Rio Grande - Revision history

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 Hugill gives six variations; the first is transcribed in the first page of the PDF linked here, as I was messing about with the [[LilyPond]] software I used to put the arrangement together, and is the closest to the version I know and recorded.
-The first version that I recorded can be heard in [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/description the Kickstarter campaign video], recorded 17 October 2017.  It was a little tricky getting pitches right; [[Jim Prendergast]], my recording engineer, suggested making MIDI guidetracks, which is what led to this whole songbook and online liner notes project as a side-effect.  I had a cold while I was arranging this song, and originally arranged it in F, then F♯, and ended up recording it in G, all of which are way out of my normal range.  That second take, in G, sounded much more solid, and is what’s on the album.
+The first version that I recorded can be heard in [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/description the Kickstarter campaign video], recorded 17 October 2017.  It was a little tricky getting pitches right; [[Jim Prendergast]], my recording engineer, suggested making MIDI guidetracks, which is what led to this whole songbook and online liner notes project as a side-effect.<ref>Chris Maden.  “Behind the Scenes,” [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/posts/2026585 Kickstarter update.]  26 October 2017.</ref>  I had a cold while I was arranging this song, and originally arranged it in F, then F♯, and ended up recording it in G, all of which are way out of my normal range.  That second take, in G, sounded much more solid, and is what’s on the album.
 The reference to “Frisco girls” really makes no sense here, especially in combination with the reference to New York in the verse.  I can only say that that’s the version that has stuck the most soundly in my brain.

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+| altname3=Away to Rio
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 == Liner Notes ==
-“[[Rio Grande]]” is track 1 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 24 October 2017 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].
+“[[Rio Grande]]” is track 1 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 24 October 2017 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].<ref>“Rio Grande,” recording by Chris Maden. [https://musicbrainz.org/recording/88e38f31-8540-424d-9f3a-70211f68b570 MusicBrainz].</ref>
 “Rio Grande” is a capstan or windlass chantey, exclusively used for raising the anchor on an outward-bound trip.  I first learned this song at the [https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/chantey-sing.htm San Francisco chantey sing]; my version is fairly close to that of [http://www.saltywalt.net/ Salty Walt and the Rattlin’ Ratlines].

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 == Liner Notes ==
-“[[Rio Grande]]” is track 1 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]''.
+“[[Rio Grande]]” is track 1 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 24 October 2017 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].
 “Rio Grande” is a capstan or windlass chantey, exclusively used for raising the anchor on an outward-bound trip.  I first learned this song at the [https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/chantey-sing.htm San Francisco chantey sing]; my version is fairly close to that of [http://www.saltywalt.net/ Salty Walt and the Rattlin’ Ratlines].
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 Hugill gives six variations; the first is transcribed in the first page of the PDF linked here, as I was messing about with the [[LilyPond]] software I used to put the arrangement together, and is the closest to the version I know and recorded.
-The first version that I recorded can be heard in [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/description the Kickstarter campaign video], recorded 17 October 2017.  It was a little tricky getting pitches right; [[Jim Prendergast]], my recording engineer, suggested making MIDI guidetracks, which is what led to this whole songbook and online liner notes project as a side-effect.  I had a cold while I was arranging this song, and originally arranged it in F, then F♯, and ended up recording it in G, all of which are way out of my normal range.  That second take, recorded 24 October 2017, in G, sounded much more solid, and is what’s on the album.
+The first version that I recorded can be heard in [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/description the Kickstarter campaign video], recorded 17 October 2017.  It was a little tricky getting pitches right; [[Jim Prendergast]], my recording engineer, suggested making MIDI guidetracks, which is what led to this whole songbook and online liner notes project as a side-effect.  I had a cold while I was arranging this song, and originally arranged it in F, then F♯, and ended up recording it in G, all of which are way out of my normal range.  That second take, in G, sounded much more solid, and is what’s on the album.
 The reference to “Frisco girls” really makes no sense here, especially in combination with the reference to New York in the verse.  I can only say that that’s the version that has stuck the most soundly in my brain.

