This is a well-known traditional song, originally collected by Cecil Sharp but since recorded very widely on both sides of the Atlantic. This arrangement for four voices is by Steve Hendricks: http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Folksong/wateris.pdf I've adapted Steve's arrangement for mandolins, playing the tune in three different octaves. Gibson Ajr mandolin Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin Mid-Missouri M-111 octave mandolin Ozark tenor guitar Suzuki MC-815 mandocello Martin
Nice version Martin! I just downloaded the arrangement you linked and maybe will also try a 4/4 version some day. But for my video, I played the 6/8 version from the German website Die Notenschleuderhttps://www.free-notes.net/cgi-bin/n...ang=de&db=Main This virtual songbook allows you to transpose the songs to any tonality. I chose G-Major, so I had to play a minimum of barre chords on the guitar and could play the melody in two octaves:
Tastefully played, and aaaaah! the tremolo. Lovely.
Lovely version and great pictures, Christian. Interesting with that time signature too; a pleasant change from the usual versions I know and have played and sung, usually in Common Time. Great balance and blend between your instruments as usual.
Very nice, Christian! The timing sounds quite different played in 6/8, which gives it an intriguing twist. My old 2014 recording has too many parts and comes out rather muddy as a result (although it improves as I move up the octaves and the lead voice becomes clearer). I have found a very nice lead sheet in 4/4 and will try to make a new recording when I find the time. Martin
You developed such a clean tone over the whole fretboard, Christian. You show a good example how to set a goal and then follow systematically the way achieve it – like you did it before with tremolo playing. Martin, your recording is a good one too. Only you listen to it now with all the experiences you made over the intervening years.
Thanks to all. I think, there's still a lot of work on the higher positions to be done, it's a matter of luck wether the notes ring out clearly or rather muddy...