Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Here is a fun French waltz called, "Le retour des hirondelles," or, "Return of the Swallows" in English. I believe it was composed by Beniamino Pagano and Robert Trognée. I have often heard it played in the key of C, but I moved it to D to make it easier to play on the violin (more open strings!). It's definitely not a very straight-forward tune to play on a violin since it has a lot of accidentals, but I tried to make it work.
I've been pretty hooked to this piece ever since I heard it a few years ago -- there is something about songs with a lot of chromatic accidentals that I really love for some reason. It's almost like they can toss the concept of a key signature out the window with all the accidentals, yet still sound like the right key. It's great! I want to learn how to write songs like that!
I mostly wanted to attempt to make a video of this song because I saw a TON of swallows flying around one day, as well as little baby swallows -- SO CUTE!!!
I finished my Covid vaccine doses. I'm not going to lie -- the second dose was pretty rough... :/ But it's done!! I got to visit my friends and family for the first time in a long long time. It was so nice, yet also felt kind of strange to be near other humans without a mask. It was great to see everyone in "real life" instead of zoom calls. After lots of isolation, I'm more socially awkward than ever before -- yay....gotta work on that...again...
Thank you for watching and listening! =) Happy Spring!!
~ Katy
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A big "Thank you!" goes to my supporters on Patreon:
patreon.com/KatyAdelson
Music store website:
goldenaspenmusic.com
Artist portfolio website:
katyadelson.com
Download/stream my "Tune Collection" album:
fanlink.to/TuneCollection
Download/stream my "Ghost Ship" single:
fanlink.to/GhostShip
Hashtags:
#FrenchMusic #Waltz #Violin #Fiddle #KatyAdelson #Music
Software and equipment used:
Full list of all my basic violin equipment:
katyadelson.com/about/violin-equipment-and-recommendations
Violin gear:
Violin: 1899 Ernst Kreusler “Copy of Antonius Stradivarius” violin from Germany
Bow: CodaBow Luma
Strings: Evah Pirazzi Violin Strings (with a ball E)
Rosin: Salchow Rosin
Shoulder Rest: Bonmusica Shoulder Rest
Software used (for Macintosh):
Garageband for attempted sound mixing
Final Cut Pro for video editing
PicMonkey.com for the ending cards
Plugins for sound effects (I have A LOT to learn in this department!):
East West plugins – Goliath Virtual Instrument, Stormdrum II, Spaces
Camera:
Canon 70D + 18-135 mm kit lens
Sony RX100 V
Microphone for audio recording:
Blue Woodpecker
Here is a fun French waltz called, "Le retour des hirondelles," or, "Return of the Swallows" in English. I believe it was composed by Beniamino Pagano and Robert Trognée. I have often heard it played in the key of C, but I moved it to D to make it easier to play on the violin (more open strings!). It's definitely not a very straight-forward tune to play on a violin since it has a lot of accidentals, but I tried to make it work.
I've been pretty hooked to this piece ever since I heard it a few years ago -- there is something about songs with a lot of chromatic accidentals that I really love for some reason. It's almost like they can toss the concept of a key signature out the window with all the accidentals, yet still sound like the right key. It's great! I want to learn how to write songs like that!
I mostly wanted to attempt to make a video of this song because I saw a TON of swallows flying around one day, as well as little baby swallows -- SO CUTE!!!
I finished my Covid vaccine doses. I'm not going to lie -- the second dose was pretty rough... :/ But it's done!! I got to visit my friends and family for the first time in a long long time. It was so nice, yet also felt kind of strange to be near other humans without a mask. It was great to see everyone in "real life" instead of zoom calls. After lots of isolation, I'm more socially awkward than ever before -- yay....gotta work on that...again...
Thank you for watching and listening! =) Happy Spring!!
~ Katy
------------
A big "Thank you!" goes to my supporters on Patreon:
patreon.com/KatyAdelson
Music store website:
goldenaspenmusic.com
Artist portfolio website:
katyadelson.com
Download/stream my "Tune Collection" album:
fanlink.to/TuneCollection
Download/stream my "Ghost Ship" single:
fanlink.to/GhostShip
Hashtags:
#FrenchMusic #Waltz #Violin #Fiddle #KatyAdelson #Music
Software and equipment used:
Full list of all my basic violin equipment:
katyadelson.com/about/violin-equipment-and-recommendations
Violin gear:
Violin: 1899 Ernst Kreusler “Copy of Antonius Stradivarius” violin from Germany
Bow: CodaBow Luma
Strings: Evah Pirazzi Violin Strings (with a ball E)
Rosin: Salchow Rosin
Shoulder Rest: Bonmusica Shoulder Rest
Software used (for Macintosh):
Garageband for attempted sound mixing
Final Cut Pro for video editing
PicMonkey.com for the ending cards
Plugins for sound effects (I have A LOT to learn in this department!):
East West plugins – Goliath Virtual Instrument, Stormdrum II, Spaces
Camera:
Canon 70D + 18-135 mm kit lens
Sony RX100 V
Microphone for audio recording:
Blue Woodpecker
