The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #71504 Message #1226329
Posted By: Bev and Jerry
15-Jul-04 - 03:19 PM
Thread Name: ADD: The Ballad Of Crispus Attucks (Mike Glick)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Ballad Of Crispus Attucks
Sol:
That's very interesting. We learned the song from a written source and we had never heard it performed. So, we arranged it the way it seemed right to us. We do it unaccompanied and at a rather slow pace. Because the tune is so unusual, our two part harmony is rather unusual, too, employing a lot of open fifths and major and minor thirds.
We can't imagine it a fast pace with a lot of instrumentation, especially drums. But, if Mike Glick wrote it and performed it that way, who are we to criticize.