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T: Great Waltz of China, The
I: Great Waltz of China, The	W-39	D	waltz
C: W-39
C: \2511985 Mark Simos
M: 3/4
Z: Transcribed to abc by Mary Lou Knack
R: waltz
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"D"A2 FA "G"Bd | "D"A2 BA "A/C#"FE | "Bm"F2 DF "Bm/A"EF | "Gsus2"DB, A,4 |
"D"A2 Fd "G"BA | "Bm"F3 (3E/F/E/ D>F | "F#m"A6- | "A"A6- |
"D"A2 FA "G"Bd | "D"A2 BA "A/C#"FE | "Bm"F2 EA "Bm/A"FD | "G"ED B,3A |
"D"F4 B,A, | "A"E4 B,A, | "G"D6- | D6: |
|:\
"A"EF AB "Bm"F2 | "G"EF DB, "D/F#"D2  | "Em"E2 "A"EF "F#m"A>B | "Bm"F6 |
"G"E2 FE DB, | "D"DA, "G"B,D "D"A,D  | "Em"EB, DE B,>E | "A6"F4 "A"E2 |
"D"A2 FA "G"Bd | "D"A2 BA "A/C#"FE  | "Bm"F2 EA "A/B"FD | "G"ED B,3 A, |
"D"F4 B,A, | "A"E4 B,A, | "G"DB, "A7"D3 E | "D"D6: |
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%% "The 'Great Waltz of China' was a forgotten pundit's winning submission to the 1985
%% Ashokan Celtic Week Original Tune Title Competition.  Later that summer, during
%% Northern Week, I sat alone one dawn at the piano in the Ashokan dance hall and wrote
%% a tune to go with the name.  (Attentive listeners will note a judiciously pentatonic
%% melody ensnared midst a decidedly Western harmonic substrate.)  A mystery of music:
%% that one heart's sad and lonely moments may help another's sun rise some day."
%% CD/cassette/tunebook 'All the Time in the World (And a Little Bit More)',
%% Mark Simos/Samizdat Music, 45 Shea Rd, Cambridge, MA 02140-1225.  From "The Waltz Book", Bill Matthiesen.
%%endtext
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%%text 5/30/99. For use only by Roaring Jelly members