I recorded this last night with a fairly decent microphone at my friend's house... I am not very good but this was fun! The
song is one of my favorites! I wanted to add another layer of harmony but I didn't want to risk messing it up anymore than
it already was! Haha!
Originally
posted by Jesse: Obviously I'm not a soprano like her, and from the sounds of things, I think we have a similar vocal range...
By the way, just to clarify (although I'm sure you already figured this out): by that quote I meant
you and me, LMfan, not myself and Loreena! As if I could match her obviously superior skills! (although I suppose
I would have an amazing vocal range if I had been singing for as long as she has been!)
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I was actually listening to The Bonny Swans today...but not sung by LM! I brought my new ukulele to school today, just
so I could show off, and sat down outside at recess ('coz I'd run out of people to show off to!) playing and singing The
Bonny Swans to myself (in the key of C...OR if you want to be picky: A minor!)
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Originally
posted by Anxious 2: Not to be picky. But I think Bonny Swans is sung in B minor! But my sheets are in C minor! Which
caused me, when I had played it on my piano, to put on the CD because I thought it sounded different. And by then I found
out my ears heard right. It wasn't the key she sings it!
I got the sheet music as well, and was
also confused but I figured it out soon enough...
And yes, it is in B minor, but Bm is the
relative minor of D isn't it?...
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Originally
posted by Jesse: Not specifically, but I haven't found a Loreena song that I couldn't sing because of vocal range. Not
that I'm much of a singer myself, but I still like to sing along! Obviously I'm not a soprano like her, and from the sounds
of things, I think we have a similar vocal range, but when I'm playing on the piano most of the time I'll transpose the song
so it does fit my range. for example, The Bonny Swans and The Lady of Shalott are both in D, but I transposed
them down to C so I could hit the higher notes more comfortably, although I think I've accidentally extended my vocal range
recently, and I could probably hit them in the original key now. Most of her songs I can sing quite comfortably in their original
keys such as Dark Night of the Soul, Caravanserai and The Highwayman. Yes, I do play along with heaps
of her songs, perhaps even too many! I just figured out how to play Raglan Road tis morning! That's not as amazing
as it sounds, because I'm just a chord-basher. I didn't actually figure out each individual note that she plays!
Not
to be picky. But I think Bonny Swans is sung in B minor! But my sheets are in C minor! Which caused me, when I had played
it on my piano, to put on the CD because I thought it sounded different. And by then I found out my ears heard right. It wasn't
the key she sings it!
quote:
Originally posted by Jesse: Whoa! I wrote too much! Sorry. I'd love to hear some more
covers soon, if its not too much trouble to ask! And, I'm still (in the words of our favourite fellow Danish Loreena fan)
anxious 2 know how that Centaur is coming along?...
Simply 2 anxious 2 be anxious!
quote:
Originally posted by Jesse: Lastly, did I use the words "too many" in reference to songs
by LM? How stupid of me! You can never have too much of her music!
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Not specifically, but I haven't found a Loreena song that I couldn't sing because of vocal range. Not that I'm much of a singer
myself, but I still like to sing along! Obviously I'm not a soprano like her, and from the sounds of things, I think we have
a similar vocal range, but when I'm playing on the piano most of the time I'll transpose the song so it does fit my range.
for example, The Bonny Swans and The Lady of Shalott are both in D, but I transposed them down to C so I could
hit the higher notes more comfortably, although I think I've accidentally extended my vocal range recently, and I could probably
hit them in the original key now. Most of her songs I can sing quite comfortably in their original keys such as Dark Night
of the Soul, Caravanserai and The Highwayman. Yes, I do play along with heaps of her songs, perhaps even
too many! I just figured out how to play Raglan Road tis morning! That's not as amazing as it sounds, because I'm just
a chord-basher. I didn't actually figure out each individual note that she plays!
Whoa! I wrote too much! Sorry. I'd
love to hear some more covers soon, if its not too much trouble to ask! And, I'm still (in the words of our favourite fellow
Danish Loreena fan) anxious 2 know how that Centaur is coming along?...
Lastly,
did I use the words "too many" in reference to songs by LM? How stupid of me! You can never have too much of her music!
Posts: 706 | Location: In my bed curled up with my cat | Registered: July 15, 2008
Originally
posted by Jesse: WOW! That's pretty darn good! I don't think another layer of harmony would have messed it up. However,
it is a sparse arrangement, and as Loreena herself said in her notes from To Drive the Cold Winter Away, "there can
be much beauty in such simplicity." I wouldn't mind hearing a more complex version if you have the time to record it, though. I'm
musically talented myself, so I could hear one or two glitches, but that's only me being picky. I was wondering what your
vocal range actually is? The notes didn't sound that high to me...I suppose you're a bass, and not a tenor? You have a
great voice! I wouldn't mind hearing any other covers of Lm songs you might just want to arrange.
Thank
you many times!! I have at least two other songs from Loreena I think I could cover without totally butchering
them! And on the range of my voice... it's complicated! haha! But I am tenor... It's not a good situation, I can't
go terribly low or high with good quality. I have a "one octave" range, really, but I'm working on that! It makes singing music by Loreena difficult since she has quite a
few octaves!
Does anyone know how many she actually has?
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WOW! That's pretty darn good! I don't think another layer of harmony would have messed it up. However, it is a sparse arrangement,
and as Loreena herself said in her notes from To Drive the Cold Winter Away, "there can be much beauty in such simplicity."
I wouldn't mind hearing a more complex version if you have the time to record it, though. I'm musically talented myself,
so I could hear one or two glitches, but that's only me being picky. I was wondering what your vocal range actually is? The
notes didn't sound that high to me...I suppose you're a bass, and not a tenor? You have a great voice! I wouldn't mind
hearing any other covers of Lm songs you might just want to arrange.
Posts: 706 | Location: In my bed curled up with my cat | Registered: July 15, 2008
Originally posted by LoreenaMckennittfan: I recorded this last night with a fairly decent
microphone at my friend's house... I am not very good but this was fun! The song is one of my favorites! I wanted to add another
layer of harmony but I didn't want to risk messing it up anymore than it already was! Haha!
I
like the second voice very much. Is it yourself or your friend singing that voice?
thank you! I
tried!
it's all me... The second voice is better because I didn't have to hit higher notes, I have a very small range
and do better in lower tones. Lol! it all me though!
Hi LMF!!! Boy every time I turn around there
you are! That's no complaint. Have you shared The Three Ravens" here? If not you should and if you did, I haven't seen
it yet. BB )O(
Oh, almost forgot,you are talented! Haven't I said that enough? I'll never stop!!!
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As if I could match her obviously superior skills! (although I suppose
I would have an amazing vocal range if I had been singing for as long as she has been!)
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but I figured it out soon enough...
Does anyone know how many she actually has?
