This is a tune from the Cumberland and Westmoreland region of England. I recently heard it played by a couple of my fiddler friends locally here. I believe it is a popular tune among clog dancers in the Furness area.. Played on mandolin, with guitar and 2nd mandolin track added as backing.
delightful John
Two minutes and fifty four seconds of peace and relaxation listening to a beautiful waltz, played and arranged masterfully, John.
Love this tune, John. It has some beautiful arrangement and instrument choices and the length of it is perfect to get the melody stuck in my head for the day now.
I do love a good waltz, lovely stuff John!
It’s my little bit of meditation for the day, many thanks again John.
Many thanks, all of you.
Beautiful waltz and played the same way! I like your arrangementt here John, the mix really adds to the flavour of this piece.
Thanks, Frank. Waltzes, along with slow airs, give us more scope to put a bit extra into the performance, I always think.
Thanks, John. Great how you implement the second mandolin. I also like the octave change in the B-part for some measures. It’s fun to play along with you. The Session has it. But you play it different in some details.
Thanks, Frithjof. Glad you are playing along - keeps the tunes alive.
Well-played, John. I like the interplay between the mandolins. Good sustain on both of them, a nice way to approach the melody as opposed to using tremolo.
Many thanks, Bruce. As you know, I am not a regular exponent of tremolo though I do use it in live sessions when the mandolin might be struggling against three or four fiddles on slower tunes!
Very nice!
Thanks, Kay.
Hello Kay, nice icon!
It has that triangular feel of a dancefloor full of three-legged people orbiting the spot they happen to stand on in sync. Very pleasant.