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James Tobin

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Sur le pont d'avignon
« on: March 31, 2015, 04:36:58 PM »

Hi all, I'm a complete beginner with a D/G melodeon,I've been trying to play this tune but I'm stuck on what I think is the F note..So far I'm playing GGG,AAA,BCDG then I'm stuck..can anyone help me with the rest of the tune? Many thanks
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Re: Sur le pont d'avignon
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2015, 05:12:11 PM »

James, from your question I'm going to assume that you are not familiar with the simple notation system called "ABC" that uses letters of the written alphabet to represent musical notes.

JCs Tunefinder is a site that navigates thousands of tunes in ABC format (http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind)

Here's Sur Le Pont in G:

X: 1
T:Sur le pont d'Avignon
R:Chanson
O:France
B:Le livre des Chansons (Henri Davenson) n�45
Z:<anamnese@caramail.com> -- http://anamnese.fr.st
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=90
K:G
D | G3/2 A/ B B | A d G D | G3/2 A/ B B | A d G G |!
M:6/8
A2 G E2 G | A G A B2 G | A2 G E2 G | A3 G2 z ||
W:Hier, sur le pont d'Avignon (2x)
W:J'ai ou� chanter la Belle ; (2x) lon l�
W:
W:Elle chantait d'un ton si doux, comme une demoiselle,
W:Que le fils du roi l'entendit du logis de son p�re.

There's quite a bit here on melnet about ABC if you look around.  One of the handy things about ABC is that there are several readers that will convert the letters to conventional notation, and also play tunes back for you in a simple and slowed-down form http://forum.melodeon.net/index.php/page,abc.html.

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Re: Sur le pont d'avignon
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2015, 05:12:38 PM »

F#GAD, then back to the start.

Good luck! And welcome!

Roger
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Re: Sur le pont d'avignon
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2015, 05:31:30 PM »

Hi James. Welcome to the wacky world of Melnet. Where in the world are you?
Mike  (:)
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Re: Sur le pont d'avignon
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2015, 05:45:18 PM »

Thanks for the swift replies! I'll have a look at ABC as well. I'm based in London UK,and have always wanted to learn an instrument. I'd like to look at some French folk tunes to play which is why I looked at this one 😊
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Re: Sur le pont d'avignon
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2015, 06:13:43 PM »

when i was a lad... basic french at school...we sang and danced, but, under the pont d'avignon. and ''sous'' is also easier to sing than ''sur.''
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