Sweet mandolin waltzes

[Don Grieser]

The Pernod Waltz
The Canyon Waltz - Don Grieser

Thanks Eddie!! You can listen to it at http://hillbillychambermusic.bandcam...k/canyon-waltz and there's music for it at http://www.hillbillychambermusic.com...anyonwaltz.pdf

[Marvino]

I have all four volumes of the The Waltz Books.

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

Cool, I didnt know those Waltz books existed. Apologize if getting off track from OP, but how do you like those books?

[Vernon Hughes]

Here's the old Virginia waltz played on an A-5 style mando I built this past summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deN4L...ature=youtu.be

[harper]

Here are three I like to play on mandolin:

“Ursula’s Waltz” by Paul Gitlitz (abc and dots are here: http://glitchless.net/tunes.html)

“Far Away” by Pete Jung (in Matthiesen’s Waltz Book 1, 1992, page 21)

and “Masquerade,” which I composed a couple of years ago. David Hansen did a lovely video, which is posted here: http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/gr...531&do=discuss

[Elliot Luber]

Here's Buck White and friends playing "Down Home Waltz."

[tmsweeney]

Norman Blake's "Natasha's Waltz" ,
Ostroushko's "Katarina's Waltz" not too mention Marjorie's Waltz's #s 1,2 &3 and the Lumberjack's waltz.
Tony Rice "Waltz for Indira"
Joe Weed "Waltz of the Whippoorwill" - great mando album with a few waltzes
Mary Lea and Friends do a fair amount of Waltzes, though not much mando there.
I think I could go on for some time here....

[Elliot Luber]

Here's a video "Natasha's Waltz."

[Elliot Luber]

Here's Tony Rice's "Waltz for Indira."

[billkilpatrick]

the words "horn ... own ...blowing" and "my" spring to mind:

[Toni Schula]

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

“Lonesome Moonlight Waltz“ is annother great Waltz of Mr. Monroe. I love it. There's a very nice recording by Margot Leveret and the Klezmer Mountain Boys. They play it as a medley with “Voilich“.

Annother favorite is “Down in the Willow Garden“. We sometimes play an instrumental version of it at the end of a gig. This gives everybody a good feeling - and makes clear that the gig is over...

[Shanachie]

My favorite are the Lonesome Moonlight Waltz and the The Black Velvet Waltz [/URL] and I also really like the Kentucky Waltz. Here's one I found on youtube of Dennis from the Mandolin Store playing it.

[sgarrity]

The Snowy Road, a Rozum original.

[AlanN]

Here's Tony Rice's "Waltz for Indira."

Yes to this, Rice's nod to Bill Evans.

[Spencer]

There are some real nice waltzes from the fiddling repertoire, Black Velvet mentioned previously, Waltz of the Shannon in F is really good, 3 parts, all over the fingerboard, Red Fox, Georgiana Moon are nice as well. Westphalia Waltz is also very common. You can probably find them on YouTube. There was a fiddler by the name of Lloyd Wanzer was known for his waltzes some years back, there may be some of them on YouTube as well.

[Elliot Luber]

Westphalia Waltz:

[JeffD]

to Bill's "Kentucky Waltz," that no doubt started it all. .

I play a good many waltzes on mandolin, many if not most predate Bill. I am thinking that a good many were played on mandolin before Bill too. But I get your point.

[Spencer]

Shannon Waltz by Don Messer

Incidentally, if you can find a copy of Don Messer's Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes from Mel Bay, there are lots of real nice tune of all kinds, breakdown, reel, hornpipes jigs, waltzes, etc. I've had it for years, and I think its out of print now, but it one of my favorite books.

Spencer

[Spencer]

Another sweet mandolin(fiddle) waltz is Johnny Gimble's Gardenia Waltz. There is a Tabledit version on mandozine.com along with 50+ other waltzes.



Spencer

[belbein]

Metsäkukkia (in G minor).

Oh, my. I just sight read through it. What a lovely piece!

[Doug Heinold]

I have all four volumes of the The Waltz Books.

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

Jim, are the Waltz Books tabbed? I can't tell from their website. Thanks!

[Elliot Luber]

I play a good many waltzes on mandolin, many if not most predate Bill. I am thinking that a good many were played on mandolin before Bill too. But I get your point.

Didn't mean to imply Bill Monroe invented the waltz. He popularized BlueGrass, and then used waltzes like The Kentucky Waltz to slow it down a little. I drew the analogy of Heavy Metal Rock bands of the 1980s all playing slow ballads at some point. In "Can't You Hear Me Callin' " they talk about all the waltzes that came after Kentucky Waltz, notably The Tennesee Waltz.

[Nick Royal]

I don't know if Peter Ostroushko's "Medicine Bow" has been mentioned. I like it a lot; and often play it.
Nick

[Galileo]

I always was kind of fond of Frank Wakefield's "Waltz in the Bluegrass." Nice version/cover of it on the "Travellers" album by Baldassari/Reischman/Bullock.

[Jim Garber]

Jim, are the Waltz Books tabbed? I can't tell from their website. Thanks!

Nope. All just notation. They were meant for multiple varieties of instruments, not only mandolin. Waltzes are pretty easy to read in notation. Give it a shot.

[JeffD]

The Waltz Books are in standard notation. A really great collection of waltzes to keep one entertained for years.