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''' 'A' AND 'E' WALTZ'''. American, Canadian; Waltz (9/8 or 3/4 time). A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB (Phillips, Silberberg): ABCA'B'C' {part 'C' is a variation of 'A' played at the octave} (Gibbons). “A and E Waltz” is one of the ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’ according to Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. It has been attributed to Rusty Modrell, without verification. Some Northwest fiddlers have played it in the keys of B flat and F, calling it the "Paradise Waltz." | ''' 'A' AND 'E' WALTZ'''. American, Canadian; Waltz (9/8 or 3/4 time). A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB (Phillips, Silberberg): ABCA'B'C' {part 'C' is a variation of 'A' played at the octave} (Gibbons). “A and E Waltz” is one of the ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’ according to Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. It has been attributed to Rusty Modrell, without verification. Some Northwest fiddlers have played it in the keys of B flat and F, calling it the "Paradise Waltz." | ||
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'A' AND 'E' WALTZ. American, Canadian; Waltz (9/8 or 3/4 time). A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB (Phillips, Silberberg): ABCA'B'C' {part 'C' is a variation of 'A' played at the octave} (Gibbons). “A and E Waltz” is one of the ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’ according to Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. It has been attributed to Rusty Modrell, without verification. Some Northwest fiddlers have played it in the keys of B flat and F, calling it the "Paradise Waltz."
Source for notated version: Arthur Lindstrom (British Columbia), who learned it during a fiddle contest in Weiser, Idaho in 1970 [Gibbons]; Vivian Williams [Silberberg]. Lloyd Wanzer [Phillips].
Printed sources: Gibbons (As It Comes: Folk Fiddling From Prince George, British Columbia), 1982; No. 8, pgs. 22‑24. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 236. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002, pg 1.
Recorded sources:
Allen, Harold, Fiddlin' Around, American Heritage ST 105, LP (197?).
Allen, Harold, National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Folk Music Festival 1969, NOTFC 69, LP (1969).
McDaniel, Ivan, Eastern Oregon Fiddlers - 1969, EOF, LP (1969).
Sims, Leroy, Sims Family Presents Country Music, Spirit Arrow LP 203-101, LP (197?).
Wanzer, Loyd, Waltz Wonderland, American Heritage AH401 9, LP (197?).
Williams, Vivian, Waltzes, Voyager 351 (2001).
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