Matty Groves

talasiga · Post by **talasiga** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:53 pm

Hi Lambchop and friends.
Can anyone help me find whistle tablature for Matty Groves?
How different is it to Shady Grove?
If this is already covered somewhere in these forums, please PM me
and then I'll delete this as a redundant topic.

An audio link would suit me fine also. I can work it out by ear.

Much obliged
(NB this is not a talasiga prank).

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:22 pm

Tal, I don't have an instrument here to check but I'd have thought that the melody to Matty Groves that I'm familiar with contains about five notes and is only marginally more sophisticated than Three Blind Mice. If you can hum it, you'll have it down cold after five minutes of noodling.

Here you go. Funky little midi file in there:

http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe ... TIEG2.html

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:27 pm

audio
chords

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:28 am

Years ago Christy Moore recorded a song with Planxty, entitled "The Little Musgrave". Essentially, it is the same exact story, but I find the music to it far more pleasing to the ear than that of "Matty Groves".

Might be worth looking into if you are interested.

talasiga · Post by **talasiga** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:23 am

Yes, I have heard this kind of song before but mostly I am nominally ambient

Thank you Wombat and Denny. I appreciate the suggestion Joseph.
I saw that Musgrave name in my hunt somewhere.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:36 am

talasiga wrote:Yes, I have heard this kind of song before but mostly I am nominally ambient
Thank you Wombat and Denny. I appreciate the suggestion Joseph.
I saw that Musgrave name in my hunt somewhere.

Christy's version is a beautiful rendering of the song, a haunting yet lovely and delicate melody. If you can find it (I forget the album it appears on off hand), give it a listen. I think it is worth it. So much so I took the time to learn it... all of it... and though I haven't played it many years, it is not likely I'll ever forget it.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:39 am

Its also on their Reunion DVD/CD

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:13 am

fel bautista wrote:Its also on their Reunion DVD/CD

... which, I have yet to see, I've heard it's great. I've been a Planxty fan from the early 80's. Mighty combination of musicians throughout the years!

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:22 am

Little Musgrave was on the Planxty album The Woman I Loved So Well.
On the reunion DVD, Moore relates how he found the lyrics as a poem
on the floor of a now-defunct auction house. He showed them to Irvine
who already had the tune.

There are many versions of this story. The names and locations in this
particular version are entirely fictional, from what I've read (Mudcat has
lots of notes on it). I am so-so on this tune but for the bit where O'Flynn
comes in on UPs to sound like the warning horn - that bit never fails to
raise a lump n my throat. It is perfect.

djm

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:42 am

djm wrote:... the bit where O'Flynn
comes in on UPs to sound like the warning horn - that bit never fails to
raise a lump n my throat. It is perfect.

djm

It is indeed painfully beautiful. That song remains among my favorites.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:00 pm

The most chillingly intense version of Matty Groves must surely be that of Sandy Denny on Fairport's Liege and Lief.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:17 pm

Wombat wrote:The most chillingly intense version of Matty Groves must surely be that of Sandy Denny on Fairport's Liege and Lief.

I figured it would not be long before the great Sandy Denny was mentioned.

Here's a video.

Enjoy,

Slan,
D.

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:19 pm

Its a shame there never was any film captured of the only Sandy Denny song I ever liked: Battle of Evermore.

djm

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:28 pm

dubhlinn wrote: I figured it would not be long before the great Sandy Denny was mentioned.

Here's a video.

Enjoy,

Slan,
D.

thanks for the site; reallly loved her voice

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:56 am

fel bautista wrote:
dubhlinn wrote: I figured it would not be long before the great Sandy Denny was mentioned.

Here's a video.

Enjoy,

Slan,
D.
thanks for the site; reallly loved her voice

Then what you (and everybody else) need is this:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... E?v=glance