Have some singing

[luzula]

Follow-up from last post: here is me singing the old melody and lyrics of Both Sides the Tweed, from the 18th or early 19th century. Could not find it anywhere on Youtube, and thought some of you might want to hear it...it's just the first verse + chorus though. I do like the two last lines!

Comments

[regshoe]

Lovely! :)

[luzula]

I do like the modern one better, but this one has its charm, as well!

[jesse_the_k]

I love the glissandos!

[luzula]

Thank you! : ) I followed the musical notation as best I could...

[garonne]

I love this! Love the vibrato (I think that's what it's called?) Also love the idea of Ewen singing it to Keith. Though I wonder what Keith would make of the "King's sacred rights" g

[garonne]

Ah, I see from jesse_the_k's comment that it is in fact called glissando.

[luzula]

It is not vibrato, anyway--that's when you stay on one note, but let your voice/instrument sort of hover up and down around it. Like in a lot of opera singing?

I'm not sure about glissando, either--that's when you glide from note to note, whereas what I was at least trying to do in the last line is to sing several notes rapidly in a row.

Then there's another thing which is common in folk music, which is called "förslag" in Swedish, but I don't know the English name. It's when a main note is preceded by a short other note which you don't put any emphasis on--you can see this in the musical notation because the note is typeset with a smaller size.

Glad you enjoyed it, anyway! And I figure Keith can stand some Jacobite music now and then--his side won, after all. *g*

[garonne]

It might be called a "slide"? (I mean the thing you called "förslag".) But I never understood which is which among taps, cuts, slides, rolls, etc.

And I figure Keith can stand some Jacobite music now and then--his side won, after all.

That's true. I actually didn't think of that... You have re-wired my brain to believe that the Jacobites won, Neil is still alive, etc.! *g*

[luzula]

That's true. I actually didn't think of that... You have re-wired my brain to believe that the Jacobites won, Neil is still alive, etc.! *g*

Ha ha, very flattering! : )

[lyr]

Pretty rendition! I have liked that song since my favorite Celtic band Clandestine did a version of it on one of their albums.

[luzula]

Thank you! : ) Did they use the old or the new melody? I have not found any recording using the old one.

[lyr]

I only know that it's recognizably similar to your version, because I've never heard another.

[luzula]

Cool. Do you know if it's anywhere online? Can't find it on Youtube.

[lyr]

I found a 30 second sample online, otherwise it only seems to be available for purchase.

[luzula]

Thanks so much! Re: your message, it worked.

That is in fact the new melody, that Dick Gaughan wrote. But thank you anyway, it's a lovely version. : )