Tune competition - Sea Shanties - Winners in!

Wyz · Sat 23/01/2010 15:42:46

Sea Shanties
I'll take the definition very broad, anything inspired on folksongs, the sea or sailers will go.

Competition ends on February the 2nd, 23:59 GMT.
Good luck!

Le Woltaire · Sat 23/01/2010 20:47:24

"Polly want a cracker.
Deep under the sea.
Ho ho he ho ho ho....
Polly you go."

http://spectrum.agsarchives.com/music/Polly.mp3

KrisMacDee · Sun 24/01/2010 21:33:06

Reading this reminded me of the barbershop quartet shanty on COMI

... but obviously you have to write a song not cover it. och well

'A pirate I was meant to be,
Trim the sails and roam the sea!'

Viking · Tue 26/01/2010 04:19:54

Well, I learned my lesson from the last two competitions and didn't try anything too grand here.

Just bog-standard orchestration with a fairly small orchestra. As far as I know these are all original tunes, although observant listeners will notice a striking similarity to Holst's St. Paul's Suite (although mine isn't nearly as good!) near the end.

Dockside Songs

Wyz · Mon 01/02/2010 23:33:15

Ok, 1 day left, anyone wanting to enter this is time to start wrapping things up.

Wyz · Thu 04/02/2010 01:06:13

Ok, time to wrap this jolly contest up

I've enjoyed your enties!

Le Woltaire
Actual enchanting, well that made my day. That chorus will remain in my head for eternity.

I'll be handing the silver bandoneon to you:

Viking
A really nice melodic tune with lost of dynamic twists. Puts me right of a sea ship.

You will receive the golden bandoneon:

Use them wisely and well, because they are heavy as hell.

Good luck with the next tune competition Viking!

Viking · Thu 04/02/2010 02:14:47

Oooh, a trophy! Thanks!

I definitely enjoyed the harmony of Le Woltaire's entry -- nice modality, skillful use of parallel fifths without thirds, appropriate modulations, e.g. Cm -> Dm -> A -> Cm. Also, good use was made of the contrast between the organ and harpsichord/lute/whatever that plucked instrument was.

I'll post a new competition within the next day or so.

Le Woltaire · Thu 04/02/2010 11:09:53

That plucked instrument was some kind of midi thingy.
I can't remember what it was called.
But it was there and I could load it into my digital piano from the pc.
So I thought I could use it...

Since I borrowed the midi interface from a composer friend I am having lot's of fun with this stuff.
Now I discovered that I can even load those VST libraries onto my keyboards.
So be prepared for the next tune stuff!
Hua ha ha ha!