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Thread #135921 Message #3103099
Posted By: shipcmo
26-Feb-11 - 12:41 PM
Thread Name: Tempo for Chanties
Subject: RE: Tempo for Chanties
The following books have tempo marking. Bone, David W, Capstan Bars. Harcourt Brace and Co., New York, 1932. Doerflinger, William Main, Shantymen and shantyboys. Macmillan, New York, 1951. Lomax, Alan, The folk songs of North America. Illustrated. London, Cassell, 1960. Sampson, John , The Seven Seas Shanty Book. 1927. Terry, Richard Runciman, The Way of the Ship. Fireship Press, Tucson, 2008.
"I found it difficult to set the exact time to the music. . . .and now another clever girl came to help me by suggesting the use of the metronome. Miss Margaret Shaw . . . recorded the time . . . .and placed the signs for the metronomic time at the head of the script." David W. Bone April 7~ 1935
HALYARD CHANTIES Bone Blow, Boys, Blow, Sampson:1/4=112, Terry:1/4=150, Doerflinger:1/4=80, Doerflinger:1/4=92, Bone:1/4=93 Blow the Man Down, Sampson:3/8=60, Doerflinger:1/4=176, Doerflinger:3/8=54, Bone:1/4=132 Ranzo, Sampson:1/8=120, Terry:1/4=112, Doerflinger:1/4=88, Doerflinger:1/4=69, Bone:1/4=103 Roll the Cotton Down, Sampson:1/4=120, Terry:1/4=112, Doerflinger:1/4=80, Bone:1/4=100 Tom's gone to Hilo, Terry:1/4=72, Doerflinger:1/4=88, Bone:1/4=80 Whisky, Sampson:1/4=144, Terry:1/4=130, Doerflinger:1/4=80-84
HALLIARD SHANTIES Sampson A Long Time Ago, Lomax:3/8=54, Sampson:3/8=80, Terry:1/4=96, Doerflinger:3/8=56, Doerflinger:3/8=69 Blow, Boys, Blow, Sampson:1/4=112, Terry:1/4=150, Doerflinger:1/4=80, Doerflinger:1/4=92, Bone:1/4=93 Blow the Man Down, Sampson:3/8=60, Doerflinger:1/4=176, Doerflinger:3/8=54, Bone:1/4=132 Boney, Doerflinger:1/4=80, Terry:3/8=88, Terry:3/8=76, Doerflinger:3/8=63, Bone:1/4=72 Dead Horse, Sampson:1/4=100, Terry:1/4=120, Bone:1/4=88 Hanging Johnny, Sampson:1/4=72, Terry:3/8=72, Doerflinger:1/4=58 Ranzo, Sampson:E120, Terry:1/4=112, Doerflinger:1/4=88, Doerflinger:1/4=69, Bone:1/4=103 Roll the Cotton Down, Sampson:1/4=120, Terry:1/4=112, Doerflinger:1/4=80, Bone:1/4=100 So Handy, My Boys, Sampson:3/8=80, Terry:3/8=76, Doerflinger:3/8=76 Whisky, Sampson:1/4=144, Terry:1/4=130, Doerflinger:1/4=80-84
HALYARD SHANTIES Doerflinger A Long Time Ago, Lomax:3/8=54, Sampson:3/8=80, Terry:1/4=96, Doerflinger:3/8=56, Doerflinger:3/8=69 Blow, Boys, Blow, Sampson:1/4=112, Terry:1/4=150, Doerflinger:1/4=80, Doerflinger:1/4=92, Bone:1/4=93 Hanging Johnny, Sampson:1/4=72, Terry:3/8=72, Doerflinger:1/4=58 Ranzo, Sampson:E120, Terry:1/4=112, Doerflinger:1/4=88, Doerflinger:1/4=69, Bone:1/4=103 Roll the Cotton Down, Sampson:1/4=120, Terry:1/4=112, Doerflinger:1/4=80, Bone:1/4=100 So Handy, My Boys, Sampson:3/8=80, Terry:3/8=76, Doerflinger:3/8=76 Tom's gone to Hilo, Terry:1/4=72, Doerflinger:1/4=88, Bone:1/4=80 Whisky, Sampson:1/4=144, Terry:1/4=130, Doerflinger:1/4=80-84
