Saturday, 29 August 2020

Novel Limerick-Melodies, parts #A and #B


Song Medley with Adapted Limerick Verses


ORIGINAL SONGS: as indicated.

Lyrics by Giorgio Coniglio set to the music of the indicated songs, mostly shown in various other blogposts.

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, March 2017. 


NOVEL MELODIES for SINGING the NANTUCKET LIMERICK, part #A


UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT
(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)


1. WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW?
Dm7 = 2213;  G7 = 0121;  E7 = 1202;  E7+5 = 1203;  As4 = 2200;  Cs4 = 0013.
2. SUMMERTIME
DM = 2210;  As7 = 0200; A7  = 0100; Dm7 = 2213;  Gm= 0231;  D7s = 2233;  Gm7 = 0211;  Bb7 = 1211;  A7+5 = 0110;  Fdim7 = 1212.
3. HOME ON THE RANGE
Fm = 1013
5. SANTA LUCIA
C7s = 0011
 C-tuned ukulele specifics:
6.DARK EYES (Ochi Chornye)
Gm = 0213
7.AN DIE FREUDE (Ode to Joy)
Bb = 3211;  Bbs2 = 3213; F7 = 2310    












NOVEL MELODIES for SINGING the NANTUCKET LIMERICK, part #B





























Wednesday, 19 August 2020

o) Uke-Song: "ALLITERATIVE BINOMIALS #2"

SONG with UKULELE CHORDS

ORIGINAL SONG: "The Elements", Tom Lehrer, 1959.  

PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2015. This song is the third of nine in the series on Word PairsTo return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.

WORDPLAY LINK: For discussion of alliterative binomials on our sister blogsite "EDIFYING NONSENSE", click HERE (You can also find a simpler version of the parody-lyrics displayed without the chords, should you desire.) 

















You crave more patter-songs in the style of Tom Lehrer???
T.L. inspired a whole platterful of songs related to our interest in grammatically paired words, including binomials and reduplications. And, you should have your foot in the door, having mastered the complexities of singing and playing our above offering "Alliterative Binomials"So, enjoy trying these as well !!!     
1a. "Alliterative Binomials, part#1"
3.  "A Lesson about Reduplications" (not a patter-song)
5.  "No Elements", 3rd declension Latin nouns
6.  "The Uniqueness of Nuclear", Latin adjectival listing, scheduled for April 2024.