Another obsessively played fiddle tune
these days: the Haapavesi Waltz.
Here is the version my teacher, Cathy Clasper-Torch, taught our class at the Blackstone River Theater.
Unlike the version below, the version she played starts on A, but in all other ways is a direct transposition, no change in fingering.
Here is the version my teacher, Cathy Clasper-Torch, taught our class at the Blackstone River Theater.
Unlike the version below, the version she played starts on A, but in all other ways is a direct transposition, no change in fingering.
I know nothing about Haapavesi, Oulu,
Finland, other than that it maxes out at about 61 degrees Fahrenheit
in July, but in other ways looks a bit like Northern Minnesota.
About the waltz, I found out not much
more.
It appears to have been written in 1991 by Keith Murphy, a distinctly unFinn name, and yet it reminds me of the Varttina music I have grown to love.
And a touch of the tight, odd rhythm of the Steve 'n' Seagulls version of AC/DC's “Thunderstruck”.
It appears to have been written in 1991 by Keith Murphy, a distinctly unFinn name, and yet it reminds me of the Varttina music I have grown to love.
And a touch of the tight, odd rhythm of the Steve 'n' Seagulls version of AC/DC's “Thunderstruck”.
I get a huge smile every time I listen
to this. I was never an AC/DC fan, but now...
Here is more on traditional fiddle in Finnish music.