Lately I've been hooked on learning to play some Waltzes and in particular Lee Marcus' arrangement of Tennessee Waltz.
I say lately but if I am totally honest I have been trying to nail this tune for some three years after hearing Jay Langston playing it on his then brand new Huber Lancaster.. Jay posted this on the Hangout Jukebox back in 2007 about I year before I started learning to play the banjo. Back then he described himself as a Novice and had only been playing banjo for two years when he recorded this.
I have always loved this tune, it brings back a host of fond memories of my youth and hearing Jay playing this arrangement really motivated and inspired me to learn to read TAB. This TAB arrangement is in the Key of D aDGBD and covers a good proportion of the neck quite a challenge for a rank beginner. I like a good challenge so then & there I decided to set myself a goal to learn this tune within two years (it was my measuring stick - a way of checking my progress) and I pretty much had it down pat within the time frame I had set myself. But it's taken me a bit longer to get it anywhere near as close to Jay's recording.
Jay hasn't been active on the Hangout since 2009 so if anyone out there knows Jay can you please pass on my grateful thanks to him for all his help and encouragement at a time when I was struggling to learn the banjo and frustrated that I couldn't get my head round TAB.
Anyway to get back to my TAB request.. Does anyone have any Waltz TAB, preferabily three finger roll patterns but I guess anything with a waltz tempo. It needn't be a whole tune I am really looking for something that can help me develope my waltz playing skills, some fill licks, some back up to play behind vocals, a fiddle or dobro.