Sweet mandolin waltzes

[Elliot Luber]

Back when I was playing electric guitar, I was taken by the fact that every heavy metal band would lay back once in a while and produce a quiet ballad -- whether it was Kiss' "Beth" or The Scorpions "I'm Still Lovin' You," etc. Now, as I get deeper into playing mandolin, I see the great players seem to do the same, they eventually sit back and play a sweet waltz. I'm particularly taken by the late Butch Baldessari's "Azalea Waltz," Andy Statman's, "Flatbush Waltz," and Dawg's "Dawg's Waltz," and must give homage to Bill's "Kentucky Waltz," that no doubt started it all. Two questions here: 1) What's your favorite mandolin waltz, and 2) Where can I get standard notation sheet music to Azelea Waltz. I want to record it with both guitar and mandolin. I see there's a 1914 recording on YouTube (discussed here before) but it's a different Azalea Waltz.

[sgarrity]

The Roxanna Waltz by Monroe. I believe the Azalea Waltz is tabbed out in one of Butch's books.

[mandowilli]

Blues for Vassar is another great one the Dawg plays.

[Elliot Luber]

I mean it's not hard to figure out the notes, but I want to arrange it.

[Elliot Luber]

Blues for Vassar

[Jim Garber]

Martin Jonas recorded my waltz Tree of Life. Video and dots are here.

I am big fan of waltzes, mazurkas and other tunes in 3/4. There are some beautiful Swedish and Finnish waltzes. The problem is that many have no consistent names.

[rockies]

I really like playing waltzes, probably because of my age (3/4 century last month). I really like all the ones mentioned previously but because I'm such a Reischman fan I think "North Shore' from the Up In The Woods CD and his "A Prairie Jewel" from the new Walk Along John CD are my favorites to play. Also like playing Buck Whites tune the "Down Home Waltz" with lots of tremolo double stops.
Dave

[Elliot Luber]

Must sound great on your Heiden.

[Elliot Luber]

North Shore is a little more melodic and sweet, but it reminds me of Statman's "Land Epic Waltz," which I've heard under a few names (Old Jericho). Here's Resichman.

[sgarrity]

Look up Snowy Road by Tom Rozum. There's a video of Tom, Reischman, and Steirnberg playing it at the Symposium a few years back. Great waltz in E

[Bill Burch]

Don't forget Peter Ostroushko's "Heart of the Heartland". It was a Song of the Week here on the Cafe forum a while back. You can check out the YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgJn2F6lMcM here.

Bill

[Jim Garber]

Martin Jonas recorded my waltz Tree of Life. Video and dots are here.

I am big fan of waltzes, mazurkas and other tunes in 3/4. There are some beautiful Swedish and Finnish waltzes. The problem is that many have no consistent names.

Hah! I forgot... the three tunes on my Soundcloud page (linked below) are two waltzes (one TOL) and one Italian mazurka.

[BlueMt.]

Some of my favorites are "Dawg's Waltz", "Tom Bigbee's", "Ookpik" and "Ashokan Farewell".

[AlanN]

Buck White - Down Home Waltz.

[John Flynn]

I actually got so addicted to playing waltzes...

... I had to go into a three-step program.

Seriously, my favorite waltz is Josefins Dopvals, aka Josephine's Christening Waltz by Roger Tallroth. I play it in both G and F. I think it's better in F on the mandolin.

[Jim Garber]

I have all four volumes of the The Waltz Books.

Oh, another favorite: Metsäkukkia (in G minor).

[BlueMt.]

I forgot Josefin's .... also one of my favorites. I usually play it in G, but on the fiddle.

I actually got so addicted to playing waltzes...

... I had to go into a three-step program.

Seriously, my favorite waltz is Josefins Dopvals, aka Josephine's Christening Waltz by Roger Tallroth. I play it in both G and F. I think it's better in F on the mandolin.

[Eddie Sheehy]

Jay Ungar's Lover's Waltz
The Westphalia Waltz
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
Josefin's Dopvals
The South Wind
Si Beag Si Mor
Ashokan Farewell
Slievenamon

[Eddie Sheehy]

The Pernod Waltz
Leaving Brittany
The Green Glens of Antrim
The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen
The Canyon Waltz - Don Grieser
The Merino Waltz

[Eddie Sheehy]

And Mazurkas also played at Waltz tempo:
Shoe The Donkey
Sonny's Mazurka
The Irish Mazurka

[RoyO]

Since Peter Ostroushko's name has been mentioned…his CD "When The Last Morning Glory Blooms" is entirely ¾ time except for one tune.

[TEvans]

Don't forget the good ole Tennessee Waltz. I really enjoy that one.

[Eddie Sheehy]

Most of the tunes above have been covered in the Song A Week Social Group - vids and tabs there too...

[Elliot Luber]

Cool. Thanks for the group tip. Here's a video of Ungar's "Lover's Waltz."

[Elliot Luber]

Don't forget the good ole Tennessee Waltz. I really enjoy that one.

Thanks. That's certainly an old favorite in a line of waltzes started by Monroe with the Kentucky Waltz.