WME F16/Sp17 Tunes

Note to class: Remember that it is highly unlikely that you’ll find a video that will be exactly as we learn a particular tune. Enjoy that fact! It frees you up a bit and how many university courses do that? Also, some videos also contain more than one tune (as in a set) so make sure you are clear when one tune ends and another begins.

Khosn, Kale, Mazeltov!

This is a widely known Yiddish wedding song. The genre is a Horah, a happy and usually fast dance tune for weddings.  Literally, the title is Groom, Bride, Congratulations! Here is a Youtube video, and here is a lead sheet for khosn, kale mazeltov.

John Brosnan’s Reel

Here is a Youtube video featuring the tenor banjo. You can hear the tune very clearly. There are also other versions you can find through a search.

I especially like this version. Try and feel the “lilt” as they play. Pay attention where the accents fall.

The Wedding Reel

Here is an amateur version of the Wedding Reel. It’s a nice performance and the young musicians have the right idea.

Now listen to this much more professional version. Can you hear the differences? Pay special attention in the second video to where the accents fall. This is a really fine performance.

Cherokee Shuffle

Guitar and Mandolin version. Scaled down but lots of improv. Here’s one with kids playing. A few timing problems here and there but not bad! Here are some old guys jammin’ on it. This one’s my favorite.

Here is one version of the basic tune in the form of sheet music. This is not exactly how we’re playing it so be warned. I strongly recommend you record us playing during rehearsal so you can make the right adjustments on your own.

Bianco Fiori (white flowers)

Blake has provided a tablature of  bianco-fiori with the melody notation and chord changes.

Espiritu de Dios

Click here for video. This song is likely from Spain.

Üsküdara gideriken

This 18th century song is from Turkey out of the Ottoman Empire years (1299-1923). Because the empire was far flung and because the song is very beautiful and not difficult, it spread throughout the Mediterranean and Near East and is still a well-known and much beloved song in several countries, though each has their own words for it.
Click here for version 1 and here for version 2. We’ll do it in a minor.

Click Here for the revised lead sheet 11/2/16  u%cc%88sku%cc%88dara