Ransom Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 All right. Now that that's out of the way, I can get to work on that tune-of-the-month business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Oh, P.S.: X:1 T:Distress A:Anne Steele, 1760 M:4/4 L:1/4 Q:1/4=100 K:Em | z2 [E2e2] | G2DF & e2B2 | H[e2B2G2] E2 | G [AF] [b2E2] | A2 G E/2D/2 & E2 B, B, | [E4e4] | w: * * * * * So fades the love-ly bloom-ing_ flow'r, w: * * * * * Is there no kind, no heal-ing_ art w: * * * * * Let gen-tle pa-tience smile on_ pain, [A2E2] [bD] [dD] | [e2E2] [e2A2] | [dG] [bG] ([A2E2] | [A2D2]) [G2D2] | [bG] [dF] [e2B2E2] | w: Frail, smil-ing so-lace of an hour;_ So soon our tran- w: To soothe the ang-uish of the heart?_ Spir-it of grace, w: Till dy-ing hope re-vives a-gain;_ Hope wipes the tear [d2G2D2] [bE] [GE] | [d2F2D2] E2 | G [AF] [b2E2] | A2 G E/2D/2 & E2 B, B, | [E4e4] |] w: sient com-forts fly, And plea-sure on-ly blooms to_ die. w: be ev-er nigh; Thy com-forts are not made to_ die. w: from sor-row's eye, And faith points up-ward to the_ sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 I find this tune quite beautiful, but profoundly sad. I almost can't listen to it. And the lyrics are so uplifting. I would appreciate some insight into how you set about arranging this piece. Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 The Sacred Harp book has it written in four-part harmony, laid out on four separate staves. I printed off a page of staff paper from http://www.blanksheetmusic.net, and filled up most of it with scribbles and combinations of the different lines to see what I liked the best. I figured I probably wanted two different notes to harmonize most of the time, with an occasional third for flavor. I eventually settled on playing the melody as written, along with the bass line taken up an octave, to form the core of the arrangement. I brought in other notes when I wanted to avoid parallel fifths or octaves, which don't sound very interesting in lumps. The little tag between the verses I just wrote afterwards, to give it a little bit of space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Ok, thanks for this, I have learnt from your arrangement. I have not seen & 'voice overlays' used in ABC before - you use them very nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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