The River - movement 1 - Lazy Waters - Dr Mary Kleinsorge

I'm happy to tell you that I've been playing a lot. Though you wouldn't know it based on my writing delinquency here at the blog. I'll be playing at Cleland Park, tomorrow at noon in Delta, Colorado for about an hour during the yearly Deltarado Days celebration. Thank you for caring and for reading what I've written and listening to what I record.

When James Smith came for the master's classes at Mesa State University, I presented Lazy River to him and Endre Balogh to listen to. It was to be the first of three pieces, collectively called The River. I've changed the name of it to Lazy Waters and have written and nearly finished the transcription, with Javier de los Santos' help for the second piece, Under the Bridge. In the Rapids is soon to come. I plan to write it when my family goes to Iowa ahead of me the first part of August.

As you listen to Lazy Waters, close your eyes and imagine the river. The river, where the water barely flows, where it backs up into pools, circling around and then eventually takes off again. The river, where there the water has little motivation, but keeps moving in that eventural ever-forward direction.

When I play this song for my patients in the office while they are resting with therapy, they are often snoring by the end. It always makes me giggle just a little. It's hopefully NOT boring, but utterly calming and relaxing. The tempo is played at the ultimate resting heart rate of 60 beats per minute. According to my daughter, Stephanie, it's the perfect song to fall asleep to. **sigh* I do hope that you enjoy it.

OH, and by the way, I have only a couple of changes to make to the written transcript. If you would like a copy of Lazy Waters, it will be both in tablature as well as notation, with lots of direction for right and left hand playing. I hope to do a tutorial video on Youtube to make it especially easy to make your own.

Still hummin and strummin......'night, Mary

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