TV Herald Sun - Hayley sings Scarborough Fair

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stephany said:

An article attached to this video was originally published by the Herald Sun under the title "https://i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifawn only Diva" available online on the newspaper's website.

We already discussed it on the following topic : Hayley : diva tendencies ?

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Interesting point butI I think that song has more to do with technique and contrast with the rest of teh CD. Hence an earlier comment somewhere that when we get round to talking about international CD4 I think it ought to be full of such 'rocking the rafters' challenges.

Peter S.

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stephany said:

Hi everyone,
Graeme made an audio clip of this "Scarborough Fair" video.
You can download it HERE.



THANK YOU SO MUCH GRAEME !!!

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ECHOED ECHOED ECHOED

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Thank you Graeme.

Peter S.

[Eric]

Wow, Hayley!!

martin said:

As Grant mentioned (and if either Hayley or Steve A. read this) it MUST be on a future release.

In fact, how about as an idea for a future album "Hayley unplugged" offering a similar approach with minimal accompanyment.

Martin

I would completely agree with that!! To help grab their attention, I will repost Martin's and Grant's suggestion (that many have agreed would be a good idea) below, with added emphasis. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

As Grant mentioned (and if either

Hayley or Steve A.

read this)


it MUST be on a future release.

i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif - I'm sure that is the way Martin and Grant intended to say it. Or at least, that's the way I heard it!

Eric

[Dave]

martin said:

PS Can we have this video saved on HWI please.

Hello Martin and everyone,

I have downloaded and saved this video, which is very nice. But I am reluctant to upload it onto the HWI website, at the moment anyway. This is an exclusive performance (not just a news report) that's readily available to view anytime we want to, unlike most TV and radio programmes that tend disappear for ever - unless we "catch" them. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

But if it disappears... or perhaps after a decent interval has elapsed - or if Roger tells me to I may change my mind. But I do I have it, in case of need.

Meanwhile, a reminder of the link: Scarborough Fair. Thanks Stephany!

Cheers, Dave

[Caitlin]

I've just listened/watched this. Wonderful. Love the vocalise in the middle!!

Thanks so much for pointing this out Stephany.

<3 Caite

[graemek]

Hi Caite,
So vocalise is what you call that "voice instead of instruments" is it?

And its a noun......hhmmmm

Did anybody else learn something here because I did & what a beautiful way to learn it ?

Graeme

[Caitlin]

Thanks to M-W.com

Vocalise
Main Entry: vo·cal·ise
British variant of VOCALIZE

vocalize
intransitive verb
2 : SING; specifically : to sing without words

<3 Caite

[graemek]

Thanks Caite (by the way how are you? )
Now I'm getting interested & just look what Wikipedia says.
And do we notice anything familiar?
Vocalise
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A vocalise is a vocal exercise (often one suitable for performance) without words, which is sung on one or more vowel sounds. The singing of vocalise is called vocalization.

Vocalise dates back to the mid-18th century. Jean-Antoine Bérard's 1755 compilation L’art du chant includes a selection of songs (sans words) by composers such as Lully and Rameau, chosen for their value as exercises in vocal technique. Accompanying the exercises were instructions on mastering the technical challenges they posed. By the 19th century vocalises were commonly composed specifically for pedagogical purposes rather than being adapted from existing songs.

A related tradition of vocalise sprang up in the 19th century, with wordless technical etudes set to piano accompaniment, following the fashion of the time of setting even the most mechanical of études to piano accompaniment with the thought that this would inspire the performer to execute the music more artistically.

One of the best-known examples of vocalise is Rachmaninoff's Vocalise op. 34 no. 14, written in 1912 for soprano Antonina Nezhdanova. It has been recorded numerous times and adapted for other voice types as well as orchestral and solo instrumental performance.

The first, slow movement of Heitor Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (1938) features a soprano aria over a cello ensemble, which evolves into an extended vocalise that floats over a pizzicato accompaniment.

"Vocalese", whose name is a play on "vocalise", is a type of jazz singing in which new words are created and sung to existing instrumental improvisations.

In Indian classical music, the tradition of "aakaar" is used as a vocal exercise before singing, and also to a certain extent adds to the singing and the melody.

[Richard]

Thanks for posting that, Graeme!

Of course 'Bachianas Brasileiras No.5' is the piece Hayley recorded for 'Odyssey'. There were some very favourable comments about her version, which may well have encouraged her to sing the vocalise in 'Scarborough Fair'. We must listen out to see if she tries it in other songs too.

Best Wishes,

Richard

[graemek]

Richard,
we've just had local exchange failure for half yesterday & all day today.This cut out everybody's web for miles (Kms) around.

So last night I went to bed earlyish & listened to Live from NZ right thru.

Funny how you start to forget how stupendous it is when you leave off for a while.

So I listened with added interest & yet more admiration to Bach. Bras.

(I couldn't say 'listened with all ears' as one of mine doesn't work any more. Sounds funny to say "all ear")
Graeme
PS Just listened to the Scarb. Fair. with voc. again. I just can't get enough of it.......sooo beautiful.

[Stephany]

graemek said:

PS Just listened to the Scarb. Fair. with voc. again. I just can't get enough of it.......sooo beautiful.

I was listening to "All Angels" and had to stop momentarily after reading your post, Graeme. I can't get enough of this vocalize version of Scarborough Fair. Too beautiful. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

[stevemacdonald]

Hayley seems to be making Scarborough Fair her new signature song.

I enjoy all her performances of this song, but I dearly wish she would not always fade to near-inaudible when she voices the "rose" in rosemary after the loud and dramatic "sage".

That cavil aside, this makes a wonderful signature song for her.

[milewalker]

This is the one thing which Hayley does vocally which really does annoy me - it isnt only Scarbourough Fair. On occasion she simply swallows a note. It is perhaps forgivable along the lines of artistic privelege if it is really intentional - but it actually sounds more like a bad habit. In all fairness, she doesnt have many of them

Jon

[Oksana]

Thank you Stephany for bringing this wonderful video to our attention! The guitar offered a very nice, folky arrangement that really brought out the mystery in this song... I loved the vocalise part as well!

Oksy

[Cherry]

i got the video and upload it to mediafire~~~
and here is the link:www.mediafire.com/?8ycht9p2nyz~~~
for everyone can download it~~~~
enjoy~~~~~~~~~~