Valse Ecossaise", played on my newly valved, waxed, & tuned Pistelli.
https://youtu.be/DffgCCiV-64 (https://youtu.be/DffgCCiV-64)
I like your playing.
This is the way it is danced in France, I'm not sure they dance it this way in Scotland ?
https://youtu.be/DXI-hnEF2mA
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Jamais deux sans toi (Stephane Delicq): https://youtu.be/eLkzMnPhec8. Here played on a Hohner I in Bb/Eb.
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What could be more therapeutic, on a sweltering August day in Philadelphia, than a refreshingly chilly tune from Québec, Danielle Martineau's "Valse d'hiver"?
http://youtu.be/wP9-VfMvpA4
I also recorded a concertina version--a bit more conventionally--last winter:
http://youtu.be/LNdmIWcttHM
Bob Michel
Near Philly
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OK folks. First ever recording which should maybe in Beginner Showcase but hey, it is a waltz so here it is. :||:
Peeler Creek.
http://youtu.be/Q45yordteCQ (http://youtu.be/Q45yordteCQ)
Not sure you could dance to it and I haven't managed to do any basses mainly because I don't hold a constant rhythm all the way through but I am getting closer!
Si
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Peeler Creek.
Si
There's something quite beautiful about that - I listened to it twice over, well done!
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OK folks. First ever recording which should maybe in Beginner Showcase but hey, it is a waltz so here it is. :||:
Peeler Creek.
http://youtu.be/Q45yordteCQ (http://youtu.be/Q45yordteCQ)
Not sure you could dance to it and I haven't managed to do any basses mainly because I don't hold a constant rhythm all the way through but I am getting closer!
Si
Wahey! Onwards and upwards young grasshopper! ;)
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Nice feel to the take, but some extra beats to be adjusted, in particular at the start of the B-section...
One of my favourites, just working on the melodeon version... (rather played as a mazurka however).
Listening to Tony Hall's terrific version highly recommended - if only for pleasure!
Best wishes - Wolf
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Dear God, thank you for helping me get, and play the melodeon, and harmonica. I am extremely grateful for these gifts! Amen.
Here's a tune I composed recently. It is called the Forest Path Waltz. Enjoy! ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p-Fows3MpE
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Well made and done Happy! Sounds like a barrel organ right from the movies, sort of Vienna, The Third Man style... (:)
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Well made and done Happy! Sounds like a barrel organ right from the movies, sort of Vienna, The Third Man style... (:)
Thanks! I'm glad you like the tune! ;D
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Dipping lazily into my old recordings (due to lack of playing) here are a couple of warts an' all waltzes:
Varsoviana (or whatever spelling you want): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKihs_uxPGE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKihs_uxPGE)
La Marianne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtA85XHXEGU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtA85XHXEGU)
Martin
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Dear God, thank you for helping me get, and play the melodeon, and harmonica. I am extremely grateful for these gifts! Amen.
Here's a tune I composed recently. It is called the Forest Path Waltz. Enjoy! ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p-Fows3MpE
Very nice song dude! Congratulations! Simple but enchanting... and remaining in the ears easily, because repetitive. Very nice work.
(about that interest of you in write your songs... this track is an example of a song that has an easy writing ... not complex).
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Dear God, thank you for helping me get, and play the melodeon, and harmonica. I am extremely grateful for these gifts! Amen.
Here's a tune I composed recently. It is called the Forest Path Waltz. Enjoy! ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p-Fows3MpE
Very nice song dude! Congratulations! Simple but enchanting... and remaining in the ears easily, because repetitive. Very nice work.
(about that interest of you in write your songs... this track is an example of a song that has an easy writing ... not complex).
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it! It is a rather simple tune. (:)
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Here's Archie Dagg's "Elsey's Waltz," played in D on the trusty Weltmeister single-row:
http://youtu.be/b_WBt_2VPIY
Bob Michel
Near Philly
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Catching up a bit...lots of activity on this theme!
What could be more therapeutic, on a sweltering August day in Philadelphia, than a refreshingly chilly tune from Québec, Danielle Martineau's "Valse d'hiver"?
http://youtu.be/wP9-VfMvpA4
Love that tune, Bob, you play it wonderfully. Since I have a similar Weltmeister, I must give it a go. Elsey's waltz is really nice too. Thanks for presenting it!
Jamais deux sans toi (Stephane Delicq): https://youtu.be/eLkzMnPhec8. Here played on a Hohner I in Bb/Eb.
I missed this one first time around. Great job Pete! Another one to add to my ever-lengthening list of must-learns.
Dear God, thank you for helping me get, and play the melodeon, and harmonica. I am extremely grateful for these gifts! Amen.
Here's a tune I composed recently. It is called the Forest Path Waltz. Enjoy! ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p-Fows3MpE
Great job, Happy! It seems like you got a wonderful instrument, and are making the best of it. Keep on, my friend!
