Sunday River waltz

There are 6 recordings of this tune.

Sunday River has been added to 2 tune sets.

Sunday River has been added to 34 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Sunday River
R: waltz

M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Fmaj
F G|A2 c3 A|G4 FG|A2 c3 A|G4 FG|A2 f4|e3 f e2|
d3 edc|A4 F G|A c4 A|G4 FG|A2 c4|d4 FG|
Adc AGF|D3 CAG|F4 FG|F4 AB|c3 dfg|a6|
g4 ga|g4 fd|c3 dfg|a3 aba|g2 a2 f2|g4 ag|f3 edc|
A4 cf|d3 cba|G4 FG|Adc AGF|D3 CAG|F3 EFG|F4||

X: 2
T: Sunday River
R: waltz

M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
DE|F2 A3F|E4 DE|F2 A3 F|E4 DE|F2 d4|c3 d c2|
B3 cBA|F4 DE|F A4 F|E4 DE|F2 A4|B4 DE|
FBA FED|B,3 A,FE|D4 DE|DF4 FG|A3 Bde|f6|
e5 f|e4 dB|A3 Bde|f6|e2 f2 d2|e4 fe|d4 cBA|
F4 Ad|B3 AGF|E4 DE|FBA FED|B,3 A,FE|D3 CDE|D4|

Four comments

C: Pete Sutherland, fiddler, Vermont

Composed in 1984, the Sunday River is in western Maine, U.S.A.

http://www.epactmusic.com/Pete.html

http://www.sundayriver.com/

Maybe if kat256 submits more tunes there will e the added grace and respect of a comment?

Finally!

i heard this tune in a session a while ago, and my recorder was busted at the time. i’ve been on the hunt for it ever since. it’s just lovely! thanks to whoever posted it!

Re: Sunday River

Betsy Branch, great contra fiddler in Portland, playing this tune.

https://youtu.be/FEnWFY0Rtlc

play video

Sunday River, X:2

Here it is in Key of D the way some versions on the net are played. The 4th bar of the 4th line holds the long f rather than f fgf and the 2nd bar of last line has AGF instead of Agf . It flows better —I think?

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