I grew up in rural Southwest Virginia in a little community called Emory. I have always loved music and making things. I am a retired elementary music teacher and currently enjoy teaching private music lessons, leading community singing and creating interactive music exhibits in my music garden. I hope to share these creations with the larger community.
Friday, June 17, 2011
"Man's Life's a Vapor" in cut time
When you see a song written in cut time (two beats per measure with the half note getting the beat) you can count it in four if that helps with the rhythms. Usually it is a bit cumbersome to count it in four once you are up to tempo. At that point it should be easy to switch over to tapping or counting on the half note beat. Watch Today's lesson to see and hear what I mean. The song is a round called "Man's Life's a Vapor" which I learned from Charlite Chilton in Abingdon, Virginia. It is notated in F major and has lots of stepwise motion with a great scale pattern at the end: sfmrdtlsltd. You have to get some friends together to sing this round.