Barbara's Waltz

This is a country swing waltz with orchestral backup, named for a cherished member of our contradance community here in Phoenix who passed away last year.

It's funny how melodies come to us. This tune had its beginnings years ago when I was warming up on my fiddle before a dance, practicing vibrato. The "A" part melody lurked in my brain for many years before another band member helped me come up with a "B" part.

In my mind's eye, I always saw this as an orchestral piece. Last year, I plugged the chords into BIAB and discovered that the melody works quite well using country swing style _CWALTZP.

The end result here is a mixture of country and orchestral, with many variations of the main melody. With the exception of the drum track, all tracks are midi, played using virtual instruments.

Drums: BIAB NashClassicWaltzSw RealDrums

Bass: Derived from BIAB RealBass 1122, converted to midi and played using AmpleGuitar Upright Bass plugin.

Rhythm Guitar: Derived from BIAB RealGuitar 989, converted to midi and played using AmpleGuitar Martin plugin.

Rhythm Piano: Played by me using Native Instruments Grandeur Steinway Grand plugin. A few
measures were derived from BIAB RealPiano 1701, converted to midi and tweaked.

Solo piano: Played by me using Native Instruments Grandeur plugin.

Solo violin: Played by me using Native Instruments Stradivarius Violin plugin.

Solo cello: Played by me using Native Instruments Stradivarius Cello plugin.

Solo Guitar: Played by me using Native Instruments Session Guitarist Picked Acoustic plugin.

Piccolo: Played by me using Spitfire Audio BBC Symphony plugin.

Orchestral string section: Played by me using Spitfire Audio BBC Symphony plugin.

Mixed and mastered using Cakewalk by Bandlab.

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