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MARTIN'S WALTZ. Old-Time, Bluegrass; Waltz. D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Frets): AA'BB' (Phillips). Named after (and composed by) bluegrass fiddler Benny Martin. The waltz has been a staple of contest fiddlers, particularly in the Midwest.

Source for notated version: Benny Martin via John Hartford (1964, Byron Berline) [Frets]; Byron Berline and Benny Thomasson (Texas) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Frets Magazine, "Byron Berline: The Fiddle," June 1986; p. 50. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 279.

Recorded sources: Marathon Music MMS 76057, Benny Martin - "Southern Bluegrass Fiddle" (1980). Voyager VRCD 366, Pete McMahan - "50 Old-Time Fiddle Gems." Daniel Carwile "Terra Nova."

See also listing at:
See/hear the tune played by Vi Wickham on youtube.com [1]

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-'''MARTIN'S WALTZ.''' Old-Time, Bluegrass; Waltz. D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Frets): AA'BB' (Phillips). Named after (composed by) bluegrass fiddler Benny Martin. Martin himself called it "The Right Melody," and, according to Frazier Moss, "in a statement made at a special tribute to him that was held at the Cookeville Drama Center in 1987, Martin wrote the composition on some toilet paper after hearing Frazier play and then gave it to Frazier" [W.L. Montell, ed., '''Grassroots Music in the Upper Cumberland''', 2006, p. 264]
+'''MARTIN'S WALTZ.''' Old-Time, Bluegrass; Waltz. D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Frets): AA'BB' (Phillips). Named after (and composed by) bluegrass fiddler Benny Martin. The waltz has been a staple of contest fiddlers, particularly in the Midwest.
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+''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Marathon Music MMS 76057, Benny Martin - "Southern Bluegrass Fiddle" (1980). Voyager VRCD 366, Pete McMahan - "50 Old-Time Fiddle Gems." Daniel Carwile  "Terra Nova." <font>
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