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Post by joanne on Nov 28, 2013 7:04:06 GMT
Thanks andrewjw and davewhite I've tried these and can't quite get them to work. I've got to bear in mind that I'm using the audience and simplicity is the order of the day. I've been giving it more thought ......if I had a two chord song and those chords were out of a major key would this fit with any song in that major key? Example Jingle Bells and Michael Finnegan ..........Michael Finnegan is possibly a bit too simple or more of a kids song. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Just as a reminder for anyone catching this thread later I want a combination of a Christmas song and a not christmas song that can be sung simultaneously thanks xx
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Post by slasher on Nov 29, 2013 16:38:01 GMT
This idea of two songs at once is too much for my tiny brain. I would'nt know where to start with the accompaniment. Looking on the bright side though it would give me the opportunity to bugger-up two songs at once instead of just one at a time.
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Post by ocarolan on Nov 29, 2013 18:24:11 GMT
Good point slasher. I think doing them unaccompanied would be much easier, and would enable some songs to fit together melodically even if they didn't harmonically. Having two "front persons", one for each song would help a lot too. Maybe joanne has already thought of that I expect. Sadly, despite racking my brains since the thread appeared, I haven't come up with anything at all joanne - sorry! I have done one simultaneous mashup before, but nicked the idea from the Uke Orchestra of GB, and none of the songs had anything to do with Christmas.... Keith
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Post by davewhite on Dec 4, 2013 19:37:21 GMT
"Ba Ba Black Sheep" and "While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night".
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Post by joanne on Dec 5, 2013 17:32:29 GMT
You're right guys unaccompanied and with a lead for each part was always the intention lol and davewhite love that suggestion. Am running an open mic tonight so there may well be a guinea pig session
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Post by redpick on Dec 16, 2013 18:28:18 GMT
Haven't tried it yet, but I thought of : Silent Night and Ground control to Major Tom....... wadda ya dink?
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Post by joanne on Dec 17, 2013 18:46:16 GMT
Thanks for the suggestion redpick I can't get that to work :/ used some of our open mic folk as guinea pigs the other day and couldn't really get any of the suggestions to work. I'm resigned to the fact that this won't happen ........this year. Baa baa with shepherds was pretty close but I think it needs to be rehearsed to sound good so a no goer as far as audience participation goes........unless the alcohol takes over I which case anything could happen. The gig is this Friday so you never know we could give it a shot, we'll see which way the wind blows. Thank you everyone for your suggestions
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Post by ocarolan on Dec 17, 2013 22:08:32 GMT
As a last resort, if you don't mind using songs with the same tune but different words, you could bash through the hymn tune Cranbrook - half the people sing the words usually associated with it - On Ilkley Moor Minus Headgear, while the other half sing While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (with repeated lines to fit), for which the tune was originally written. Just been doing that when leading a carol singing session in the pub this evening, though by accident. We were supposed to be singing the carol, but several who'd had a few kept reverting to Ilkley Moor. You'd need to check out the number of verses though - not sure how that would work if you tried it "properly"!
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