Man of constant sorrow

[friendofthefiddle]

I thought that might be the case...thank you for your response.

[friendofthefiddle]

Hi, thank you for this! I was wondering if you might be able to direct me to where I can find sheet music to this rendition of "A Man of Constant Sorrow"? Thank you!

[hrlarson]

@friendofthefiddle Sorry, I play by ear and do not know where to find sheet music for John Hartford's music (he's the man behind this rendition) I've been asked about tabs and sheet music a lot, so I just might try to do a tutorial for this. When I tought my wife to play it I changed the key to D ... I think. I play it in the D major scale anyway.

[Django5198]

love it!!!!

[hrlarson]

@Django5198 Thank you!

[ClueLou]

bet that a saxophone will bother the neighbors more then that violin.

[yerto2222]

I play it a different way but sound almost the same ,I only for 4 months ,

[Lazairus]

brilliant , its a good rendition of the song

[hrlarson]

@Lazairus Thanks! More fiddle vids to come, when I get my violin back from the repair shop. :-)

[unavailablenamemags]

thank you so so so much!!you have no idea how long iv been looking for that:D keep playing:)

[unavailablenamemags]

hey this is amazing do you have tabs or sheet music please?

[hrlarson]

If I try to improvise a tab of some sort and the G major scale looks like this:

(G)0 2 4 5 (D)0 2 4 5 (A)0 2 3 5 (E)0 2 3

where the 0 represents the open string, the 2 and 5 the first and third positions and 3 and 4 the second position (as if the fiddle would be fretted)

[hrlarson]

then this version of Man of Constant Sorrow is made from two melodies, first:

(A)5 (E)0 (A)5 3530 (D)5 (A)1 0 (D)5 3 (A)0 3 0 3 (E)1 1 (A)5 3 0 (D)5 (A)0 (D)5

which resembles the melody from the vocal version.

And then:

(A)3 5 (E)0 3 3 0(D)53 0 3 3 5 (E)0 3 3 0(D)53 5

One turn of the song would the consist of first melody repeated two times, second melody and first melody.

[madmravyn]

Really good rendition. This song makes my dog howl and you had him howling. I should post the video, giving you credit for the music if you want.

[hrlarson]

Haha! Living a dogs life I guess he can sympathize with this song. Looking forward to that vid.

[hrlarson]

@madmravyn It's good to know I made an impact on someone. Vid is up under responses now. Thanks!

[RobertHultman]

Tonsäkert! Rena och klara toner.

[hrlarson]

Tack! Blundar för eventuella ironier.

[tavedek]

Jätte fint!

[hrlarson]

Tack! Jag ska öva mer, jag lovar. ;-)