26 Oct 13 - 09:55 AM (#3570231) Subject: Tune Req: captain albert alexander steam powered g From: GUEST,Em Hi, wondering if there is anyone who would be willing to create a basic Midi of the song "captain albert alexander" by steam powered giraffe. Think this song would sound really good on Piano Accordion... hears a link to the song; http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Captain+Albert+Alexander/6CSx7S?src=5 and a link to a version that's sounds similar to a midi on u tube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWY83z3nteo hope this helps =-) |
26 Oct 13 - 02:12 PM (#3570299) Subject: RE: Tune Req: captain albert alexander steam powered g From: GUEST,. or is it possible for anyone to convert second YouTube link into midi format?? |
26 Oct 13 - 03:45 PM (#3570312) Subject: ADD: Capt Albert Alexander (David Bennett) From: Joe Offer It's obvious that the YouTube video started life as a MIDI, but I have no idea how it could be converted back - except by a genius with a very good ear (or the sheet music). It's a great tune. For the sake of completeness, here are the lyrics: CAPTAIN ALBERT ALEXANDER (David Bennett) When he was a boy he wanted to play down by the sea At age thirteen every day after school he would always sail around the lake All the people would stand and stare as he sailed around with precision and care With his bi-corner hat and the way he would stand he looked just like a Navy man All the townsfolk would gather and say, and sing away Captain Albert Alexander He'll be a brave seafarer someday But that Captain Albert Alexander He'll go down in the waves By age twenty four he had left the shore and was sailing for the Queen On a dark starry night Albert awoke to the sound of his Captain screaming as he was drowned The Navy crew was taking a lick pirates had invaded the ship But Albert with one aimed harpoon ignited their rum with a spark and soon flames drove the pirates away the Navy sang Captain Albert Alexander Saved his crew from pirate slaughter But that Captain Albert Alexander He'll go down in the water Now everyone dance Dance. Dance. Twenty some odd years later On his ship The Sea Slater He sailed into a mass of blubber Gazing up to the sky stood a large walrus that was a hundred stories high, it meant no harm The walrus was in a great deal of pain It suffered from a tusk with tooth decay Albert threw his anchor 'round its tusk with a little bit of pulling it was out by dusk The walrus thanked Albert and sang, as he sailed away Captain Albert Alexander Friend to sea urchin and me But that Captain Albert Alexander He'll go down in the sea At a ripe old age lightning struck from the sky and split Albert's vessel in two One hundred men fled for their lives on rafts across the ocean blue Albert stood at the stern of his ship A giant octopus had him in its grip A vortex of spiraling death below ripped and sharks and electric eels all made the trip to see Albert sink to the bottom of the sea Just before he went down he called out to his crew It's obvious that my time has come I'll let this ending ensue I've led an exciting nautical life it would seem and there's no better end than a death by the sea His crew sang Captain Albert Alexander He went down in the sea But that Captain Albert Alexander He'll go down in history That Captain Albert Alexander He went down in the sea "Captain Albert Alexander" Lyrics Music & Lyrics by David Bennett Source: http://www.steampoweredgiraffe.com/CAAlyrics.html (corrected) Recording at http://www.steampoweredgiraffe.com/ |
26 Oct 13 - 03:54 PM (#3570316) Subject: RE: Tune: capt albert alexander steam powered giraffe From: GUEST,leeneia I sometimes open YouTube and Noteworthy side by side and transcribe a song, but THAT song would take hours because the timing is so, um, erratic. I suggest you listen to it till you get it by heart and play it by ear. |
27 Oct 13 - 05:08 AM (#3570414) Subject: RE: Tune: capt albert alexander steam powered giraffe From: GUEST,Em Thanks for your suggestions, spent ages earlier trying to work out the abc notation but that was no use, I cant play by ear to save my life!! |
28 Oct 13 - 04:26 AM (#3570674) Subject: RE: Tune: capt albert alexander steam powered giraffe From: GUEST,Jon sorry, I can not play by ear either... =-( |
28 Oct 13 - 06:26 PM (#3570895) Subject: RE: Tune: capt albert alexander steam powered giraffe From: GUEST,leeneia I'll get you started. On the video that Em linked, the music starts with a repetitious 'guitar' pattern for a bit. Ignore it. The true melody seems to be in the key of C. The first notes (not chords, notes) are C GG C D. Once you know the tune, take up your piano accordion, play C GG C D and take it from there. There are a lot of repeated notes. |