Annotation:Valse de Kaplan (2)

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VALSE DE KAPLAN [2] (Kaplan Waltz). Cajun, Waltz. USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA(Vocal)BBAABB(Vocal)BBAABB. Francois opines that the fiddle sounds better tuned down with a C-accordian, which is also better for vocalists. See also related tunes Nathan Abshire's version of "Valse de Kaplan (1), Angleas LeJeune's "Valse de Pointe Noire" and Varise Connor's "Kaplan Waltz."

Source for notated version: Don Guillory (La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; p. 189.

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