The Coventry Carol

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The Coventry Carol

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A little ditty fer the season.
I recorded this as part of a benefit cd
of Christmas music for a local social service agency.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJhlml-W8wg

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Boehm Alto flute in G
Soprano, Tenor and Bass Krummhorns
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Uilleann Pipes.
Tin Whistle
Freeze Dried Percussion (digital drum machine.).

I hope you don't mind the tuning
as I paid no mind to it. :D
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oleorezinator wrote:I hope you don't mind the tuning
as I paid no mind to it. :D
Fancy that. All the more authentic for it, I should imagine. :wink:
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That was nice, I enjoyed it.

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I quite like that. Tuning seems fine to me.

I do have a quibble - the descending scale in the last line of the melody is not the tune. I think the crotchet minim rhythm is important in this piece.
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Oh good grief! You've set me off now! I'm now trying to find sheet music for the original Thomas Mawdyke, three part version. I can't find it anywhere. You'd have thought that it would be readily available.

Any clue, anyone?
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benhall.1 wrote:I do have a quibble - the descending scale in the last line of the melody is not the tune. I think the crotchet minim rhythm is important in this piece.
I agree. I learned the basic melody
from the singing of Tony Roberts
and Tony Barrand. Their version
wanders slightly from the original.
I made it into the easy-rocking teenage combo-
rennaissance dance band version ala Gryphon.
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