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24 Mar 09 - 11:49 AM (#2596186) Subject: Modal Appalachian songs From: Jayto I want to find some more modal Appalchian songs. Kind of in the vein of Coockoo Bird, Rueben's Train, Honeybaby,.. etc. I know my spelling is off and I also know some of the ones I listed are older than what would be considered Appalachian but that gives you an idea of the type of sound. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. cya JT |
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24 Mar 09 - 12:39 PM (#2596230) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: maeve Many of Jean Ritchie's songs would be appropriate, Jayto. She is Mudcat's kytrad, and I doubt she's ever sung or played a poor one. maeve |
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24 Mar 09 - 12:47 PM (#2596238) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: Jayto Oh yeah I am familiar with her. Thanks for reminding me. I knew I was just needing my memory jogged a little. thanks JT |
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24 Mar 09 - 01:43 PM (#2596272) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: oombanjo Bangum, same old man. chilly winds. Aint got no Honey baby now,Rock the cradle.Sailaway ladies.Little Sadie. |
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24 Mar 09 - 02:41 PM (#2596316) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: Jayto I will have to check it out. I haven't heard a few of those. Little Sadie and Honey Baby are the only 2 I am familiar with. Thanks JT |
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24 Mar 09 - 02:45 PM (#2596319) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: ClaireBear Does Some Dark Holler qualify? C |
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24 Mar 09 - 02:58 PM (#2596330) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: Sorcha Shady Grove, Mattie Groves, LOTS of the Child Ballads, Cluck Old Hen, Cold Frosty Morning, Home with the Girls in the Morning... |
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24 Mar 09 - 03:33 PM (#2596367) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: fretless Elzig's Farewell, East Virginia (at least in some of its variants). Try going to banjo tab sites such as Banjo Hangout and look for tunes in modal tuning, gDGCD. |
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24 Mar 09 - 03:34 PM (#2596369) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: fretless And once you've got your list, post it for the rest of us! |
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05 Apr 09 - 09:03 AM (#2605007) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: Nehi Here's 200 appalachian songs you might find interesting. http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/english-folk-songs/ |
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05 Apr 09 - 12:12 PM (#2605075) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: Geoff the Duck Shall we turn that nto a BLICKY - http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/english-folk-songs/. Quack! GtD. |
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05 Apr 09 - 12:36 PM (#2605085) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: Nehi Thanks Geoff. |
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05 Apr 09 - 01:15 PM (#2605106) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: WyoWoman What a treasure, Nehi! Thank you so much. It is bookmarked in my world now! --WW |
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05 Apr 09 - 04:15 PM (#2605185) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: open mike Tim Eriksen does some wonderful ones...he is in the group Cordelia's Dad and has had a hand in the music from several movies...he also specializes in shape note singing as seen in Cold Mountain. I played a cut from "Spine" (on my radio show yesterday) by Cordellia's Dad and it has those haunting modal harmonies... |
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05 Apr 09 - 04:25 PM (#2605189) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: open mike http://www.timeriksen.net/, http:// www.cordeliasdad.com |
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05 Apr 09 - 09:51 PM (#2605361) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: GUEST,Michele Callaghan Also you can find some good songs on Elizabeth LaPrelle's CDs. She has a different kind of voice than Jean Ritchie but is a good example of Appalachian-style singing. |
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05 Apr 09 - 09:57 PM (#2605365) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: open mike see: http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/appalach.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-time_music and http://www.aca-dla.org/dlamusic/dlamusic.html |
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06 Apr 09 - 02:24 AM (#2605442) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: Tradsinger Check out our version of 'The Wife of Usher's Well'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbri9Nfjcr8 Enjoy Tradsinger |
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06 Apr 09 - 03:24 AM (#2605458) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: Spleen Cringe Cath and Phil Tyler. Lovely stuff. I believe Cath used to be in Cordelia's Dad, too. |
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06 Apr 09 - 12:07 PM (#2605679) Subject: RE: Modal Appalachian songs From: Stringsinger Almeda Riddle, Texas Gladden, Horton Barker (these are voices you have to get used to) all sang songs of this tradition. Buell Kazee, Clarence Ashley,(East Virginia) and of course Jean Ritchie carries on this tradition (as well as the Ritchie family from the Cumberlands). It's a marvelous musical style that is often not understood by new interpreters. Peg Seeger knows about this style too. "Wedding Dress" for example. Or Hally Wood's "Saint James Hospital". The "modal" thing is speculative. Were the so-called Church modes employed by these traditional Appalachian songs? The jury is out on that one. Check out Texas Gladden singing "I Never Will Marry". "Cousin" Emmy singing "East Virginia Girls". Then there's the "House Carpenter", many versions of "Barbara Allen" that precede the popularization by such folks as Joan Baez. The connection with the ballad style of Northern Ireland and the Scottish Border becomes apparent when you hear these old-time ballads. "Lord Randall" has some interesting variations as well. When you bring in the conventional chord structure of the guitars and some banjos (though many tunings were used to incorporate the old-style tunes), the original unusual quality of these old style songs were lost into the stew of early "country music". This is what Cecil Sharp was complaining about and he may have had a point. Early "country" music has it's own quality, though, differerent from what we're talking about here. Frank |