Annotation:Black Velvet Waltz (2)
X:1 T: Black Velvet Waltz [2] C: Edna Grice (Idaho) N:As played by Oregon fiddler Wayne Holmes M:3/4 K:D AG|"D"F2FG AF|"G"G2GA BG|"D"A2DF Ad|ef2e fg| "A7"f2e3c|A2cd ec|"D"d3A B_B|"A7"A4AG| "D"F2FG AF|"G"G2GA BG|"D"A2DF Ad|f3e fg| "A7"f2e3c|A2cd ec|"D"d3c de|1d4:|2d3|| |:A Bc|"G"d3d cd|ed2c2B|"D"A3D FB|A3A Bc| "G"d3d cd|"E7"(3fgf ec d^d|"A7"e4ef|ed cB AG| "D"F2FG AF|"G"G2GA BG|"D"A2DF Ad|f3e fg| "A7"f2e3c|A2cd ec|"D"d3c de|d3:|
BLACK VELVET WALTZ [2]. American, Waltz (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Stuart Williams learned this tune in the 1970's from Eugene, Oregon, fiddler Wayne Holmes, who got it from Edna Grice (formerly Edna Jenkins) of Nampa, Idaho. Edna played country music in local bars, and was a top competitor at Weiser and other Northwest fiddle contests in the 1960s. She named the tune for her favorite whisky, a bottle of which would sit on the kitchen table as she sat in her kitchen in her stocking feet, playing music with her friends. Black Velvet whisky was a favorite of many Northwest fiddlers at the time ...
