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Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy

21 Nov 10 - 05:40 PM (#3037608)
Subject: Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST

Can anyone help me with the chords Ave Maria by Eleanor Mcevoy?

21 Nov 10 - 05:41 PM (#3037610)
Subject: RE: Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: The Maverick

Do I have to login in before posting - I see it put me down as a guest
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24 Nov 10 - 03:16 AM (#3039281)
Subject: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: The Maverick

I did post a request last week but it appears to have disappeared despite putting a trace on it, but then I haven't worked out how this forum works, and I'm guessing I'll appear as a guest.
Can anyone help with the lyrics/chords for Ave Maria by Eleanor McEvoy.

24 Nov 10 - 11:17 AM (#3039561)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST,leeneia

I've done a little looking, but haven't found a place on the Internet where I could hear the song. Usually, I go to YouTube for things like this, but the song doesn't seem to be there.

Your request from Nov 21 is still around, but it dropped from the screen because nobody had replied for 24 hours. (I brought it up by setting the time for 14 days.)

Unfortunately, nobody seems to know the tune and to have worked out the chords. At least nobody that's seen your request, Maverick.

Newly-written, copyrighted works such as this song must be can a problem this way.

24 Nov 10 - 11:55 AM (#3039590)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST,Grishka

Well, the lyrics are easy to find by googling. Chords: if you cannot identify them by ear, are you sure you want to perform the song?

24 Nov 10 - 04:29 PM (#3039791)
Subject: add: Ave Maria (Eleanor McEvoy)
From: Joe Offer

For the record, here are the lyrics to this song. I found it at http://www.eleanormcevoy.com. It's on her Early Hours CD. You can hear a sample of the song here and a YouTube recording of part of the song here (click). Maybe some nice guitarist can come up with chords from that. I used to listen to her a lot, but then she became too "pop" for me (or I became too "trad" for her).

AVE MARIA
(Eleanor McEvoy)

Ave Maria, don't let her down
In your powder blue robe and your shiny gold crown
See, she's put all her trust in you
Like she was brought up to do
So Ave Maria don't let her down
You can't let her down

Ave Maria, won't you be kind?
'Cause she's spoken those prayers
Each day of her life
And the suffering that she goes through
She offers it up to you
So Ave Maria please be kind
Try to be kind.

Ave Maria, gracia plaina
Ave Maria, if you're really there
With your perfect white skin and your shiny brown hair
When she kneels amongst the crowd
And sings the "Ave" out loud
Ave Maria, don't you care?
Don't you care?

Ave Maria, gracia plaina

Ave Maria



"gracia plaina" - that's not the way I spell "gratia plena."
I'm not much of a guitarist, and I can't hear the chords; but it looks like she's playing it in "G" capo up 2 - (pattern is G, C, D7)

25 Nov 10 - 06:16 AM (#3040136)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST,Grishka

Right, Joe. Basically fingering G e C (resp. A) D7 in slight variations. G major up 2 makes it A major, suitable for baritones of any gender. You may want to transpose the song, but don't push the capo up further. Choose a different voicing instead.

As with many such songs, the lyrics are the dominant feature. One thing is interesting about the music though: McEvoy quotes a line of Franz Schubert's tune to "Ellen's prayer" from Sir Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake". "Gratia plena" is from a later adaptation, and "gracia plaina" later still ;-).

(In Rossini's opera "La donna del lago", the role of Chieftain Roderick Dhu demands a male tenor singing about an octave higher than Eleanor McEvoy.)

25 Nov 10 - 07:00 AM (#3040154)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST,Grishka

Correction: In the Youtube video, the capo is three semitones up, i.e. sounding Bb major. Still within my own voice range (baritone).

25 Nov 10 - 03:25 PM (#3040450)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST,leeneia

Let's try this. See if you can work it out if you start in the middle.

I listened to as much of that video as I can stand, and I'm gonna make a MIDI of the phrase 'Ave Maria, tum tee to you.' I'm gonna put it in the guitar-friendly key of D. You figure it out in D, then transpose it to whatever key suits your voice.

I'll send the snippet to Joe, along with the names of the chords. If you need help changing the key, get back to us.

25 Nov 10 - 03:41 PM (#3040455)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST,leeneia

I sent the fragment and some tips to Joe, and he should be able to post it here. Be patient, because today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., a major holiday.
  ===========
  D D D A D G G D A
  A ve Ma ri a tum tee to you
  
  I'm not good with timings, but I'm pretty sure it's in 4/4. The 'A' in  'Ave' is just a pick-up note, so when you are working out the chords, you can skip it at first. The first note of the song is an F#.
  
  You probably won't need all these chords to perform it. This is just to get started with.
  =============

Click to play (EleanorAveChords.mid)

25 Nov 10 - 04:05 PM (#3040462)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: Joe Offer

Link to MIDI above.

25 Nov 10 - 05:32 PM (#3040521)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST,Grishka

Maverick, do you want to use the chords to accompany yourself on the guitar? Or on another instrument? What is your voice range? Are you familiar with the concept of transposition? Do you possess a complete recording? Is it in Bb major?

I wrote above: "If you cannot identify them by ear, are you sure you want to perform the song?" This was not meant as rude as it may sound - sorry. What I want to say: having read the chord names and knowing how to finger them is not sufficient to make a good performance, you should also try to understand the grammatical meaning of the chords, so to speak. (Joe, of course, is an expert in this discipline, but a chivalrous liar. The other day I watched him singing "The Key of R" on Youtube.)

I qualify for some nice guitarist in the sense of "nice try". If further help is desired, just ask.

25 Nov 10 - 06:54 PM (#3040550)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: Joe Offer

Chivalrous liar?????

Hmmmmm.....I like that.

-Joe-

26 Nov 10 - 11:59 AM (#3040897)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST,leeneia

When I click on the link to the MIDI, I get the message 'not enough memory to complete this operation.' This happens whether I left click or right click. (Usually right-clicking works in this situation.)

There are no programs open beside IE.

Anybody know why this is?

26 Nov 10 - 02:28 PM (#3040979)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: Joe Offer

I used to get that message quite often when I used Windows Media Player....one of the reasons I switched to Winamp.

-Joe-

27 Nov 10 - 10:31 AM (#3041402)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST,leeneia

Yesterday, it wouldn't play, but I just played it. It's not my computer, it's somewhere else, but I don't know where.

Here's hoping Maverick (or anybody else) can use it to get started.

09 Mar 17 - 10:31 AM (#3843931)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: GUEST

Has anyone got the chords for It's Mine by Eleanor Mcevoy?

10 Mar 17 - 10:18 AM (#3844097)
Subject: RE: Chords Ave Maria - Eleanor McEvoy
From: leeneia

Guest, start a new thread called "Chord req: It's mine by Eleanor McEvoy"