On 2002/11/14 01:56 PM or thereabouts, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned:
> "Take Five" might ring a bell. On 2002/11/14 02:10 PM or thereabouts, Tim Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned: > It is relatively easy to take a quadruple meter tune with fairly regular > rhythmic arrangement of melody and add a beat (e.g., Red River Valley); and > even more effective to take a tune in 3 or 6 and omit a beat from every 6 > (My Country, 'Tis of Thee, When Johnny Comes Marching Home). On 2002/11/14 02:24 PM or thereabouts, ZehrGrimm, Trey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned: > One public domain tune easily converted to 5/4 is Scarborough Fair. > > Doing some Christmas arrangements for my jazz quartet, I found that this was > one way to brighten up a number of (sometimes too familiar) carols, such as > Silent Night and What Child Is This? I'm sure I was not the first to do > this, but people seemed to enjoy it. Uh, you guys all have to keep in mind that Crystal is trying to teach *songs*, to *actors*. Trying to sing a familiar tune like Scarborough Fair in an unfamiliar meter is, I suspect, far beyond their abilities -- they would invariably keep reverting back to the original meter. And though I'm sure someone, somewhere, has written lyrics to "Take 5," it remains a challenging melody for amateurs to sing (especially the bridge). That's why I suggested "Everything's Alright" -- and trust me, I wouldn't normally be doing Andrew Lloyd Webber's dirty work for him, but it has the benefit of being a simple, easy-to-sing 5/4 song with English lyrics. - Darcy ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston, MA _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
