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Katie Howson

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Rights of Man on the D/G box
« on: March 29, 2017, 10:27:28 PM »

I feel sure this must have cropped up in a forum before, but I can't find it on a quick search ...

Has anyone got a definitive version of how to play The Rights of Man on a D/G box (in Em). I have known this tune for many years but never really bothered to work it out properly, and every time I think about it I come up with a different way of placing it on the D/G box. Just had another go, with yet another fingering system, and then thought someone out there will already have come to a conclusion about this and perhaps I'll just borrow theirs. I can see that the first bar would benefit from playing across the rows entirely to keep the Em chord. Any existing notation (but I don't like ABC) gratefully received.

And when I have cracked this, I promise to write a tune called The Rights of Woman - and it will be dedicated to Mary Wollstonecraft!
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Re: Rights of Man on the D/G box
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2017, 10:36:44 PM »

I haven't written anything out, but it is a very pull-heavy tune. I tend to cross row the first half of the first bar on the pull with Em and play the second half of that bar cross-rowing on the push with a Bm chord before going back to Em for the 2nd bar with push-pull fingering.

I find that whenever the tune goes back to the top octave on an Em chord - cross-rowing is the best solution with the exception of those pesky Ds that you need to waggle the bellows for.
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Re: Rights of Man on the D/G box
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2017, 09:23:06 AM »

The guitar tabs I've found favour an Em right through the first three bars, followed by Am, then back to Em for 2 1/2 bars, Bm, Em, so in the A music that would be all on the pull except for half a bar. Almost impossible with chords as well, so much air needed in one direction, so maybe swapping to a Bm in bar 1 would work better and balance it out a bit.

A D on the pull would be sooo useful sometimes, wouldn't it?
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Re: Rights of Man on the D/G box
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2017, 10:09:36 AM »

The guitar tabs I've found favour an Em right through the first three bars

If you're playing along with a guitarist who's following that scheme, you can just play a B bass without the chord and it will fit the E minor chord. If there's no guitar or other instrument forcing you into Em for three bars on the trot, you can do what you like  ;)
(and a B under bar 2 is fine musically)
« Last Edit: March 30, 2017, 01:31:06 PM by Anahata »
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Re: Rights of Man on the D/G box
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2017, 11:11:35 AM »

Hi Katie,

I think it all depends how you 'hear' the tune... for me it gets a bit monotonous if played mostly in E and A minors ... I like to drop in C major chords/bass and D majors for variety ... that makes it more modal (I always did have a sweet tooth when it comes to tunes...).

Dulahan the Irish duo drop in the odd passing A major which is also nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc7g1s6Cp9o

Overall I think for a tune like this you don't want a fixed pattern of chords but options that give you varying sequences.

And I like the idea of the title 'Rights of Woman'  - Mary Wollstonecraft was a brilliant writer and political thinker.

Mike R
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Re: Rights of Man on the D/G box
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2017, 11:40:24 AM »

Paddy O'brien playing on a B/C (?), probably not too useful but a nice version with not over powering bass/chords

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DJZDlgBNzA
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Re: Rights of Man on the D/G box
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2017, 09:46:12 AM »

To demonstrate a v nice chord accompniament on a box with limited chords (like a melodeon) here is Basil Bunelik playing TROM on a small 12 bass (e.g. Six chords) pa. I also v much like the rythmn he has, which is how I try to play ROM on a box. Slower and dotted.
https://youtu.be/TAuoxoZPt6Q

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Re: Rights of Man on the D/G box
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2017, 12:15:47 PM »

To demonstrate a v nice chord accompniament on a box with limited chords (like a melodeon) here is Basil Bunelik playing TROM on a small 12 bass (e.g. Six chords) pa. I also v much like the rythmn he has, which is how I try to play ROM on a box. Slower and dotted.
https://youtu.be/TAuoxoZPt6Q

That's really nice. I prefer this tune at that speed & rhythm too. Thanks for the link.
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