31 Jul 01 - 02:51 AM (#518198) Subject: L'Chaim' (from Fiddler) From: GUEST,geniesings@hotmail.com Can someone post the lyrics to "L'Chaim" from Fiddler on The Roof (or email them to me)? Chords would help, too, but the tune seems to have pretty predictable chord changes. Tha |
31 Jul 01 - 03:14 AM (#518203) Subject: Lyr Add: TO LIFE / L'CHAIM From: Joe Offer I disagree with the spelling of "L'Chaim" in this text, but here it is. -Joe Offer (e-mail sent)- TO LIFE Here's to our prosperity, our good health and happiness, and most important ... (Le Morta! To Lazar Wolf-- Heaven bless you both, to your health and may we live together in peace! We'll raise a glass and sip a drop of schnapps in honor of the great
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31 Jul 01 - 12:18 PM (#518419) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'L'Chaim' (from Fiddler) From: GUEST,genie Thanks, Joe. |
31 Jul 01 - 12:26 PM (#518422) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'L'Chaim' (from Fiddler) From: Charlie Baum Pronounciation requirement (if you don't want to sound like you don't know what you're singing): Those "k"s in "la kayim" above should be pronounced as gutteral fricatives ("ch" in "Bach" or "loch" or "channukah"). --Charlie Baum |
31 Jul 01 - 05:43 PM (#518634) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'L'Chaim' (from Fiddler) From: Joe Offer Hey, Charlie - this is a family Website. Can you say "fricative" and get away with it? -Joe Offer- |
28 Aug 02 - 12:09 PM (#772974) Subject: Chords Req: L'Chaim (Fiddler) From: Genie Actually, upon trying to play this song, I realized the chord pattern is not quite as "predictable" as I predicted. I can make it sound "almost right" with just Em, B7, E, Am, and D, but it sounds like it needs a couple of others, and I haven't figured them out yet. (I'll probably slap myself when I find out how simple they are!) If one of you just happens to have a lyric/chord key handy, it'd be great if you could post it. Mainly, if you just list what chords you use , it'll be easy to hear where they go. Thanks, Genie |
28 Aug 02 - 01:39 PM (#773031) Subject: Chords Add: L'CHAIM (from 'Fiddler on the Roof') From: Sorcha From the piano score book: In Eb D7-9/D7/G7sus/G7/Cm C7/Fm Bb7/Ebmaj7/Abmaj7/Db/Dbmaj7 Bbm7/G7/D7-9/D7/G7sus/G7 Cm/C7/ Fm/Bb7/Ebmaj7 Abmaj7/Db/Bbmaj7/G7 C/C7/Fm/Cm D7/G7/Cm--C7 Fm/Cm/D7 G/D7-9/D7/G7sus/G7 Cm/C7/Fm Bb7/Ebmaj7/Abmaj7 Db/Dbmaj7/G7 Cm/(final ending--Cm/G7/Cm) I have the whole Fiddler piano book--if you would like sheet music scanned and sent e mail, PM me with address. |
28 Aug 02 - 01:41 PM (#773033) Subject: Chords Add: L'CHAIM (from 'Fiddler on the Roof') From: GUEST,gargoyle This should get you over the hump Genie - Key of Eb minor HAVE FUN!!!
