The winner this week by a pretty good margin is Margaret's Waltz. It was composed in 1959 by Pat Shuldham Shaw. Here's some history and facts on the tune... http://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Margaret's_Waltz Nigel Gatherer has mandolin tab on this site... http://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/tab/tab1.html Here's ABC notation... X: 1 T: Margaret's R: waltz M: 3/4 L: 1/8 K: Gmaj GE|:D3 EGA|{A}B4 GB|AG E2 GB|A4 GE| D3 EGA|Bd3 GA|B2B2A2|1 G4 GE:|2 G4 Bc|| d2 e2 f2|g2 f2 g2|ed c2 e2|d4 BA| G3 A Bc|d2 B2 d2|ed c2 B2|A4 Bc| d2 e2 f2|g2 f2 e2|d2 c2 B2|A4 GE| D3 EGA|Bd3 GA|B2 B2 A2|G6|| Here's a link to the tune on thesession.org with a few other versions of ABC and standard notation... https://thesession.org/tunes/1678 You can convert the ABC to mandolin tab by copying and pasting it to this site... http://mandolintab.net/abcconverter.php
I cheated I did mine last week. Here it is in A on my Sobell mandolin with some banjo, concertina, cittern & bass.
Nice playing, David, and a good mix of instruments featured - I have not heard it played on banjo before, I believe. I too cheated as it seemed to have a big lead towards the end of the week. Played on mandolin, octave and guitar.
Lovely stuff lads!
Well done David and John... both so fast but awesome playing! Here's mine on my second Teun van Duijvenbode oval hole mandolin with flatwound strings.
Great playing and a great sound, Hendrik. You really make the tune dance!
Great versions, John, David and Hendrik! I recorded a very plain version of this tune as one of my first Youtube clips back in 2010 which somewhat surprisingly has accumulated over 6000 views since then. Now that it's the official SAW tune, I've recorded a somewhat fuller version today. I meant to just play the tune with a guitar rhythm, but then added a harmony part from Michel van der Meiren's site to make it a bit richer: http://www.tangosite.com/concertina/...argarets-waltz We play this arrangement (also including the bass part, which is not on my recording) sometimes with our mandolin group -- it's a nice setting of a great tune! 1921 Gibson Ajr mandolin Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin Vintage Viaten tenor guitar Martin
Four terrific versions already. All beautifully played, each with a personal stamp that makes it delightfully unlike the others. What a fun tune! Here's another effort, played on my Old Wave F5 with (simple-system) flute and 12-string guitar chiming in: Bob Michel Near Philly
Another two very fine versions, gents, and each with its own stamp as mentioned by Bob of the earlier ones. A tribute to what a great composition it is. Martin, you always manage to get great pictures in your video clips - these are excellent once again.
Been meaning to do this one for a few weeks and finally got round to it.
Finally recorded this beautiful waltz. Nice playing everyone. Super versions by Hendrik, David, and John, as always.
Fine playing, Manfred. Nice use of double-stops/chords and tremolo.
Your mandolin and playing sound as good as ever Manfred. Thanks for sharing.
Good to see you Manfred... Excellent playing and a very nice sounding mandolin!
A wonderful waltz, excellently played by the SAW-members! I noticed, that they all are harmonized a little different from each other. When you're looking for sheet music, you find versions with slightly different chords. I chose a version from Fiddler Magazine Summer 2016, that you can download here: http://jayandmolly.com/fiddler-magazine/. There is also an audio file of Jay Ungar and Molly Mason playing this tune. I tried to emulate that a little bit. I played the guitar accompaniment in flatpicking fashion, although I'm much better picking my guitars with my fingers, and I tried to think like a fiddler when playing mandolin. Whatever this might mean...
Almost three years since this was first posted, crisscross, so nice to see it revived again. Your version is interesting and you certainly give the tune a very personal touch with the cross-picking backing. I wonder what Pat Shaw and the original Margaret would have thought of your inclusion of the picture of the late British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher? Not a figure I'd have associated with the waltz - maybe more with a march or other military music!
Thanks, John! Maggy Thatcher was the first Margaret, that I could think of. Here in Germany, it's either Margret, Margarete or Margit...
All great versions! Who can pass up a pretty waltz? Not me. Thanks for Listen'n!
Interesting and very different version from the original waltz, Frank. You introduce a distinctly country flavour to this tune.
A lovely waltz, beautifully played, Frank.
Thanks Guys!
I like your arrangement with double stops and chords, Frank!
