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Monday, March 09, 2015

Caledonia TTBB & SSA

I am not a trained musician so some of the harmonies may not be ‘conventional’ and not quite what might be expected but I just create music that sounds OK to me, whether technically right or wrong is not something I concern myself about. If there is something glaring that causes you a problem feel free to let me know. I am always ready to learn even at my age! I also appreciate reasonable criticism, good or bad.
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I have created a PDF file that you can download for the full score and MID (MIDI) files you can import. There are also MP3 files so you can hear what it is like. These do NOT perhaps give the best impression as there are no vocals – just the melody of the part as Choir Ahs.
The score may appear to be heavy on the slurs but I am using them as they are intended, to indicate the measures (bars) that should be should be sung in one breath. The phrasing of this song can be a little tricky. Here I have tried to reproduce the original phrasing used by Dougie MacLean and that tends not to be the same as various other artists/artistes/groups that have done covers of his song. I have also used the lyrics of the original thus a popular version “I have kissed the girls/lads, and I’ve left them crying, stolen dreams…” is back to “Well I have tried and I’ve kept on trying, and I’ve stolen dreams….”

PDF scores download links

Caledonia (TTBB and piano)
Caledonia (SSA and piano)


MIDI file download links

Caledonia (TTBB) MIDI file
Caledonia (SSA) MIDI File


MP3 files

TTBB
TTBB MP3 Download link
SSA
SSA MP3 Download link


Karaoke style videos (TTBB)

One for each part and a combined video at the end
Tenor 1

Tenor 2

Baritone (Bass 1)
Bass 2

All parts (using Choir Ahs)

CC-BY-NC-SA-icon-88x31License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 You may copy the PDFs and other files of the arrangement freely for non commercial purposes provided attribution is made and the work is licensed under the same Creative Commons license. The original melody is presumed to be ©Dougie MacLean and/or his agents and it is not known at this time how that may affect the display of this arrangement. If there is an issue in this respect please let me know and I will take this down. If your choir decides to sing this arrangement I would very much appreciate you mentioning it in the comments, and possibly even providing a link to a You-Tube video?

Enjoy!

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