Annotation:Joyous Waltz
Tune properties and standard notation
JOYOUS WALTZ. AKA - "Valse Joyeuse (La)." French-Canadian, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BCD. Composed by Willy Ringuette, according to Jean Carignan, who recorded it for both the Columbia and Starr lables in the 1930's.
Source for notated version: Jean Carignan (Montreal, Canada) [Brody].
Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pp. 151-152.
Recorded sources: Buttons and Bows - "First Month of Summer." Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan" (1974). Voyager 320-S, Frank Ferrel- "Fiddle Tunes."