Folksongs for 3-part voices
a series of folksongs and traditional melodies arranged for three-part unaccompanied voices
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A set of folksongs and traditional tunes, arranged in three vocal parts by Paul Ayres. The idea behind the arrangements is that they are strophic (the same music for each verse or pair of verses) and straightforward enough to be learned by any group of singers (ideally performed from memory) but not without musical interest or beauty. Simple but not simplistic, hopefully! They can be performed by three solo voices, or by upper-voice (SSA) or lower-voice (TBarB) ensembles. They should also work well when sung by mixed choirs, with sopranos and tenors on voice-part 1, mezzos and baritones on 2, altos and basses on 3. Songs in this ongoing series include The Ash Grove, Auld Lang Syne, Early one morning, Home sweet home, Our captain calls all hands, O waly waly (The water is wide), The Ploughboy's Dream, Shenandoah, Suo Gân (To my lullaby surrender), Tom's Gone to Hilo, and We shall overcome.
Availability
Some of these arrangements are are published by Indianapolis Children's Choir Publishing House, and available via Beckenhorst Press (click here for link) - others are available directly from Paul (GBP1.00 per copy per song, minimum order 10)
contact Paul if you're interested in:
As I went out one May morning
Ca' the Yowes
In Amstersdam there lived a maid
The Miller of Dee
The Oak and the Ash
Scarborough Fair
We shall overcome
The Willow Tree
follow the ICC/Beckenhorst link if you're interested in:
The Ash Grove
Auld Lang Syne
Early one morning
The Three Ravens
Shenandoah
To my lullaby surrender (Suo Gân)
O waly waly (The water is wide)
Tom's gone to Hilo
The Ploughboy's Dream
Home sweet home
Our Captain calls all hands