Fair enough. George Welch sings it in B minor -
or very low of course. though George appears to be having problems with
the high notes even at this pitch.
c
__________________________________________________________________
From: Matt Seattle [mailto:theborderpi...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 5:12 PM
To: BIRCH Christopher (DGT)
Cc: anth...@robbpipes.com; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: Tuning
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:06 AM, <[1]christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu>
wrote:
> Also, it's a song and all of the singers I have backed prefer
that key.
Yes, it would be horribly high in A min unless you were a natural
light tenor.
Fair enough. George Welch sings it in B minor -
[2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=map9v2neGbA
and Judy Dinning sings it in A minor.
As a non-NSP player I had assumed that it would feel more at home on
the un-keyed notes. Robert Bewick has it in A minor in a setting which
has high a and omits f.
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References
1. mailto:christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=map9v2neGbA
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