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Thread #53204 Message #817657
Posted By: CapriUni
03-Nov-02 - 04:27 PM
Thread Name: Writing a Yule Carol -- help with melody
Subject: RE: Writing a Yule Carol -- help with melody
From Jeri:
Which words do you sing when you go up high just before the last note?
The word that goes with high note just before the last one is: "Sweet"... like this:
I occasionally like to slur notes on lyrics, but not often. I prefer a democratic approach: One syllable, one pitch! ;-).
Good carol - I imagine this could become very popular!
I hope so! I don't mean to sound egotistical, or anything, but I wrote it (am writing it?) because I want to hear more songs like this around the solstice season. You know what they say:
"If you want a thing done right...."
Oh, and I played back your midi... it was, indeed, very close to what I had in my head, except that I shifted the two eighth notes in the last line from "voices" to "fill the".
I guess all I needed was another pair of ears to bounce the song off of, to solidify it, if you will...