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November 6, 2012

White Rose Waltz – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 308

I only learned White Rose Waltz recently when I taught it to one of my students.

It’s a beautiful tune, and I really like the way it transitions from the Key of D to Bb and then back again.

I just finished playing for a wedding today at the Wild Basin Lodge in Allenspark, CO (near Estes Park), and I got the photographer to record my fiddle tune while I was still in my tux.

This recording demonstrates one of the ways that Fiddle Tune a Day has made me uncomfortable this year. When I record a tune, I really want to play it beautifully, and I want the notes I play to be the notes I intended to play.

In this recording, I totally botched one of the chords I played near the beginning, and today was a one-take opportunity, so the way I played it in that one take is they way it is on record for all of eternity.  And, uncomfortable is good, I guess. 😉

There isn’t much on this tune online, (there are a couple of other tunes by this name as well). I did find a recording of Aly Bain playing it without attribution, and notation referencing England.  So if you have information to contribute, I would love to hear it.

 

 

White Rose Waltz according to Fiddler’s Companion

WHITE ROSE (WALTZ) [2].  American, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Page, Northern Junket, vol. 6, No. 3, March 1958; pg. 13.

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / estes park, fiddle tune, junket, page 2c, tunes, wild basin lodge Leave a Comment

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Comments

  1. Deborah Dea Cushman-Johnson says

    June 7, 2014 at 5:05 pm

    You really can't tell. It sounded lovely.

    Reply
  2. Taquitobro says

    June 20, 2014 at 9:21 am

    I was waiting for the mistake but could hardly tell…maybe a tad off but not glaring to my ears.

    I admire your concentration with the noise (moving stuff) in the background. That’s what it takes!

    Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      June 25, 2014 at 2:09 pm

      Thanks, Taquitobro. I always aim for excellence in my playing, and don’t always play up to my standards. 🙂 Thanks for your kind words.

      Reply
  3. Taquitobro says

    June 20, 2014 at 9:25 am

    I was waiting for the mistake but it wasn’t glaring…just a bit creative.

    Your concentration through the background noise is commendable…that’s what it takes.

    Thanks,

    Taquitobro

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  4. Vi Wickam says

    June 25, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    Thanks Deborah. It's OK that I didn't play what I intended and that I didn't play it as well as I intended. Music is in the moment you create it, and it's good to be outside your comfort zone now and again. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Francis Meador says

    December 4, 2014 at 3:44 pm

    Very pretty! But isn't music for the audience? As an audience member it was beautiful!. (Never could hear anything wrong.)

    Reply
  6. Hal Drabsch says

    February 11, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    Very beautiful!

    Reply

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