Key signature: Fdorian
Submitted on September 14th 2006 by emelinebel.
This tune has been added to 52 tunebooks.
Also known as La Valse Des Petites Jeunes Filles, La Valse Pour Les Jeunes Filles, La Valse Pour Les Petites Jeunes Filles, La Valse Pour Les Pettes Jeunes Filles, The Little Girls', The Little Girls, Valse Des Jeunes Filles, Valse Pour Les Petites Jeunes Filles, Valse Pour Les Pettes Jeunes Filles, Waltz For The Little Girls, The Waltz For The Little Girls, Waltz Of The Little Girls, Waltz Of The White Lilies.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Waltz Of The Little Girls, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Fdor
|:edcB|G2GFEF|G2edcB|G2GFEF/2G/2|
A2AGAB|c2cBAG|1F2FGAB|cBcdef|dB:|2F2FGAB||
|:c2d3c/2d/2|e2E3e|:d3cBc|BGcGBG|FB,DFAB|
GB,DFAe|d3cBc|BGcGBG|FB,DFAF|1E3GBe:|2E2||
Waltz of the little gils (the)
I believe it's rather 'Eb' than 'Fdor' but it's probably the same.
From the Brian HUGUES 's CD "WHISTLE STOP"
# Posted on September 14th 2006 by emelinebel
"The Waltz Of The Little Girls" -- Also played in D
I've always lliked this tune. I think it works better on the fiddle in D.
Here is ABC courtesy of Fiddler's Companion. This is pretty much the way I play it:
X:1
T:Waltz of the Little Girls, The
D:The Pearl, Phil Cunningham/Aly Bain
C:Trad/Rasmussen
N:Originally in Eb
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:D
dc BA|F2 FE DE|F2 dc BA|F2 FE DF|G2 GF GA|B2 BA GF|E2 EF GA|
B2 BA Bc|BAdc BA|F2 FE DE|F2 dc BA|F2 FE DF|G2 GF GA|B2 BA GF|
E2 EF GA|Bd/B/ Ac Ac|d2::DF Ad|c2 cB AF|DF BF AF|E3 A Ec|
d2 DF Ad|c2 cB AF|DF BF AF|E3 A Ec|d2:|]
It's credited to a Terry Rasmussen but I do not know who that is. I learned it from Grey Larsen circa 1982, he'd just picked it up in Europe. He was touring a lot then, and a lot of people in the US got it from him around that same time.
Bo_in_VA
# Posted on September 22nd 2006 by Bo_in_VA
"Valse des Jeunes Filles" ~ also played in Eb
X: 3
T: Valse des Jeunes Filles
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Dmaj
|: dc BA |\
F2 FE D<E | F2 dc BA | F2 FE DF | G2 GF GA |
B2 BA GF | E2 EF GA | B^A B=A Bc |[1 BA :|[2 d2 ||
|: DF Ad |\
c2 cB AF | DF BF AF | EF Ad Ec | d2 DF Ad |
c3 B AF | DF BF A2 | D/E/F Ad Ec | d2 :|
# Posted on May 28th 2009 by ceolachan
However, Eb always makes me suspicious of the source, such as half step sharp recordings of old, or old tunings for instruments...