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 Hugill gives six variations; the first is transcribed in the first page of the PDF linked here, as I was messing about with the [[LilyPond]] software I used to put the arrangement together, and is the closest to the version I know and recorded.
-The first version that I recorded can be heard in [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/description the Kickstarter campaign video].  It was a little tricky getting pitches right; [[Jim Prendergast]], my recording engineer, suggested making MIDI guidetracks, which is what led to this whole songbook and online liner notes project as a side-effect.  I had a cold while I was arranging this song, and originally arranged it in F, then F♯, and ended up recording it in G, all of which are way out of my normal range.  That second take, in G, sounded much more solid, and is what’s on the album.
+The first version that I recorded can be heard in [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/description the Kickstarter campaign video], recorded 17 October 2017.  It was a little tricky getting pitches right; [[Jim Prendergast]], my recording engineer, suggested making MIDI guidetracks, which is what led to this whole songbook and online liner notes project as a side-effect.  I had a cold while I was arranging this song, and originally arranged it in F, then F♯, and ended up recording it in G, all of which are way out of my normal range.  That second take, recorded 24 October 2017, in G, sounded much more solid, and is what’s on the album.
 The reference to “Frisco girls” really makes no sense here, especially in combination with the reference to New York in the verse.  I can only say that that’s the version that has stuck the most soundly in my brain.

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	The reference to “Frisco girls” really makes no sense here, especially in combination with the reference to New York in the verse. I can only say that that’s the version that has stuck the most soundly in my brain.		The reference to “Frisco girls” really makes no sense here, especially in combination with the reference to New York in the verse. I can only say that that’s the version that has stuck the most soundly in my brain.
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		+	I knew from the start of this project that this was going to be the first track. I love the idea of opening with, “I’ll sing you a song, a good song of the sea; I’ll sing a good chorus if you’ll sing it with me.” I often use this to start a chantey sing for the same reason.

	== References ==		== References ==

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 According to Hugill,<ref>Stan Hugill.  ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', pp. 80–87.  New U.S. Edition.  Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1994.</ref> the place in question is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande,_Rio_Grande_do_Sul Rio Grande do Sul], in Brazil, though his assertions should always be taken with a grain of salt.  All the sources<ref>Joanna C. Colcord.  ''Songs of American Sailormen'', pp. 85–87.  Enlarged and Revised Edition.  New York: Bramhall House, 1938.</ref><ref>Laura Alexandrine Smith.  ''The Music of the Waters'', pp. 10–12.  London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888.</ref> and all recordings I’ve ever heard badly mispronounce the place, as I do as well; it is always Rye-o Grand, never Ree-o Grahn-day.  Sailors were generally abominable about furrin place names.
-Hugill gives six variations; the first is transcribed in the first page of the PDF linked here, as I was messing about with the [[LilyPond]] software I used to put the arrangement together.
+Hugill gives six variations; the first is transcribed in the first page of the PDF linked here, as I was messing about with the [[LilyPond]] software I used to put the arrangement together, and is the closest to the version I know and recorded.
 The first version that I recorded can be heard in [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/description the Kickstarter campaign video].  It was a little tricky getting pitches right; [[Jim Prendergast]], my recording engineer, suggested making MIDI guidetracks, which is what led to this whole songbook and online liner notes project as a side-effect.  I had a cold while I was arranging this song, and originally arranged it in F, then F♯, and ended up recording it in G, all of which are way out of my normal range.  That second take, in G, sounded much more solid, and is what’s on the album.

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 The first version that I recorded can be heard in [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/description the Kickstarter campaign video].  It was a little tricky getting pitches right; [[Jim Prendergast]], my recording engineer, suggested making MIDI guidetracks, which is what led to this whole songbook and online liner notes project as a side-effect.  I had a cold while I was arranging this song, and originally arranged it in F, then F♯, then G, all of which are way out of my normal range.  I believe I ended up recording it in A♭, still a touch below my normal range, for our second take, which sounded much more solid, and is what’s on the album.
 == References ==
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 [[Category:Chris’s songs]]
 [[Category:Shower Chanteys]]