X:1
T: Lover's Waltz, The
C: \2511992 Molly Mason & Jay Ungar
R: waltz
N:
N:"Molly and I wrote this tune in 1985, when we were first together.  It was a
N:spontaneous composition -- where I started playing melody and she played chords, and both
N:the chords and melody evolved as we played it.  We'd played it at home together.  But it
N:was too personal to play for other people -- I felt the same way about 'Ashokan Farewell'
N:at first.  You know, you're not sure if people will like it.  Eventually, we played it
N:at a late night waltz session at Ashokan.  It seemed like the right moment for the tune
N:to emerge.  We originally wrote it in the key of G.  But the melody only uses three
N:strings on the fiddle, and in G you never touch the E string.  Usually, if a tune only
N:uses three strings, I go for the higher strings.  So that is why it's notated here in D.
N:Sometimes we play it in both G and D, to get the full range.  The other thing I do, if
N:I'm playing it in G, is play the B part an octave higher the second time through, to get
N:a different sonority."  Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, RD 1 Box 489, West Hurley, NY 12491.
B:"The Waltz Book", Bill Matthiesen.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Z: ABC by Mary Lou Knack, modified by John Chambers
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/session/waltz/Waltz:Lovers.abc	 2024-04-20 120315 UT
K: D
Adf\
|| "D"a3 afd | "G"B3 AGF |  "D"A6-    |     A3 Adf \
|     a3 afd | "G"B3 AGF | "Em"A6-    | "A7"A3 ABd |
| "Em"e3 def | "G"ed3 BA |  "D"A6-    |     A3 ABd \
| "G"e3 def  | "Em"ed3    BA | "A"a4-    ab  |    a4  dc |]
| "D"d4  dc   | "Em"d4    dc | "D/F#"d3d dc  | "G"d2 g3f \
| "D"d4  dc   | "Bm"d4    BA | "Em"B4- BA/B/ |"A7"A4 dc |
| "G"B3 cd2   |  "A"c2 d2 e2 | "Bm"f3  gfe   |    d4 dc \
| "G"B2 c2 d2 | "A7"e2 d3  c | "D (G)"d6-    | "D"d3 |]