# Posted on May 28th 2009 by ceolachan
"The Waltz of the Little Girls" ~ NIgel Gatherer's transcription, another look
X: 2
T: Waltz of the Little Girls, The
D: The Pearl, Phil Cunningham/Aly Bain
C: Trad/Rasmussen
N: Originally in Eb
Z: Nigel Gatherer
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|: dc BA |\
F2 FE DE | F2 dc BA | F2 FE DF | G2 GF GA |
B2 BA GF | E2 EF GA |[1 B2 BA Bc | BA :|[2 Bd/B/ Ac Ac | d2 ||
|: DF Ad |\
c2 cB AF | DF BF AF | E3 A Ec | d2 DF Ad |
c2 cB AF | DF BF AF | E3 A Ec | d2 :|
# Posted on May 28th 2009 by ceolachan
"Valse des Jeunes Filles" ~ some other ways with it
X: 4
T: La Valse des Jeunes Filles
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Dmaj
|: dc BA |\
F3 E DE | F2 dc BA | FG FE D/E/F | G3 F GA |
B2 BA GF | E2 EF GA | BA Bc BA |[1 F2 :|[2 d2 ||
|: DF Ad |\
c3 B AB | DF BF AF | EG EA Ec | d2 DF Ad |
c2 cB AB | DF BF AF | EG EA Ec | d2 :|
# Posted on May 28th 2009 by ceolachan
"Valse des Jeunes Filles" ~ we also played it up, in G
Here's a simple take in G ~
X: 5
T: La Valse des Jeunes Filles
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Dmaj
|: gf ed |\
B2 BA GA | B2 gf ed | B2 BA GB | c2 cB cd |
e2 ed cB | A2 AB cd | e2 ed ef |[1 ed :|[2 g2 ||
|: GB dg |\
f2 fe dB | GB eB dB | AB dg Af | g2 GB dg |
f2 fe dB | GB eB dB | AB dg Af | g2 :|
Other way with the B-part in G:
~ | fg fe d^c | ed Bd Gd | Ad FA (3def | g3 B dg | ~
# Posted on May 28th 2009 by ceolachan
"Valse des Jeunes Filles": sample
Ear a sample on the piano:
http://mog.com/music/George_Winston/Plains/Give_Me_Your_Hand%2FLa_Valse_Pour_Les_Pettes_Jeunes_Filles
# Posted on May 28th 2009 by Carabus
Thanks Carabus, nice to see you...in a manner of speaking.
# Posted on May 29th 2009 by ceolachan
Hmmmm, you usually do better than that Carabus, that was short and awful...
# Posted on May 29th 2009 by ceolachan
As the tale goes, one side of it anyway, this is a combination of the first part, which is a 'traditional' French waltz with a second part improvised onto it by one Terry Rasmussen of Colorado in the U.S. of America, who is also the composer of other tunes, such asa "Aly's Waltz":
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5983
# Posted on May 29th 2009 by ceolachan
Yeah! All I could find on web. See you again soon ceolachan.
# Posted on May 29th 2009 by Carabus
Oh! Valse des jeunes filles dueling fiddles!
http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=Waltz+of+the+Little+Girls&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=j4IfSsnNLtCFmQf2r5TDBg&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#
# Posted on May 29th 2009 by Carabus
By the way, I don't like that word in the "other names": Pettes, I think it should be Petites. S'il vous plait! "Pettes" would be feminine for "Pet", which translate by "Fart"...
# Posted on May 29th 2009 by Carabus
But, Carabus, "pet" whether it is produced by a male or a female (jamais de la vie!) is still "pet", n´est-ce pas ?
# Posted on May 29th 2009 by murfbox
Also known as "La valse des petites jeunes filles" et non "La valse des pettes jeunes filles"
# Posted on May 29th 2009 by Carabus
Your right murfbox, but still, Pettes sounds terribly awful and makes me shiver.
# Posted on May 29th 2009 by Carabus
And me laugh...
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by ceolachan
"La Valse Pour Les Petites Jeunes Filles" ~ take six
X: 6
T: La Valse Pour Les Petites Jeunes Filles
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Dmaj
|: gf ed |\
B2 BA GA | B2 gf ed | B^A B=A G/A/B | c2 cB cd |
e2 ed cB | A2 AB cd | e^d e=d ef |[1 ed :|[2 g2 ||
|: GB dg |\
f2 fe dB | GB eB dB | AB dg Af | g2 GB dg |
f2 fe d^c | ed Bd Gd |[1 Ad Fd Af | g2 :|[2 Ad Fd Dd | G2 |]
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by ceolachan
K: Gmaj ~ G Major not D
Oops! The above is not K: Dmaj ~ It is K: Gmaj
Here's another way to second end the A-part ~
e2 ed cB | A2 AB cd |[1 e^d e=d ef | ed :|[2 e2 f2 d/e/f | g2 ||
& the B-part similarly ~
[2 A2 F2 D2 | G2 |] ~ or ~ [2 A2 FA DF | G2 |]
In G Major that is...
# Posted on July 15th 2009 by ceolachan