Nicholas Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 I was wondering if anyone had a good website for sea chanteys? I would like one with words and music(standard notation) and maybe tunes other than the bawdy ones, if they exist? Thanks.
Pam B Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 If you don't have any luck online, I can recommend a number of great books!
Leo Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 A few Songs of the Sea: http://www.contemplator.com/sea/index.html MIDI player that plays, displays and prints the score. Not complicated, and doesn't do a lot, but it serves the purpose and the price is right. http://www.notation.com/DownloadNotationPlayer.htm Thanks Leo
JimLucas Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 (edited) ...maybe tunes other than the bawdy ones, if they exist? Bawdy tunes? I never thought of tunes as being "bawdy". As for bawdy words, all the direct-from-sailors collections of shanties (and other sailors' songs) that I've seen have stated up front that they've deliberately altered or excluded any explicitly pornographic or "crude" lyrics. The difficulty is not in finding words that are not bawdy, but in finding the unexpurgated originals of those that were bawdy. When Stan Hugill was alive, he was said to have kept such unedited material -- as received from his original sources -- locked in a safe, to be published after his death, so that he wouldn't have to be subject to attacks from those who disapproved of the existence of such language. Was it just a rumor? It's 15 years since his death, but so far I haven't heard anything of plans to publish such a collection. Anybody know more? Edited May 31, 2007 by JimLucas
Anglogeezer Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 Nicholas, there's here Shantys and here Shantys 2 regards Jake
Robert Booth Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 It is rumoured that Isobel Burton, in a fit of overenthusiasm, destroyed them along with her husband's works.
Nicholas Posted June 1, 2007 Author Posted June 1, 2007 Jake, those are wonderful collections of sea chanteys. I haven't heard them, and so I'm hoping to find a site that also has the standard notation music, so I can sight read and learn the tunes. Anyone have a site like that?
Pete Dunk Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Quite a few shanty tunes in abc format are to be found here from Stan Hugill's 'Shanties of the Seven Seas'. Cut and paste one of the song files into the Convert-A-Matic and click submit. You will see a rough draft of the notation, click on the tabs above to view a high quality PDF version you can print and/or save to your computer. You can also listen to/save a midi of the tune. Make sure you don't paste a blank line above or below the text or you will get an error. The Convert-A-Matic only allows one tune at a time and can't handle multiple tunes on a single page. Have fun!
Nicholas Posted June 1, 2007 Author Posted June 1, 2007 Thank you Tall Ship for that fantastic site. Now I can get started. I will see if the sites Jake listed have the same songs, so that after I learn the tunes, I can perhaps sing the words. This will certainly keep me busy for the summer. Thanks, again.
Anglogeezer Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Whilst not being a shanty this song certainly illustrates the hazards of going to sea!! IPCAR regards Jake
Anglogeezer Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Hi Nicholas, Here's one I forget, International Shanty & Seasong Association they have a database of shanties but you need Excel to read it. Also links to singers of shanties. regards Jake
Harlan Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 Here are some sites I have bookmarked : Shanties and Sea Songs Shanties and Seasongs Trailer Sailing- Shanties Traditional and Folk Songs Have fun !!! Harlan
klaus guhl Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 "Songs the whalemen sang" Gale Huntington http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/cont...aspx?itemid=138 are songs of the sea too.
JimLucas Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 "Songs the whalemen sang" Gale Huntington http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/cont...aspx?itemid=138 are songs of the sea too. Klaus, I think that when you created your "link" you filled in the blanks in the wrong order. Did you mean look here?
njurkowski Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 I recently transcribed and adapted one of the arrangements from the site that Leo mentioned (Songs of the Sea) for English Concertina. Rio_Grande.pdf I don't suppose there's one of those midi-notator dealies for mac, is there? It'd make this a lot easier, and there are a lot of nifty little arrangements at that site... Here's a not-so-polished recording of the transcription. Nick
Leo Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 I don't suppose there's one of those midi-notator dealies for mac, is there? It'd make this a lot easier, and there are a lot of nifty little arrangements at that site... Nick Nick Unfortunately I dont speak MAC. A message from my daughter in law who has one says look for "GARAGE BAND". It's supposed to be a free program bundled with the MAC and does a lot more................. Thanks Leo
njurkowski Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 I don't suppose there's one of those midi-notator dealies for mac, is there? It'd make this a lot easier, and there are a lot of nifty little arrangements at that site... Nick Nick Unfortunately I dont speak MAC. A message from my daughter in law who has one says look for "GARAGE BAND". It's supposed to be a free program bundled with the MAC and does a lot more................. Thanks Leo Holy cats...I had never even looked at Garage Band and sure enough, it does the same thing. Thanks for the info - all fellow mac users take note... Nick
klaus guhl Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 "Songs the whalemen sang" Gale Huntington http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/cont...aspx?itemid=138 are songs of the sea too. Klaus, I think that when you created your "link" you filled in the blanks in the wrong order. Did you mean look here? Sorry, I was in hurry. Thanks, Jim
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