GARGOYLE
From the wedding scene rather than Mr. Offer's pub scene:
To (D7-9) Kudwm (D7) To (G7sus) (G7)L-(Cm)chai-im
To Life To Life Lchaiim |
28 Aug 02 - 03:04 PM (#773105) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'L'Chaim' (from Fiddler) From: Genie Thanks, Sorcha, guest, and Gargoyle. Joe emailed me the words to "L'Chaim" long ago, with a PS "Chords? We don't need no steenking chords!" So, although the song seemed to call for a rather complicated (by folk standards) chord progression, I figured I must be making it more difficult than necessary -- blocking, as it were. Seeing the chords you folks have posted, I realize my first inclination was not far off. I kinda suspected there were a couple of "sus" chords in there. I toyed with diminished chords and they didn't sound right. Interesting that I didn't "hear" the major 7ths (the nemesis chord of some folkies, apparently) -- but I hadn't really sat down and worked through it. Sorcha, yeah, if it's no trouble, do email me that piano score. I already know "Sunrise, Sunset" and I have the lyrics and chords to "Matchmaker" and "If I Were A Rich Man." But if it's easier to just email the whole thing, great. And thanks. Of course, piano scores for pop music and jazz are usually written in keys like E flat and B flat -- which are great for singing but not especially "guitar friendly," so I usually transpose to F, G, D, or C. (Thank goodness there are capos!) Here is what you gave us, Gargoyle, reformatted. L'Chaim! (from Fiddler on the Roof -- Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock, 1964) D7-9 D7 G7sus G7 Cm D7-9 D7 G7sus G7 Cm Fm Cm D7-9 D7 G7sus G7 Cm |
28 Aug 02 - 04:54 PM (#773174) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'L'Chaim' (from Fiddler) From: M.Ted Easier way to play this in A minor, and more like the Russian gypsy song it is supposed to sound like. Sorry about the Bb, Genie, but I couldn't find away around it-- It sounds good with a thumb and fingers strum(using the backs of the nails) so it sounds like "Boom-Cha Boom-cha" and best if you play a thumb arpeggio, so it sounds like "Broom-Cha Broom-Cha"--
E7/ on the word "To", then :
(Bridge)
Repeat Verse--
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28 Aug 02 - 08:33 PM (#773287) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'L'Chaim' (from Fiddler) From: Warsaw Ed There are several MIDI downloads of the melody at: www.musicalheaven.com - a good site for all Broadway musicals [including Gilbert & Sullivan!] Ed |
28 Aug 02 - 09:09 PM (#773305) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'L'Chaim' (from Fiddler) From: Sorcha Genie, I will need your e mail addy--send by PM, OK? Do you want everything you don't have or just L'Chiam? |
29 Aug 02 - 12:34 AM (#773374) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'L'Chaim' (from Fiddler) From: Genie Thanks, Ted, I was gonna have a friend transpose it to a more friendly key using ChordPro, but yours work fine. (BTW, Bb is not hard to play if you can play a barred F chord. Since that chord is movable, you just go up a few frets -- 2 frets down from the C chord, in fact. I never could play "B" very well until I started using the full F chord; then it got easy.) Sorcha, you can email it to me at geniesings@yahoo.com. Any songs you want to send would be welcome. I already know (play and sing) Sunrise, Sunset and Fiddler On The Roof, and I don't 'need' Matchmaker or If I Were A Rich Man, but I don't have any of them in lyrics-with-chords format. Whatever is easiest for you is fine. Thanks so much. Genie |
13 Nov 10 - 03:26 PM (#3031231) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'L'Chaim' (from Fiddler) From: GUEST,doons Hi! I'm desperate for piano music to L'chaim (fiddler on the roof).Can anyone email it to me please? dooniefach@aol.com cheers |
19 Feb 11 - 12:42 PM (#3098585) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: L'Chaim (from 'Fiddler on the Roof') From: AleBrider Hello! I need! for piano music to L'chaim (fiddler on the roof). Can anyone email it to me please? alessandraosella@yahoo.it Sorcha, if you can... sent me your whole Fiddler piano book, please! Bye from Italy |
03 Nov 12 - 06:01 AM (#3430314) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: L'Chaim (from 'Fiddler on the Roof') From: GUEST,Sophia Hey! I would really like L'chaim piano sheet music! would you mind sending it to me please! Thank you so much! my email is cindygohyiqing@live.com.sg Sophia :) |
03 Nov 12 - 08:17 AM (#3430350) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: L'Chaim (from 'Fiddler on the Roof') From: JJ Eleven years is a long wait to make a correction, but when Lazar Wolf calls out to the innkeeper, he calls him, "Reb Mordcha." |
09 Jan 14 - 12:06 PM (#3590406) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: L'Chaim (from 'Fiddler on the Roof') From: GUEST I am a member of an adult B'nai mitzvah group that is having our service in a few weeks. We would like to conclude the service singing L'Chaim. Can you send us a copy of the sheet music? We would be so appreciative. We are a very small congregation, Temple Beth El of Williamsburg, Virginia. Warmest regards and thanks. Beth Rossheim (bjrossheim@cox.net) |