Annotation:'A' and 'E' Waltz

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  'A' AND 'E' WALTZ. American, Canadian; Waltz (9/8 or 3/4 time). A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB (Phillips, Silberberg): ABCA'B'C' {part 'C' is a variation of 'A' played at the octave} (Gibbons). “A and E Waltz” is one of the ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’ according to Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. It has been attributed to Rusty Modrell, without verification. Sources for notated versions: Arthur Lindstrom (British Columbia), who learned it during a fiddle contest in Weiser, Idaho in 1970 [Gibbons]; Vivian Williams [Silberberg]. Source for notated version: Lloyd Wanzer [Phillips]. Gibbons (As It Comes: Folk Fiddling From Prince George, British Columbia), 1982; No. 8, pgs. 22‑24. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 236. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002, pg 1.

|Tune properties and standard notation