Somehow the third Thursday of the month came sneaking up on me when I wasn't looking. (OK, OK, it's because Oct. 1 fell on a Thursday. It happens every seven months or so, and I should have been looking out for it.) Anyway, our "third Thursday" Clayville-Prairieland slow jam and song learning session is this Thursday, Oct. 15, at our usual location, Atonement-Faith-Luther Memorial Church, 2800 West Jefferson. Same place, new name.
Rather than introduce a new tune this week, I'm linking you to to lyrics, guitar chords (in D), lead sheets and dulcimer tab for a couple of songs we've done in the past -- "Wild Mountain Thyme" and "Hard Times Come Again No More." I'm also linking to performances I found on YouTube that were posted from the BBC-4 television series "Transatlantic Sessions," that brought together roots musicians from Ireland, the UK and the US (especially Nashville) in 1996. Both performances are stunning.
And I'm posting links to dulcimer tab for our holiday performance. In the past, we have played at Atonement's Advent soup supper in December as our way of saying thanks for the use of the building, and I will keep you posted as plans develop for the new blended parish.
Lots of links this time -- you can either save this email message or go to my blog where I will copy this message and embed the videos at:
http://hogfiddle.blogspot.com/2015/10/wild-mountain-thyme-hard-times-advent.html [this location]!
ADVENT/CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST
At our last session, we decided on the music for our annual holiday performance. Links are to dulcimer tab w/ guitar chords available on line. But these songs are pretty standard, and the chords -- as always -- can be varied as you see fit. The songs are:
-- I Saw Three Ships -- http://barbfeick.com/vaudeville/Tabs/Dulcimer/Christmas%20DAA/I_Saw_Three_Ships_DAA.pdf.
-- Cherry Tree Carol -- http://archive.dulcimersessions.com/dec07/smith.html.
-- What Child is This -- http://www.thedulcimerhymnal.com/resources/media/What_Child_Is_This2.pdf (in E minor, a key that dulcimers can play in DAD tuning).
-- Joy to the World -- http://www.thedulcimerhymnal.com/resources/media/Joy_to_the_World.pdf
-- Silent Night -- http://www.threeriversdulcimersociety.net/Music/Silent%20Night%20-%203RDS%20(ME%20111213).pdf.
If you have other sheet music, I'm sure it will work just as well.
WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
As performed by Dick Gaughan, Emmylou Harris, The McGarrigles and Rufus Wainwright on BBC-4's Transatlantic Sessions.
Mountain dulcimer tab. EverythingDulcimer.com has three sets of tab. We want the one posted by RL Walker -- in DAD and DAA -- because it has lyrics and suggested guitar chords:
http://www.everythingdulcimer.com/files/tab/wild_mountain_thyme.pdf.
Lyrics and chords. This song is usually in G -- I don't know who could possibly sing it that high. Sopranos? Men who had had an unfortunate accident? -- but the UltimateGuitar.com website has it in D. When you go to print out a copy, click on "font size" a time or two (I did it three times) to enlarge it. Link here:
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/traditional_irish/wild_mountain_thyme_crd.htm.
HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE
Kate & Anna McGarrigle and friends (Rufus Wainwright - son of Kate -, Emmylou Harris, Mary Black, Karen Matheson, Rod Paterson) perform Stephen Foster's Hard times come again no more during the Transatlantic sessions.
Shelley Stevens http://archive.dulcimersessions.com/feb06/foster.html.
Steve Smith http://www.everythingdulcimer.com/files/tab/hard_times.pdf.
Guitar chords http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/s/stephen_foster/hard_times_come_again_no_more_crd.htm.
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