Hi everyone. It’s been a long time since I had a reliable internet conn.
Anyway, I need a not-too-hard, slow, sad song. It is for a possible tongue-in-cheek funeral procession/wake to be held in early October.
If anyone has ideas please let me know.
thanks a lot
An Cat Dubh aka The Black Cat
by Lothlorien on their Greenwood Side CD
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~nick-cj/lothmain.html
Easy to learn.
Also can be used to change the tempo of a session,
start slowly, then speed it up a bit ( or a lot!).
HTH
thanks, but I could use a song in the form of a MIDI or a little pic of the sheet music so I can start on it soon.
“a stor mo chroi”, might be appropiate http://www.mudcat.org/midi/midibrowse.cfm
McGilvrey is Dead, sung to the tune The Irish Washerwoman. You could always sing it slowly.
McGilvrey is dead and his brother don’t know it.
His brother is dead and McGilvrey don’t know it.
They’re both of them dead and they’re in the same bed,
And neither one knows that the other is dead.
How much sadder can you get?
Tony
Don Oiche Ud I mBeithil (That night in Bethlehem) has quite a lanent-y feel to it. At least, I think so.
The Song of the Books is a good lament.
You might consider a tune you already know, played as an air. Dunmore Lasses sounds really good slowed way down. So does Star of the County Down.
How about ABC:
X:1 %Music
T:The Black Cat %Tune name
C:Lothlorien %Tune composer
Q:1/4=96 %Tempo
V:1 %
M:3/4 %Meter
L:1/8 %
K:C
E3 F ED |E4 GA |B4 A2 |B4 ef |g3 f e2 |e3 d B2 |A3 B A2 |F3 E D2 |E3 F D2 |E4 GA |B4 A2 |B4 ef |g3 f e2 |d2 B3 A |F2 E3 D |E4 B2 |e3 f e2 |e3 d B2 |G3 F E2 |B4 z c |d3 A2 G |F3 G A2 |d3 e f2 |g4 f2 |
e3 f e2 |e3 d B2 |G3 F E2 |B4 z c |d3 A2 G |F3 G A2 |F3 E D2 |E6 |]
%End of file
You can hear the MP3 recording on Lothlorien pages on MP3.com: The](http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/cds/46/46196.html%3EThe) Black Cat
Hope this helps you …
I was thinking perhaps the Brian Boru March, since it was (supposedly, anyway) originally written as a funeral march.
Redwolf
the old bog road
blind mary, one of my favorites. http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/tunes/tab/tab2/blin.html
i think someone also recetnally post it on teh clips and snips site.
-andrew cassidy