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20 Oct 12 - 05:52 PM (#3423206) Subject: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: skarpi Altan -- The Wind and Rain chords i need help with this one ... all the best skarpi |
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21 Oct 12 - 01:37 PM (#3423664) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: GUEST,999 E A There were two sisters came walking down the stream D A E Oh, the wind and the rain E A One behind pushed the other one in B C#m D E Cryin' oh, the dreadful wind and rain from ultimateguitar |
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21 Oct 12 - 01:49 PM (#3423673) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: skarpi I saw that ... but I am wandering if altan is using DADGAD tuning ? I am not sure .. and also I think they start the song in A ...and I turned the chords , but still something is missing .. kv Skarpi .... |
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21 Oct 12 - 02:14 PM (#3423687) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: alex s Daithi Sproule usually plays in DADGAD. |
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22 Oct 12 - 12:16 PM (#3424200) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: GUEST,leeneia Hello, skarpi. I'm interested in the song, and I'm making a MIDI of the version on YouTube. (Search for Altan the wind and the rain.) It's in the key of D. It's pretty low - the singer is an alto. The first three syllables ("there were two") seem to be pick-up notes. I have to leave the mudcat and to take a friend to the doctor. I'll be back later today, so I hope you check later on to see what I've figured out. I think this would make a nice flute tune as well as a ballad. |
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22 Oct 12 - 01:01 PM (#3424230) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: skarpi Hi Leeneia ..., ja well this tune is a good one and yes it could be a nice flute tune as well , ...I have been on you tupe ...I am afraid I am not good enough to figure this out 100 % ,but I am trying O) .. Yes after listen to it again its in D ... thanks again .. Skarpi . |
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22 Oct 12 - 06:05 PM (#3424393) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: GUEST,leeneia Here's what I get: [pick up notes. no chord] There were two A/ sis-ters G/ tum tee tu- A/ um. G/O the D/wind and A/rain. D/One was dark and the* o-ther was fair. Em/O the dread-ful* G/wind and ra-- A/ ain a * means that the note is dissonant. Thoughts on this song: The singer on YouTube is going too fast. Even after listening many times, I can't figure out the words that come after 'sisters.' I think it sounds too cheerful and businesslike to be about a drowning. I'm pretty sure that when this song was sung in the old days, the listeners joined in to sing 'Oh the wind and rain' and also 'O the dreadful wind and rain.' And after a while, a few people would make up a little harmony on those words. That's how we do it here in Kansas City. It helps pass the long, damp nights as we huddle around the fireplaces in our drafty old castles. It was hard to figure out the note lengths from that recording. I'm not sure I have them right even after trying for a long time. |
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22 Oct 12 - 06:18 PM (#3424404) Subject: RE: LYR ADD The Wind and Rain- Altan From: maeve These seem sufficiently different from the two versions I found in the DT. Lyrics as posted at the following YouTube link: Altan -- The Wind and Rain - Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh vocalist "The Wind and Rain" Altan- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh THE WIND AND RAIN (as sung by Altan) There were two sisters of County Clare Oh, the wind and rain One was dark and the other was fair Oh, the dreadful wind and rain And they both had the love of the miller's son Oh, the wind and rain But he was fond of the fairer one Oh, the dreadful wind and rain So she pushed her into the river to drown Oh, the wind and rain And watched her as she floated out Oh, the dreadful wind and rain She floated 'til she came to the miller's pond Oh, the wind and rain Dead on the water like a golden swan Oh, the dreadful wind and rain And she came to rest on the riverside Oh, the wind and rain And her bones were washed by the rolling tide Oh, the dreadful wind and rain And along the road came a fiddler fair Oh, the wind and rain And found her bones just lying there Oh, the dreadful wind and rain So he made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone Oh, the wind and rain He made a fiddle peg of her long finger bone Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain And he strung his fiddle bow with her long yellow hair Oh, the wind and rain He strung his fiddle bow with her long yellow hair Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain And he made a little fiddle of her little breast bone Oh, the wind and rain He made a fiddle of her little breast bone Crying, oh, the dreadful wind and rain But the only tune that the fiddle would play Was oh, the wind and rain The only tune that the fiddle would play Was oh, the dreadful wind and rain |
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22 Oct 12 - 08:38 PM (#3424493) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: skarpi I got too version one in D and the other is in A ...and the third in E ...now E version is not good ...something is missing there ... Aversion ....is better I like it ....but still some thing is bothering me still ......I ´ll find out soon ...I this what you gave out here |
