Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on October 4th 2004 by rfdarsie.
This tune has been added to 20 tunebooks.
Also known as The Cascade Mazurka.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Cascade
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Dmaj
(3FAd|f3 e dA|F4 (3FAd|f3 d fb|a4 (3def|
g2 e2 c2|A4 BA|^GA Bc fe|d4:|
|:(3FAd|b2 a2 (3FAd|a2 g4|ce ag fe|f2 d2 (3FAd|
b2 a2 (3FAd|a2 g4|ce ag Bc|d4:|
K:Gmaj
|:d2|gf g2 b2|d^c d2 g2|Bd g2 f2|c4 A2|
a^g a2 b2|fe f2 d2|a3 ^g ab|g4:|
Third Sean Ryan waltz...
This one has the added interest of a key change. The group of three waltzes I've posted - Saturday, Seven Hops and Cascade - make a great set and are much more lively than some of the rather dull "folkie" waltzes you sometimes here (though some of them are also nice tunes).
# Posted on October 4th 2004 by rfdarsie
Yeah, I like it. Do you mean to have a C natural in the fourth bar of the third section? If so, what chord progression would you suggest?
# Posted on October 5th 2004 by jakki S
Chords
I'd use G to start, then in the measure you mention with the C natural half note, play an Aminor, then switch to D in the next measure.
# Posted on October 5th 2004 by rfdarsie
Alternative suggestion for chords
Here's an alternative suggestion for chords in the 4th part:
G |D |G |C |Am |D |D7 |G |
It might be interesting to harmonize the final g note with an A7 to turn it around to the top.
I'd even try an A7 in place of the Am.
Very nice tune
# Posted on October 19th 2004 by ffidylguy
Mazurka!
Swing this one (>)... A lot of mazurkas and related family members get tossed in with waltzes, no harm there, or in taking it straight, but the 'beat' for this one is clearly on 1 and 3, and that way of accompaniment carrys it best. It'll sing you that way naturally in its phrasing and melody if you loosen up to it and let it...
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by ceolachan
I'll be back with another take on this, with the swing...
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by ceolachan
Looks at watch. Drums fingers on table. Stares at ceiling and whistles silently. Checks date in diary...
# Posted on June 28th 2005 by Dr. Dow
Look, so I'm still nursing this bottle of scotch here. I need a moment to reflect on the seething hate in me for textured wallpaper... Then ~ I'll be back...
# Posted on June 28th 2005 by ceolachan
I play something similar to as it is written here, but with the 'SWING' and with the emphasis on the first and third beat, as a 'mazurka'. What follows is just messing around with the tune, holding back on the '{}' and similar squiggly stuff, just to show where one would rock it when the chance comes to put two notes into the one beat, or *>*:
K: Dmaj
|: >F A>d |
f2 f>e d>A | F2 F>D F>d | f2 f>d f>b | a2 a>d e>f |
g2 (3efe (3cdc | A2 A>^G B>A | ^G>A B>c f>e | d2 d> :|
|: >F A>d |
b2 a>A (3FAd | a2 g2 g>e | c>e a>g f>e | f2 d>A d>f |
b2 a2 A>d | a2 g2 g>e | c>e a>g B>c | d2 z :|
K:Gmaj
|: z d2 |
g>f g2 b2 | d>^c d2 g2 | (3Bcd g2 f2 | c2 c>B c>d |
a^g a2 b2 | f>^e f2 d2 | a3 ^g a>b | g2 z :|
# Posted on June 28th 2005 by ceolachan
- or - another take on the last two bars:
| a2 a>^g a>b | g2 z :|
# Posted on June 28th 2005 by ceolachan
* = 'SNAP' ~ there are times and places in this tune where I occassionally use it, a few variations and examples ( f*b ):
A-part, bar 3 ~ | f2 f>d f*b | a4 (3def |
bar 6 ~ | A2- A>^G B*A |
B-part, bars 2-3 ~ | a2 g2- g>e | c>e a>g f*e |
bar 5-7 ~ | b2 a2 (3Adf | a2 g2- g>e | c*e a>g B*c |
# Posted on July 28th 2005 by ceolachan