Help with a song...

[craftsman]

Hello folks,

I have been listening to this song for ages now and I love it..

The reason I post it here is that I believe it could be the lost link to popular folk music.
In the past (for the fossils amongst us) we had the New Seekers and The Spinners (NOT the american ones) and the Dubliners etc...all in the seventies

Then it died and became deeply unpopular to play folk music on telly etc.

Then came Amy Mc Donald... OK this might be overplaying it somewhat , but can anyone here resist tapping your foot to this?!


uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXcHEHm0ps

If anyone could pleeeeese let me know how I can translate this to the banjo I would be deeply grateful.

Danny I'm sure you can do a rendition on your new Saturn for us ?!!

A chord progression would start me off....

Best wishes and have a great weekend

Andrew

[craftsman]

PS

Click on 'More info' to the right hand side when listening to it to get the lyrics to sing along to.

[yannis]

Hi Andrew, Just had a listen and had a go on the guitar. I think it's Key of E. C#m, A, E, and G#m. Now that sounds complicated but if you put a capo on the fourth fret and play the shapes for Am, F, C, and Em, you'll be there. This 'puts it' in the Key of Cmaj ('F' being the 4th, 'Am' the reletive minor, and 'Em' the 6th) I think.
Hopefully your voice is lower than Amy McDonald's and you can sing it a bit lower down the neck on your banjo. If you want to sing with her, though, and play in 'C' shapes, you'll have to capo up 4. Good Luck!

[craftsman]

Apr 20, 2008 11:19:16 GMT yannis said:

Hi Andrew, Just had a listen and had a go on the guitar. I think it's Key of E. C#m, A, E, and G#m. Now that sounds complicated but if you put a capo on the fourth fret and play the shapes for Am, F, C, and Em, you'll be there. This 'puts it' in the Key of Cmaj ('F' being the 4th, 'Am' the reletive minor, and 'Em' the 6th) I think.
Hopefully your voice is lower than Amy McDonald's and you can sing it a bit lower down the neck on your banjo. If you want to sing with her, though, and play in 'C' shapes, you'll have to capo up 4. Good Luck!

Fantastic Yannis,

Thanks for taking the time out to do that, you have a much deeper understanding of music theory than I do!!

Hmmm.....Now I just need to invest in a capo !

Cheers,

Andrew

[Eddy]

Hi Craftsman
have a look at your e-mail

Eddy

[Danny]

you might be able to improvise a capo with a pencil and an elastic band.

[craftsman]

Apr 20, 2008 15:07:41 GMT Danny said:

you might be able to improvise a capo with a pencil and an elastic band.

Thats a great tip Danny...Cheers,

Andrew

[Danny]

works in a pinch, not very well but still........