Annotation:Lonesome Moonlight Waltz

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LONESOME MOONLIGHT WALTZ. Bluegrass, Waltz. D Minor ('A' part) & F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. From the 'father of Bluegrass,' Bill Monroe. There are two versions of the melody, both by Bill Monroe, but with differing second parts.

Bill Monroe

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Recorded sources: Kenny Baker - "Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe." Decca 32966, Bill Monroe (1972). Smithsonian Folkways SFW40064, Bill Monroe & Doc Watson – "Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2" (1993. Tune originally recorded in 1964).

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