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I know the lyrics... but how's the phrasing and the rising and falling intonations...where do i stop to breathe?

2006-10-09 13:43:33 · 3 answers · asked by Lordimpalerthe 2 in Arts & Humanities Performing Arts

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Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
Delighting in your company.

Chorus:
Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.

Your vows you've broken, like my heart,
Oh, why did you so enrapture me?
Now I remain in a world apart
But my heart remains in captivity.

chorus

I have been ready at your hand,
To grant whatever you would crave,
I have both wagered life and land,
Your love and good-will for to have.

chorus

If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.

chorus

My men were clothed all in green,
And they did ever wait on thee;
All this was gallant to be seen,
And yet thou wouldst not love me.

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Thou couldst desire no earthly thing,
but still thou hadst it readily.
Thy music still to play and sing;
And yet thou wouldst not love me.

chorus

Well, I will pray to God on high,
that thou my constancy mayst see,
And that yet once before I die,
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.

chorus

Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,
To God I pray to prosper thee,
For I am still thy lover true,
Come once again and love me.

chorus

I know that ENYA sings it on one of her CD's...Try listening to that for the breakage...She does a very good job of it...

2006-10-09 13:47:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

A good indication of breath marks is phrasing. Some arrangements have 'slur' marks (looks like a big parenthesis laying on top of the notes). It marks the beginning of a phrase (a musical 'thought'), as well as the ending of a phrase (beginning of the slur means beginning of a phrase; end of slur means end of phrase). If you can study the movement of the piece (perhaps the chord progressions), that may help. The way I was trained was that the further away from the 'tonic' chord, the more 'tension' and 'build' the music should have. As the chords progess further away from the primary chord, the music should build and crescendo. As you move back towards the primary chord (maybe at a cadence- half cadence, final cadence, whatever), the music should start to feel like it is about to resolve. Others may disagree, but this is just my humble opinion.

2006-10-10 20:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by JustMyOpinion 5 · 0 0

Find the sheet music and listen to a recording made by an artist. The metric time is three-four--a waltz tempo and moderately slow. Unless you can pick up the breathing shown by the sheet music symbols or by the artist I cannot help you there.

2006-10-09 21:44:24 · answer #3 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 0 0

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