Richard Bridge wrote: 2 Apr 07 - 02:44 AM

Adams, well said. It would be nice to see some attention to harmony as well as melody, and I would dearly love to see a resource with suggested melodies (preferably in a form I can play on the computer) for all of the Child ballads.   They would not have to be "folk" melodies but should by sympathetic in style (compare the Lykewake dirge, not a Child of course, but trad words with a C19th melody that sounds traditional)

Thanks. I'll factor harmony into the scheme. As far as melodies AND harmonies go, we've allowed midi files to be uploaded and they can be linked to the song or tune pages.

See Behold what grace appears    for a working test example.
There is a midi file at the bottom of the page.

Your suggestion about Child sounds like a nice 'little' project for somebody.

J