{"id":191,"date":"2009-01-17T19:58:35","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T00:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soupgreens.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2009-01-17T19:58:35","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T00:58:35","slug":"mothers-plea-for-her-son-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"“Mother’s Plea For Her Son” how-to"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was the overwrought pathos of Mother’s Plea For Her Son<\/a> that pulled me in and made me sing along. I couldn’t not.<\/p>\n

And then it took a while to get the words right, because that old recording is so murky, so I figured I would write them down. And given that I was writing down the words I ought to do the guitar chords. And then I wanted to know how the guitar does the bass line and that naturally led to figuring out the fiddle part. One thing led to another and then I had the thing transcribed. This post is to share the transcription in case anybody wants to use the song for their own music.<\/p>\n

There are three versions and a master from which you can generate your own. One version is a condensed summary for singing guitar strummers. One is a lead sheet for instrumentalists. One is a note for note transcription for serious fiddlers and guitarists. And the master is a Sibelius<\/a> file with a lot of detail in it, for people who want to modify the sheet music.<\/p>\n

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The condensed summary<\/em> for singing guitar strummers is what most people will want. It has the words, guitar chords, and melody. The melody is written in both music notation and guitar tablature. The guitar chords are named, or you can use the voicings I provide.<\/p>\n

It looks like this:<\/p>\n

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It is in the key of A, which I picked because it works for my own voice. Your mileage will vary.<\/p>\n