Canadian Waltz
Fingerstyle Guitar
30/7/2008, Liz Patton
Celtic music is often considered the realm of the session - that it takes many people to create a great sounding arrangement of the tunes, but I
submit this peice as an example of the stark beauty one guitar can create with these tunes. I first ran across this tune from a fiddle-teaching friend of mine and I worked it up as a contest piece.
So far as I know, the song came from France into Canada, and then into the Celtic, Bluegrass and Appalachian folk genres.
The melody is simply incased in a few
bass tones and embelishments. The trick, since I didn't put in the classical fingering notation, is that I often slide on the G string
between the A and B notes. I've included the full arrangement in standard notation and tab. Below the images is a link to the .PDF of the song.
Happy Picking!
The .PDF of the sheet music. If you use it for your own gain, please give credit where credit is due.
About the Author
Liz Patton is the founder of Celtic Music Nations, an avid Celtic musician and fan. She has played guitar and bass for over a decade, and occasionally dabbles in other
Celtic instruments like mandolin, bodhran, fiddle and tin whistle. She wrote and edited for the University of Texas at Arlington's student paper for two years.
She has an Associate's in Commercial Music from South Plains College, and a Bachelor's of Music from UT Arlington.
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