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November 19, 2012

Martin’s Waltz – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 324

In my mind, Martin’s Waltz may be the prototypical fiddle contest waltz. It’s beautiful. It’s not quite as hard as it sounds, but it is tricky (so it sounds pretty darn tricky.)

Daniel Carwile really took this tune to a new level with his recording of it.

 

 

Martin’s Waltz according to Fiddler’s Companion

MARTIN’S WALTZ. Old-Time, Bluegrass; Waltz. D Major (‘A’ part) & A Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AB (Frets): AA’BB’ (Phillips). Named after (composed by) bluegrass fiddler Benny Martin. Sources for notated verisions: Benny Martin via John Hartford (1964, Byron Berline) [Frets]; Byron Berline and Benny Thomasson (Texas) [Phillips]. Frets Magazine, “Byron Berline: The Fiddle,” June 1986; pg. 50. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 279.

Filed Under: Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos Tagged With: 22 june, benny thomasson, Byron Berline, Companion, d major, Waltz

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Comments

  1. Howard Lee Harkness says

    June 21, 2014 at 2:27 pm

    Lost count again?

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  2. Vi Wickam says

    June 25, 2014 at 9:25 pm

    It happened a couple of times. It was hard to keep my counting straight sometimes. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Howard Lee Harkness says

    June 25, 2014 at 11:49 pm

    Vi Wickam I am reminded of my first orchestra conductor, whose favorite saying was, "COUNT, KEEDS, COUNT!!" (He was Italian) To him, everyone in the orchestra was a "kid (KEED)" even though half of the members were older than he was. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Vi Wickam says

    July 1, 2014 at 2:45 am

    Howard Lee Harkness 🙂 Sounds like quite a character.

    Reply

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