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Subject: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Susan-Marie Date: 08 Sep 05 - 11:31 AM DOes anyone have a simple harmony for the song Mist Covered Mountains? I lost the one I had written down and I need something for rehearsal tonight. If you could PM me with the midi that would be great! Thanks. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: MMario Date: 08 Sep 05 - 11:52 AM *grin* Wish I could help you as I was singing this with friends last weekend and there were some beautiful harmonies going on - but I couldn't tell you what the ladies were doing... |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Susan-Marie Date: 08 Sep 05 - 12:08 PM *grin back* Where's that hum-to-midi software when you need it? I haven't done this song in a while but our band is singing at a memorial/dedication service for local victims of the 9/11 plane crash at the Pentagon, and this is the song we're ending with. It's perfect for expressing sorrow and hope. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 09 Sep 05 - 12:20 PM http://www.contemplator.com/scotland/mistcvd.html You can get a midi here. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Jim McLean Date: 09 Sep 05 - 02:31 PM There's quite a bit of confusion over this melody. The melody (midi) that Barry Taylor has put up in the link mentioned by Sandy is my adaption of the pipe version of Mist Covered Mountains, which is called Smile in your Sleep or Hush Hush. Note the double beat at the end of the line so that one can sing 'Baby' as two syllables. The words printed on the same link do not fit this melody as the tune for Mist covered Mountains as a song is different. In the Contemplator link which features my version, the first melody (my chorus) is repeated and should only be played once, likewise the second melody (my verse) is also played twice where it should only be played once. Barry Taylor has MIDI'd my song and called it Mist Covered Mountains.. The correct tune for the singing version of MCM can be found at http://ingeb.org/songs/mistcovd.html Both melodies are obviously similar but the differences should be pointed out. Hope this is not too confusing. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 09 Sep 05 - 03:27 PM Hi Jim, The only song that I remember my father ever singing was "Chì Mi Na Mórbheanna ", but of course it was in the "old tongue". My mother was the singer and she did it much more often. It is only in recent years that I have heard it as "Mist Covered Mountains." I am not familiar with "Smile In Your Sleep" but I intend to change that. As a descendant of Clearance exiles it sure interests me. If it is anyway near as powerful as your song about Glencoe it should be better known in Cape Breton, as this is where many of them started a new life. Cum suas e! Sandy |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: GUEST,Barry T Date: 09 Sep 05 - 04:22 PM JM> Barry Taylor has MIDI'd my song and called JM> it Mist Covered Mountains. Caution on your assumptions, Jim. In fact I've never heard your song! I am a piper. When I sequenced the midi all I did was create it based on the pipe notation that's been around for well over a hundred years and that I personally have played for almost forty years. The double notes at the ends of lines have nothing whatsoever to do with lyrics. They replicate the taorluath or birl embellishments played by pipers at the ends of those lines. (Pipe notation never seems to feature tied sustained notes... but I've never figured out why!) The parts in the midi also correspond to the way pipers play most two parted tunes... each part repeated as in AABB. Until I heard The Rankin Family sing it (Chì Mi Na Mórbheanna ), I never knew there *were* lyrics! |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Cluin Date: 09 Sep 05 - 04:27 PM Just avoid those high squeaky Rankin harmonies that make your back teeth ache. Something like Scara Brae did would be nice, though. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Jim McLean Date: 09 Sep 05 - 04:35 PM Hi Barry, I'm also a piper, hence the tune I used. The lyrics (Chì Mi Na Mórbheanna} in gaelic and the English words have been sung in Scotland for a long time to the tune found at http://ingeb.org/songs/mistcovd.html. I wanted to point out that if any one wanted to sing The Mist Covered Mountains in either Gaelic or English then the melody you MIDI'd was not the one they should use. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Jim McLean Date: 09 Sep 05 - 05:15 PM PS for Susan-Marie, Which tune do you know as the melody for Mist Covered Mountains, the MIDI here http://www.contemplator.com/scotland/mistcvd.html or the MIDI here http://ingeb.org/songs/mistcovd.html It would be good to know so that your initial request for a harmony could be addressed. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: duchess Date: 15 Sep 05 - 09:42 AM Master Mario sang this with us so beautifully - we just play with harmony till it sounds pretty, but there is a lovely recording of it by The Crimson Pirates (NY Tuxedo Renn Faire) with 3 or 4 part harmonies. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Celtaddict Date: 15 Sep 05 - 01:54 PM Master MMario, as well, sings this on his CD, in a solo unaccompanied version that is positively wonderful and the best I've ever heard. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: MMario Date: 15 Sep 05 - 02:08 PM Ladies, I thank you for your kind words; and I blush. