The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2240   Message #8535
Posted By:
11-Jul-97 - 05:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: The Berry Tree (Saul Chaplin)
Subject: RE: Words to Berry Tree
The melody as I remember it, is something like:

5 | 5 1 1. 1/ | 3 1 1. 1/| 6 1 1 1/ 6 5- ^5 | ^5 3 4 2 | 3 1 2. 5/ | 5. 5/ 7 2 | 2 1-

This is a shorthand system of notation I devised for myself - there are probably others that are better, but it works for me and is easier than do-re-mi.

5, 6 and 7 are sung below the root note unless preceded by a ^ indicating up. 2, 3, and 4, of course, are above. Measures are indicated by | A dotted quarter is 1. An eighth note 1/ 1- indicates a half note. A dotted half would be 1-- and a whole note would be 1---