Callipyge

"Callipyge" - known also as the "Café Waltz" - is a composition by E. Elsener, about whom I have no information whatsoever. I first heard this by a great French band called La Chavannée, on their album "Rage de Danse". I've played backing guitar on it for "squeezers" like my dear friend, Anglo concertina player Alan Day, and thought I'd try my hand at arranging it for guitar. It's voiced in C here, played with the capo on the 2nd fret to put it in D. The piece is in 3 parts, with part C giving the fingers a little workout...

Tabs, music & chords are available at:

[DavidPritchard-wv]

Beautiful, a nice tranquil air to end my holidays

[WillFlyGuitar]

@IsaMalina Merci beacoup Isa! J'aime beacoup la musique Française - particulierement les pieces de Frédéric Paris et de Charles Trenet - et toutes les musiciens de Cape Breton! :-)

[WillFlyGuitar]

@Delpiero78540 Oh yes, I still have the Martin - glad the strings are breaking in nicely. I'm still hooked on Elixir nanowebs - but use whatever you feel happy with. :-)

[WillFlyGuitar]

@Delpiero78540 It came with a Fishman Ellipse dual mic/piezo system. It crackled quite a bit - just a cheap system, really - so I swapped it out for a new Baggs iBeam system - which is excellent. But I do all my recording acoustically now! :-)

[irateofwatford]

Nice version Will!

Eric Elsener, French bagpiper. Not to be confused with the one person called Eric Elsener who lives in Oklahoma. Eric Elsener the French bagpiper is a thickset man with a well-modelled Roman nose. He sticks in my memory for calling Oscar Wilde "Oscar White". (You need to say it with a French accent for full effect.) Otherwise he's a pretty neat musician.

[WillFlyGuitar]

@jessyquedens That's right! Great, isn't it? I suppose that's why it's known to English players as the Café Waltz. I like the French title - there should be more songs about handsome derrieres! :-)

[Mrfrogbox]

Like the traditional French tunes you play. Fond of the Schottische De Virmoux myself, and le Canal en Octobre.

[jessyquedens]

Will, this is a heck of a curious title. Far as I can tell, it's French for the Greek for "handsome derriere."