singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer
Carnival Song for children's voices and guitar chords
SM-000240808
- Composer
- David W Solomons
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Lyricist
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David W Solomons
- Publisher
- David W Solomons
- Genre
- Pop / Song
- Instrumentation
- Acoustic guitar, Children’s choir
- Type of score
- Full score
- Language
- English
- Difficulty
- Very easy
- Year of composition
- 1980
Description
Carnival Song originally composed for the 1980 Carnival in the East End of London (Coventry Cross Estate in Bromley by Bow).
The children sing the names of the places where they live and chant the names of the places where they come from (a bit like Toch's Geographical Fugue) with the guitar improvising.
The sound sample is the original rehearsal-performance by the children on the Bromley By Bow estate (in 1980) with the composer on guitar.
The pdf file contains versions in the original key (G major) and in two higher keys (B flat and D) and those same keys with blank underlay in voice 2 for the places where the children live, so these can be added in by hand for any particular carnival.
A video of one of the rehearsals in Bromley by Bow can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0STMmLENsc