I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Sunrise, Sunset
From Fiddler on the Roof
I sang this in the chorus in a high school musical production in the spring of 1993. My older brother and I got to do a duet in "Consider Yourself" from "Oliver!". Same musical production: our music teacher liked to mix things up. "Musical reviews" I guess is what those are called. I call it doing just doing half a musical and half of another.
Rise Up Singing chapter: Time and Changes, p.227
Words by Sheldon Harnick; music, Jerry Bock
Verses:
Em B7 Em - / - B7 Em E7 / Am E Am - / F# - B7 -
Em B7 Em - / - B7 Em E7 / Am E Am F# / B7 - - -
Chorus:
Em B7 Em B7 / Em - - E7 / Am D G E / Am B7 Em -
Em B7 Em B7 / Em - - E7 / Am B7 Em A7 / Am B7 Em -
In the video I transpose it so it goes the same way but higher up to sing to:
Verses:
Am E7 Am - / - E7 Am A7 / Dm A Dm - / B - E7 - (I get lazy and play a B7. Sounds ok.)
Am E7 Am - / - E7 Am A7 / Dm A Dm B / E7 - - - (again, B7 instead of B)
Chorus:
Am E7 Am E7 / Am - - A7 / Dm G C A / Dm E7 Am -
Am E7 Am E7 / Am - - A7 / Dm E7 Am D7 / Dm E7 Am -
On the first chorus I play these chords, but feel something's not right on the penultimate line "One season following another: Dm E7 Am D7". So on the second chorus I just replace it with the chords to "Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers: Dm G C A". That sounds ok too, but I've since gone back and looked at the chords, and I think the Rise Up Singing pattern holds water, as long as you sing it right.
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