HALLIARD SHANTIES Terry A Long Time Ago, Lomax:3/8=54, Sampson:3/8=80, Terry:1/4=96, Doerflinger:3/8=56, Doerflinger:3/8=69 Blow the Man Down, Sampson:3/8=60, Doerflinger:1/4=176, Doerflinger:3/8=54, Bone:1/4=132 Boney, Doerflinger:1/4=80, Terry:3/8=88, Terry:3/8=76, Doerflinger:3/8=63, Bone:1/4=72 The Bulgine Run, Lomax:1/8=132, Sampson:1/8=144, Terry:1/4=96, Terry:1/4=150 Dead Horse, Sampson:1/4=100, Terry:1/4=120, Bone:1/4=88 Hanging Johnny, Sampson:1/4=72, Terry:3/8=72, Doerflinger:1/4=58 Ranzo, Sampson:E120, Terry:1/4=112, Doerflinger:1/4=88, Doerflinger:1/4=69, Bone:1/4=103 Roll the Cotton Down, Sampson:1/4=120, Terry:1/4=112, Doerflinger:1/4=80, Bone:1/4=100 Shallow Brown, Terry:1/4=69, Doerflinger:1/4=66 Tom's gone to Hilo, Terry:1/4=72, Doerflinger:1/4=88, Bone:1/4=80 Whisky, Sampson:1/4=144, Terry:1/4=130, Doerflinger:1/4=80-84
FORE-SHEET SHANTIES Sampson Haul Away, Joe, Sampson:3/8=84, Terry:3/8=52, Terry:3/8=92, Doerflinger:3/8=72 Hauling on the Bowline, Sampson:1/4=120, Terry:1/4=126, Doerflinger:1/4=92 Johnny Boker, Sampson:1/4=96, Terry:1/4=100, Doerflinger:1/4=76
FORE-SHEET OR SWEATING-UP SHANTIES Terry Haul Away, Joe, Sampson:3/8=84, Terry:3/8=52, Terry:3/8=92, Doerflinger:3/8=72 Hauling on the Bowline, Sampson:1/4=120, Terry:1/4=126, Doerflinger:1/4=92 Johnny Boker, Sampson:1/4=96, Terry:1/4=100, Doerflinger:1/4=76
BUNT SHANTY Terry Paddy Doyle, Sampson:3/8=72, Terry:3/8=60, Doerflinger:1/2=69, Bone:1/4=152
SEA SONGS Sampson Rolling Home, Sampson:1/4=72, Doerflinger:1/4=66, Doerflinger:1/4=69 The Stately Southerner, Sampson:3/8=60, Doerflinger:E112
DEEP-WATER SONGS Doerflinger The Dreadnaught, Sampson:1/8=144, Doerflinger:3/8=72 Rolling Home, Sampson:1/4=72, Doerflinger:1/4=66 The Stately Southerner, Sampson:3/8=60, Doerflinger:1/8=112
Abc Notation The standard musical notation for tempo is the symbol for a note = a number. The abc notation has provision to accommodate such, viz. Q:1/4=88.
X:1 T:Leave her Johnny T:Terry L:1/8 M:4/4 Q:3/8=72 K:Eb B,2 | G2 G2 G2 EF | G2 GF E4 | F2 F2 F3 E | G (B3 B2) B2 | c2 c2 B2 BA | G2 GF E2 B2 | G3 E G3 F | F (E3 E2) ||
To experiment with different tempos, copy the abc notation above to Notepad and change the Q line, then copy and paste in Tune-O-Tron