The Freeway Waltzes, Geekling! Go for it!

Ah ... I've just fallen in as well Robin

Keep an eye out for Bacon signs while you're at it Geekling.

Nearest I've found so far :

john

Stephanie, your trip sounds cool & exciting! How fun would it be to see real signs of Ionian and Aeolian !

Don't feel bad about not making the 155 connection-- it only occurred to me earlier this year. And I've lived in this village almost my entire adult life. So, ( x 10) applies to me.

Thanks, Stephanie! Route 155 is about 7 miles long (I think). It's a main thoroughfare in this neck of the woods and almost every time I leave our village I travel on 155. 155 is also a hint as to how my dulcimer is tuned.

For all of you who, like me, have two left feet: Go ahead and dance anyway!

Many thanks for listening and taking the time to comment, folks.

Dusty, I'd love to hear how you and others would play this little tune!

I know just what Dave Rogers is getting at with the solo dulcimer sounding better. Something of the dulcimer was lost when we put this together as a duo-- and that something had to do with the slides and the unique sounds of the mountain dulcimer played in noter/drone style. My guitar player is going to sit-out on guitar and help me make a video in which we'll work especially so the mountain dulcimer sounds really come through.

Very nice Robin. You two play so well together. Just a joy to listen to.

Very beautiful. I love the old waltzes on the fiddle and I think you've captured that spirit completely. Mind if I steal it, too?

I think that you and Mark make beautiful music together ... your playing isn't all that bad either.

Hey Val, I thought that we were keeping those "two left feet" a secret.................!

John

I keep coming back to this, Robin. It is so pretty. Would you mind if I try to learn it in a chording style? (I don't have a Mark to back me up, so I have to do my own chords .)

Again, friends, many thanks!

Patty, nothing's written down-- I have a hard time reading tab and almost never play from tab.

Strumelia, a music friend of ours said we should write a waltz. We didn't write anything-- this is just what we came up with. I monkeyed around and got this little tune on dulcimer then Mark added the rhythm part. I'm thinking the uniqueness comes from the fact that I'm on mountain dulcimer playing noter/drone style and Mark's using drop-D tuning?

Robin, that is very pretty. Did you write down the tab?

Robin & Mark- Did you compose that piece ?

What a lovely easy going tune, played so beautifully by you both! Perfect.

Loved that - what a beautiful waltz!

Thank you, Cheryl & Nancy!

Nancy, Mark's drop-D tuning on guitar means that from standard tuning (eadgbe), the low e is tuned down one step to d. We thought this would make a nice contrast with the high d's heard on the lap dulcimer.

That was beautiful Robin, thank you for sharing! What exactly is drop-D tuning?

Robin and Mark....I LOVE this! Any song that makes me want to dance is a good one and this one made me want to grab a partner and waltz around the living room! Really great tune writing and superb delivery!!

About that lilt JohnK & Carrie mentioned-- I was trying for a lilt but it's not easy for me to do. Though I didn't have a Louisiana sound in mind, I'd venture a guess there's a waltz or two (or 20 or 30) played in LA that follow this structure.

Thank you much, friends!

This is about my pace these days, too, John!

How this waltz came to be: A music friend told us we should write a waltz. Well, Mark was busy with other things so I messed about with different tunings on a basic tune and settled on DAA. Given that I'm working on a diatonic fretboard, my note choices were automatically narrowed down-- a good thing. Though what I came up with is likely not terribly unique, I had to call it something. So, Route 155 Waltz it is for now.

Nice one you two, just about my pace these days, lol.

John