Week 4 - Melody

All songs have one thing in common - they have a melody of some sort. If they don't then they're not really a song.

Here is a good documentary on Melody from Howard Goodall. I used to show this video when I was a music teacher at a Christian School in New York.

Last week we talked about Rhythm, and Howard Goodall has a cool video about this as well here:

And for some of you who want more info about sheet music, he has another documentary here:

Finally, here are a few new songs for you to study and learn:

The Death of Queen Jane - from the Movie Inside Llewlyn Davis
This was a cool old folk song from England from the movie "Inside Llewlyn Davis," based loosely on the life of folk-singer Dave Van Ronk. This song is about a C-Section gone bad! The video is posted below.

INTRO : 0 5 0 5

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Queen Jane lay in labor full nine days or more
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'Til her women grew so tired, they could no longer there
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They could no longer there

"Good women, good women, good women as you be
Will you open my right side 

And find my baby
And find my baby"

"Oh no," cried the women, "That's a thing that can never be
We will call on King Henry 

And hear what he may say
And hear what he may say"


King Henry was sent for, King Henry did come
Saying, "What does ail you, my lady?
Your eyes, they look so dim
Your eyes, they look so dim"

"King Henry, King Henry, will you do one thing for me?
Will you open my right side 

And find my baby
And find my baby"

"Oh no," cried King Henry, "That's a thing that I can never do
If I lose the flower of England,  

I shall lose the branch too
I shall lose the branch too

There was fiddling and dancing on the day the babe was born
But poor Queen Jane beloved, 

She lay cold as a stone
Lay cold as a stone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KnlEuOqF0o

Bad Moon Rising - Credence Clearwater Revival
You all know it, you all love it, one of those wonderful summertime sing along songs from that make us all think of Vietnam war movies! :)

[0]I see A [7]bad [5]moon [0]rising
[0]I see [7]trouble[5]on the [0]way
[0]I see [7]earth[5]quakes and [0]lightning
[0]I see [7]bad [5]times [0]today

(chorus)
[5]Don't go around tonight
Its [0]bound to take your life
[7]There's a [5]bad moon on the [0]rise

I hear hurricanes A-blowing
I know the end is coming soon
I fear rivers overflowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin

(chorus)

Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye

(chorus)

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