Copyright date of Londonderry Aire?
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:11 pm
I have been quite blessed by a member here who generously shared with me the tab to Londonderry Aire, transcribed by the great John Knowles.
I am truly grateful to have that transcription in my hands so that I can compare my transcription wth the pros. Like I said earlier, if there is a mistake, it's me, and not John.
Well, as fate would have it, there were indeed mistakes!
I need to digress for a moment here to say that I was a little curious about the date of the music. I know Chet recorded it on "Alone" in '74 or '75. Not sure which. Anyway the tab says "copyright 1956 Athens music (BMI)."
I was just wondering if Chet had been playing this arrangement for 18 or 19 years and it had even been released to the public years before he recorded it? It's fascinating to think about.
But back to the music, I sure did make some mistakes that the tab set me straight on. And hey! It sounds a lot better when I do it Chet's way!
The part that messed me up was something the tab clarified that I had never heard of called "implied harmony." It was new to me, and I'm surprised that even after studying music for years I had never ran across that. Basically, when playing triads, the melody is on the 2'nd string, and the 1'st string implies the harmony. At least that's the best I understand it.
Anybody else familiar wth it? Did Chet use it often? It's what gives Chet's arrangement here that beautiful, clear "ringing" tone, for lack of a better word.
And the more I go through this and work with it, the more it occurs to me the sheer genius of the arrangement! Incredible harmonies are evident all throughout the arrangement.
Since I was a boy, I had always dreamed of being able to play this arrangement, but it was SO imposing for a young kid!! It was like 20 levels above me! Learning it was like looking up at Mt. Everest! No way I was going to climb that thing!
Anyway, thanks to John Knowles and the kind person on this board, I'm making a dream come true. Believe me, it's not easy, and I'm working diligently on it every day. I don't have what they call "natural talent," on guitar. Got to work harder to make up for that.
It will be beautiful with a lot of work.
I am truly grateful to have that transcription in my hands so that I can compare my transcription wth the pros. Like I said earlier, if there is a mistake, it's me, and not John.
Well, as fate would have it, there were indeed mistakes!
I need to digress for a moment here to say that I was a little curious about the date of the music. I know Chet recorded it on "Alone" in '74 or '75. Not sure which. Anyway the tab says "copyright 1956 Athens music (BMI)."
I was just wondering if Chet had been playing this arrangement for 18 or 19 years and it had even been released to the public years before he recorded it? It's fascinating to think about.
But back to the music, I sure did make some mistakes that the tab set me straight on. And hey! It sounds a lot better when I do it Chet's way!
The part that messed me up was something the tab clarified that I had never heard of called "implied harmony." It was new to me, and I'm surprised that even after studying music for years I had never ran across that. Basically, when playing triads, the melody is on the 2'nd string, and the 1'st string implies the harmony. At least that's the best I understand it.
Anybody else familiar wth it? Did Chet use it often? It's what gives Chet's arrangement here that beautiful, clear "ringing" tone, for lack of a better word.
And the more I go through this and work with it, the more it occurs to me the sheer genius of the arrangement! Incredible harmonies are evident all throughout the arrangement.
Since I was a boy, I had always dreamed of being able to play this arrangement, but it was SO imposing for a young kid!! It was like 20 levels above me! Learning it was like looking up at Mt. Everest! No way I was going to climb that thing!
Anyway, thanks to John Knowles and the kind person on this board, I'm making a dream come true. Believe me, it's not easy, and I'm working diligently on it every day. I don't have what they call "natural talent," on guitar. Got to work harder to make up for that.
It will be beautiful with a lot of work.