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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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This music is outstanding... Your playing is beautiful...
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Really enjoyable production, one looks forward to the next instrument taking its turn, but it's great when the violin returns.

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Really enjoyable production, one looks forward to the next instrument taking its turn, but it's great when the violin returns.


Thanks!

Originally the B part was to be played by the violin for one of the repeats, but I couldn't get a good sound for that part. Even with a decent virtual plugin for the violin, it's still difficult to get a good sounding violin melody. At least the intonation is always good that way!

I'd have to use heavy Melodyne correction if I was playing, and I've not been able to achieve a good sound when recording my own violin. I wish I knew the secrets (besides having a better violin.)


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