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: GUEST,SUsan-MArie (where's my cookie?) Date: 22 Sep 05 - 01:53 PM SIGH. Well, I cobbled together something for the memorial service but it didn't work well so I thought I'd keep seeking help for the next time we sing it. The trouble is, I first learned this melody as "Smile in Your SLeep". Then I found "Mist Covered Mountains" and basically used the SIYS tune for the MCM words. This is the "folk process", right? SO, anyone have a harmony for the tune found at http://www.contemplator.com/scotland/mistcvd.html? |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Susan-Marie Date: 22 Sep 05 - 02:03 PM AH, there's my cookie. Jim - since you wrote this tune (albeit for different lyrics), have you written a harmony? DO any of your published arrangements have a harmony? If so, where do I buy a copy? And finally, may I have your kind permission to sing this tune with the MCM lyrics? I do love the SIYS words, but for some occasions the MCM lyrics work better. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 22 Sep 05 - 06:46 PM Susan-Marie. E-mail me! I have some old Gaelic song books with the Chì Mi Na Morbheana in a form with harmonies. These were used by choirs for competition in the National Mod. I can probably scan it and e-mail you. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Jim McLean Date: 23 Sep 05 - 05:09 PM Susan-Marie, My Lyrics fit the Mist Covered Mountain tune Midid by Barry Taylor, who, as we know did not know there were any words, as he Midid the pipe tune but the verse of Mist Covered Mountains/Chi Mi Na Morbheanna will not fit that tune. Have a look at both these sites and compare lyrics and melodies. http://ingeb.org/songs/mistcovd.html and http://ingeb.org/songs/onceourv.html Mine's is the second one and you'll see/hear that the verse structure is different. The Mist Covered/Chi mi verse is almost the same as the chorus. George's contribution will back this up. I'm afraid I don't have any harmonies to offer. Regards |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Jim McLean Date: 23 Sep 05 - 06:12 PM PS Maybe the DigiTrad should post the correct tune for the songs Mist Covered Mountains/Chi Mi na Morbheanna which is found at http://ingeb.org/songs/mistcovd.html as Barry Taylor's Midi of the pipe tune has caused confusion for those who want to sing the original song(s) to the correct tune. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: GUEST,CelticFireFighter Date: 24 May 08 - 03:24 AM Chì mi na mórbheanna The Gaelic words of this song were written in 1856 by John Cameron of Ballachulish, Scotland, although the title was originally "Dùil ri Baile Chaolais fhaicinn" (Hoping to see Ballachulish), and it was set to an air adapted from the English tune "Johnny stays long at the Fair."This song was a favorite of King George VI and was played at his funeral. It was also played as a lament for President John F. Kennedy´s funeral. Chì mi na mórbheanna Séist O chì, chì mi na mórbheanna O chì, chì mi na còrrbheanna O chì, chì mi na coireachan Chì mi na sgoran fo cheò Chì mi gun dàil an t-àite 'san d'rugadh mi Cuirear orm fàilte 'sa' chànain a thuigeas mi Gheibh mi ann aoidh agus gràdh nuair ruigeam Nach reicinn air tunnachan òir Séist Chì mi ann coilltean, chì mi ann doireachan Chì mi ann maghan bàna is toraiche Chì mi na féidh air làr nan coireachan Falaicht' an trusgan de cheò Séist Beanntaichean àrda is àillidh leacainnean Sluagh ann an còmhnuidh is còire cleachdainnean 'S aotrom mo cheum a' leum g'am faicinn Is fanaidh mi tacan le deòin Séist The Mist Covered Mountains Chorus Oh, I see, I see the great mountains Oh, I see, I see the lofty mountains Oh, I see, I see the corries I see the peaks beneath the mist I see, straight away, the place of my birth I will be welcomed in a language which I understand I will receive hospitality and love when I reach there That I would not trade for a ton of gold Chorus I see woods there, I see thickets there I see fair, fertile fields there I see the deer on the ground of the corries Shrouded in a garment of mist Chorus High moutains with lovely slopes Folk there who are always kind Light is my step when I go bounding to see them And I will willingly remain there for a long while Chorus |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Jack Campin Date: 24 May 08 - 08:14 PM My browser is attempting to make sense of that as UTF-8 and not doing very well. I know what most of the Gaelic words are, but if I didn't I'd never figure them out. For example, the Gaelic word for "chorus" you're using displays here as a four-letter word, What encoding do you think you're using? I've got a Mod setting from about 100 years ago somewhere around here. Hard to say if it's in worse taste than what a present-day jazz-trained guitarist would do to it. (I once played in a band where the harmonizer insisted on some sort of diminished chord at the start of the third line - the most you could say for it was that it was over quickly). Alternating pedal notes on the tonic and subtonic would be quite enough. |
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Subject: RE: harmony for Mist Covered Mountains From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 24 May 08 - 09:03 PM There should be a law against browsers that can't speak Gaelic. "Tha mi an dochas a nis!" :-} Slainte, Sandy |
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