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I recorded this some years ago, and it was time for an update. A new recording of one of the first tunes I learned, on my first good box: Maguire and Paterson's (https://youtu.be/zjn1unsT5ic) written by Robbie Overson
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Dear God, thank you for helping me get, and play the melodeon, and harmonica. I am extremely grateful for these gifts! Amen.
Here's a tune I composed recently. It is called the Forest Path Waltz. Enjoy! ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p-Fows3MpE
Great job, Happy! It seems like you got a wonderful instrument, and are making the best of it. Keep on, my friend!
Thanks! :D
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A new recording of one of the first tunes I learned, on my first good box: Maguire and Paterson's (https://youtu.be/zjn1unsT5ic) written by Robbie Overson
I don't think I've ever heard this. What a gorgeous tune, and very nicely rendered.
Duly bookmarked and added to my to-do list.
Bob Michel
Near Philly
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A new recording of one of the first tunes I learned, on my first good box: Maguire and Paterson's (https://youtu.be/zjn1unsT5ic) written by Robbie Overson
I don't think I've ever heard this. What a gorgeous tune, and very nicely rendered.
Yes, and these sweet Hohner sounds... (:)
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http://accordeonaire.blogspot.com/2015/08/two-waltzes-from-le-bon-truc.html
Here are two waltzes by my trio, Le Bon Truc. I think this is the first time I've posted something from the trio.
The first waltz is "Saturday Night in St. Andrews," written by our dulcimerist (dulcimerian?), Barbara Truex. The second is "Dill Waters Run Steep," a fast waltz that I wrote fifteen years ago, and still find really fun to play.
Enjoy!
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Two tunes Italian Waltzes (https://soundcloud.com/exiledtyker/italian-waltzes).
My contribution to TOTM , warts and all. The recording is a one-take , and then my Hard drive went kaput , so it has taken a while to rebuild everything. Melodeon is a Hohner Erica in G/C .
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Here's one last August Waltz from me, Guy Loyer's "Hommage à Philippe Bruneau":
http://youtu.be/m7sUtFendvQ
It's often paired (thanks no doubt to La Bottine Souriante) with Danielle Martineau's "Valse d'hiver," which I uploaded earlier this month (http://youtu.be/wP9-VfMvpA4). They're both enormous fun to play on a one-row.
Bob Michel
Near Philly
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Wow, Bob, that one really hit my sweet spot. Nicely done.
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Wow, Bob, that one really hit my sweet spot.
Thanks, Gary!
Bob Michel
Near Philly
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and here's two waltzes from very different parts of switzerland...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Y2_GaputA
(ins Guntli's Bünta) from the alpine region
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ScoFHYJIDE
(dr Zauber-Lade) from the french border
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Thanks all - some great stuff here this month. Time for a new theme; post late additions here as normal of course.
Cheers,
Clive
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I was looking for a new waltz played on melodeon and found George's Stronsay waltz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es1rMLTisbw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es1rMLTisbw)
Stronsey waltz and Rope Waltz. I put them on you tube some time ago using only laptop and playing them on a 3 voice mmm trichord I had just been given as requiring a complete rebuild - so warts and all 'youtube stronsey waltz'
george
So here's my contribution to THoTM August 2015 - only 1,5 years later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtgpj3mB1sQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtgpj3mB1sQ)
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I was looking for a new waltz played on melodeon and found George's Stronsay waltz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es1rMLTisbw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es1rMLTisbw)
Stronsey waltz and Rope Waltz. I put them on you tube some time ago using only laptop and playing them on a 3 voice mmm trichord I had just been given as requiring a complete rebuild - so warts and all 'youtube stronsey waltz'
george
So here's my contribution to THoTM August 2015 - only 1,5 years later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtgpj3mB1sQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtgpj3mB1sQ)
Very nice indeed! I also really like the tone of the instrument. Now you need to record the Orkney Rope...
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Mike, thanks for your encouragement! I'm glad you like the tone - it's a simple Weltmeister box. Actually quite a good box - after repairing he keyboard with a lot of elbow grease.
Rope waltz will take a while, though ...
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https://accordeonaire.com/2020/04/20/laurillacoise-bal-folk-122/
Here's "L'aurillacoise," a great waltz, and number 122 in the Bal Folk Tune Book. It's a tune I've been fascinated by for years, so I ended up doing a deep dive. For those of you worrying about my video decisions, I am standing off to the left on purpose. I wanted to let you all enjoy the woods around my house.
Be well!
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The poll for Tune of the Month May 2020 didn't go my way. So I figured I might follow Gary in reviving a ~5 year old thread and post the runner-up tune for that month here:
Guinness Waltz
https://youtu.be/kOdJJDsSW38
Played in C on a G/C Hohner Erica (most likely from the 1960s). Bit out of tune on some notes but that's part of the fun.
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The poll for Tune of the Month May 2020 didn't go my way. So I figured I might follow Gary in reviving a ~5 year old thread and post the runner-up tune for that month here:
Guinness Waltz
https://youtu.be/kOdJJDsSW38
Played in C on a G/C Hohner Erica (most likely from the 1960s). Bit out of tune on some notes but that's part of the fun.
Very nice. Rock on.