Famous Flower Of Servingmen - Martin Carthy (extract)
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this melody is used between verses of fairport's matty groves, too.
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Sounds a lot like pentangle's wedding dress
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CGCDGA is Martin's fave.....ya gotta remember that back in the day....I'm only talking 'bout the 60's....string gauges were debatebly...errr ...SHITTY..so somme guys ..and girls ..took to shortening piano strings so the proper guage could deliver serious WUMP in low tunings.
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This geezer seems to have the notes right but JAYZUS he needs to work on his rhythm...
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Most of the accompaniment is created by means of a sliding A7 shape on the 2nd and 4th strings, using D-G-C-G-C-D. I worked it out that way by ear about 10 years before I actually saw Martin perform it at a folk club near Northampton - so I'm fairly sure that it's done that way. I can see how it might be done in DADDAD, though. If I can figure out how, I might post a video of the first stanza arrangement.
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DADGAD
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Isnt it DADDAD
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Thanks, this has been a great help. Very well done. That's a beautiful inlay on your guitar, by the way.
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Tuning: D G C G C D (as in 'Prince Heathen')
Meter: 9/4, constant & metronomic - off and then on the beat with each line of the verse.
A great song - it stunned me 33 years ago on first hearing it, and it still does.
TheManFromBelmonte 2 years ago
I thought that I'd replied to this question a while ago. In fact, as is stated below, I'm using DADDAD tuning. I'll have to try this tuning as well to see what it's like.
LiteGauge 2 years ago
the impossible part of this tune is the timing while playing the verses. Martin does a kind of free-form-follow-the-lyrics thing on the verses, then bam comes right back in to this part shown in the video. I've tried counting the beats & its just way hard to comprehend how Martin does it. Wish I could learn it some day, but hey Im still strugling with Rosemary Lane myself! lol
drmlabs 3 years ago
The other impossible part is remembering all of the verses ;) You're right though his timing really follows the lyrics and it's not easy to get it right
LiteGauge 3 years ago
Thanks. Yes it's a great tune if you can remember all the verses ;). Check your mail for the tuning.
LiteGauge 4 years ago