Orange in Bloom / Sherborne Waltz

melodeon.net TOTM for February 2010
My first go at the "tune of the month" (good game, this!).
Played as a morris tune, and then as a waltz, on Oakwood D/G melodeon.
I haven't played for Cotswold morris for years, and never this tradition, so I'm guessing at the timing of the slows, based on what I've heard others play. Despite its popularity as a waltz tune, I'm not convinced this tune is really a waltz, whatever you do with it. It just seems to have too many significant beats in the wrong places - still, I though I'd have a go and see how much contrast I could get.

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Music

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• english
• folk
• music
• Anahata
• Sherborne
• Waltz
• melodeon
• totm
• melodeon.net
• morris
• orange
• in
• bloom

[mauvera01]

really interesting to hear the two styles of accompaniment

[brysonberlin07]

Fantastic and the box sounds wonderful. I'll be looking more closely at your left hand too as I seek to go beyond oom-pah :) .. thanks .. cheers Bryson

[BobFromWensleydale]

Beautiful. For someone who hasn't played for Morris for years and has never played Sherborne, your Orange in Bloom is very danceable and has plenty of lift.