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23 Oct 12 - 04:15 AM (#3424607) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: skarpi now this is my version after last night ... A G D There were two sisters of County Clare G D A Oh the wind and rain A G D one was dark and the other was fair Em F#m G A oh the dreadful wind and rain .. or the last line is Em G A oh the dreadful wind and rain .. now this is what i hear and my guitar is in normal tuning .. this is going to be my nest task in guitar school next week .. all the best Skarpi ... |
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23 Oct 12 - 04:56 AM (#3424622) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: skarpi the F#m is wrong ..... |
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23 Oct 12 - 06:21 AM (#3424648) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: Brian Peters "two sisters from County Clare" It's not what the questioner was asking for, but maybe it should be mentioned that 'County Clare' has apparently been tacked on to an American version of the 'Two Sisters' ballad, to give it an Irish location. In fact the ballad, though very popular in Britain and North America, was found very rarely in Ireland. Even in America, 'Wind and Rain' accounts for only a tiny number of the many versions of 'Two Sisters', most of which have a 'Bow Down' chorus. |
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23 Oct 12 - 10:00 AM (#3424725) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: GUEST,leeneia The version of this song which is on YouTube and is performed by Altan is in the key of D, but the first and last chords are A's. That puts it in the Mixolydian mode. That's quaint, but it doesn't change anything about performing it. Another thing about it is that it's pretty low. Its lowest note is the A below middle C. If a soprano or tenor wanted to sing it, it would be a good idea to transpose it to a new key. The chord transposing wheel, which you find on the net somewhere, would come in handy here. When I sing music, I like to think about the 'pipe and drum' idea. This is the idea that we can add variety by making some phrases flute-like and others percussive. This song seems to beg us to make the first 'o the wind and rain' flute-like and flowing. The phrase 'o the dreadful wind and rain' is a great one to make percussive. Especially the thick, thudding word 'dreadful.' It's another way to pass a long, clammy night. |
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23 Oct 12 - 11:00 AM (#3424773) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: skarpi Brian where can I get the old version then ? |
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23 Oct 12 - 11:02 AM (#3424774) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: skarpi right , :O) ...takk fyrir þetta .... |
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23 Oct 12 - 11:12 AM (#3424778) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: maybelle_fan My band Second Wind recorded this last year. We use a E-A-D-A-E progression that rolls nicely while we sing the whole thing in harmony, capoed one fret for the kwy of F. I'm a contralto, while the other lady is an alto, and accompanied by a single guitar. It works. This is a grand song done in harmony or as a solo with drama and drive. |
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23 Oct 12 - 12:17 PM (#3424822) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: Brian Peters Skarpi, there's one version right here on this site: Dan Tate's 'Wind and Rain' A copy of Kilby Snow's lyrics, on which the Grateful Dead's version was based, is here: Kilby Snow's version Altan's seems to use some lines from old Scots copies in Child's collection, such as the making of the fiddle from her breast bone, and one or two lines they may have composed themselves. The whole business of the magical fiddle fashioned from body parts is interesting, as this part of the story had disappeared from most of the versions collected in the 20th century, which usually end with the miller pushing the woman back into his pond, and getting hung for murder. 'The Wind and Rain' is unusual in that it does include the fiddle. Texts from the Child Ballad collection |
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23 Oct 12 - 12:35 PM (#3424834) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: Mysha Hi, No relevance to the chords actually used by anyone, but seeing the title, I started singing the song and, well, I had a guitar standing next to me, so this is what came out: There (A)were two (A)sisters a-(G)coming down a (A)stream (G)Oh the (-)wind and (A)rain (A) the (A)one be-(A)hind pushed the (D)other one (D)in, crying (Em)oh, the (-)dreadful (-)wind and (A)rain. Well, works for me. But probably only worth mentioning for the three no-chords I felt the melody asked for. Now that I'm typing it: These are the mentions of "wind". Apparently, they are different, somehow. Things like that always make me wonder whether the tune mentioned in the song really existed, in this case whether there really was/is a tune called "The Dreadful Wind and Rain". Bye Mysha (Does this mean I've done my first own arrangement?) |
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23 Oct 12 - 12:52 PM (#3424846) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: GUEST,leeneia Yes, it does mean you have done your own first arrangement. Congratulations! As for the tune mentioned in the song, I doubt it it ever existed. But wouldn't it be wonderful it someone found it? |
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23 Oct 12 - 01:49 PM (#3424890) Subject: RE: Chord Req: Altan -- The Wind and Rain From: skarpi right , now I will listen again and find out my version of it thanks all ... p.s I think I will use Altan lyric ....and play it a little slower to begin with ........ kv Skarpi Iceland . |