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Thread #49836   Message #754370
Posted By: Bob Bolton
25-Jul-02 - 10:01 AM
Thread Name: Review: Waltzing Matilda
Subject: RE: Review: Waltzing Matilda
G'day Greg and Gargoyle,

Considering that she was a pianist, attempting to play a tune from memory on someone else's auoharp ... she did bloody well!

In another thread, I mentioned that I have arranged each stage of the tune, from Barr's original to the well-known Marie Cowan arramgement in sequence, in the same key and MIDI voicing) ... and the progression is obvious ... and typical of a tune being moved into new arrangemets &c (Bulch's was a "quick march' arrangement of a miltary band version).

Anyway, if you PM an e-mail address to me, I will send a PDF or GIFF image of the dots and a MIDI file of the notes for you to compare.

Regards,

Bob Bolton