@AntoniaTheHealthNut Oops. I was wrong about it being modal. It's minor (third, sixth, and seventh diminished). Actually it could also be Dorian mode (third and seventh diminished); the sixth isn't used. So minor chords ought to work.
@AntoniaTheHealthNut I learned this song more than 30 years ago off an album called "Silly Sisters", by Maddy Prior and June Tabor. As I recall, it was done there by just one of the performers, acapella.
The album was lent to me by a girlfriend I had at the time. I don't have it now. Not sure of the label -- Chrysalis, maybe? Great record, if you can find one for sale.
Anyway, I first heard this song done by a woman, so I guess women shouldn't feel shy about performing it.
@AntoniaTheHealthNut Don't know if you'll find chords or tablature or not. The tune is modal. It's in the Mixolydian mode: scale is like major scale except the seventh is consistently flatted or diminished. So to play it correctly, you use major chords except wherever the seventh occurs it's lowered a half step. Some people try to arrange tunes like this using a combination of major and minor chords, but it never sounds right.
Great version well done!!
Ratswivwings 3 months ago
@AntoniaTheHealthNut Oops. I was wrong about it being modal. It's minor (third, sixth, and seventh diminished). Actually it could also be Dorian mode (third and seventh diminished); the sixth isn't used. So minor chords ought to work.
jedgarsquink 5 months ago
@AntoniaTheHealthNut I learned this song more than 30 years ago off an album called "Silly Sisters", by Maddy Prior and June Tabor. As I recall, it was done there by just one of the performers, acapella.
The album was lent to me by a girlfriend I had at the time. I don't have it now. Not sure of the label -- Chrysalis, maybe? Great record, if you can find one for sale.
Anyway, I first heard this song done by a woman, so I guess women shouldn't feel shy about performing it.
jedgarsquink 5 months ago
@AntoniaTheHealthNut Don't know if you'll find chords or tablature or not. The tune is modal. It's in the Mixolydian mode: scale is like major scale except the seventh is consistently flatted or diminished. So to play it correctly, you use major chords except wherever the seventh occurs it's lowered a half step. Some people try to arrange tunes like this using a combination of major and minor chords, but it never sounds right.
jedgarsquink 5 months ago