Greensleeves.

It is said that in ancient Britain, "green sleeves" refer to prostitutes who sell their souls for a living. Please taste it carefully. Salty tears soaked simple chords ... eyes without god.

Whether it is a classical guitar or a folk guitar, people are keen to play it ... but after all, this classic taste is more orthodox, more melancholy and more perfectly expressed!

Greensleeves is a well-known English folk song and a popular song in Elizabethan England. It has been circulating for more than 400 years. According to the research data of William Chapel, a British scholar in the19th century, it is pointed out that the melody of Green Sleeves was first recorded in William's ballet? ■ Pipa book, the lyrics part appears in 1584. However, it was only when John Gay, a British composer, incorporated this song into the beggar's opera, which was created to fight against Italian opera. Opera, 1728), has been sung endlessly since then and will last forever.

In Renaissance and Baroque Europe, when playing a folk Song Like's Green Sleeves, it is customary to add many overtures and interludes (usually accompanied by lute, guitar and tenor) in addition to the lead singer or lead singer of the melody, and these overtures and interludes are improvisations performed by the accompanist according to chords and modes. So, at that time, a lot of wonderful music often came from this, but unfortunately these notes were fleeting (there was no tape recorder at that time), so we can only imagine the ingenuity of these musicians from the limited information available. According to legend, S.L.Weiss, a German lute musician in Baroque period, was an expert in improvisation. It is said that Bach was deeply moved after listening to his performance, so he wrote four precious suites for the lute in one breath.

Because "greensleeves" was originally a folk song in the Renaissance, its melody is very classical and elegant, so although it is a sad song about love, its popularity is not limited to the field of love. Some people sing it in the lyrics, others use it as a Christmas song, and countless versions have been adapted into instrumental music, including sketches, chamber music and orchestral music. Among them, The Beggar's Opera mentioned above and Fantasia on greensleeves written by British composer Vaughan Williams are the most representative.

Among the many musical instrument versions of "Green Sleeve", except for the earliest version of pipa and guitar, it has always been unique with its unique timbre. On the other hand, among many versions of classical guitar, the arrangement made by Francis Cardin, a British lute musician, is the most admired and loved by the public. In addition, the famous version is Variations on Green Sleeves by Austrian guitarist Karl riccardo chailly for guitar duet. (Editor's Note: Kazuhito Yamashita and his sister Yamashita have already recorded records. )

Original song "greensleeves"

Green sleeves

Alas! Honey, you're sorry,

Abandon me rudely,

I have loved you for so long,

It's nice to be with you.

Greensleeves is all my happiness,

Greensleeves is my favorite,

Greensleeves is my heart of gold,

Except my lady with green sleeves.

I'm ready,

Satisfy all your desires,

I fought for life and land,

Your love and kindness.

I will pray to god,

Let you and I be faithful to see,

Before I die,

You will give me love.

See you now, greensleeves! Goodbye!

God, I pray for your success!

Because I'm still your true love,

Love me again.

Chinese translation words

"Oh, honey, you owe me a lot,

It is impolite to abandon me like this,

I have loved you for a long time,

It's really nice to be with you.

Greensleeves is all my happiness,

Greensleeves is my pleasure,

Greensleeves is the gold in my heart,

Only you, my greensleeves! 」

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During the hundred years from 1650 to 1750, most folk songs or hymns, especially "Green Sleeves", were written in two forms of songs, but there was usually only one main "fantasy". Each paragraph consists of several phrases, keeping the tune consistent, and each paragraph is repeated. This form is called "ancient two-paragraph ballad style".

In this arrangement by Katyn, the technique he used is basically quite close to the "variation" of the classical music school, but the variation that has not yet reached the "strict definition" is asked by Lao Fiber. Wasteland? What is the answer? Stomach? Jian Peijun? BR> From 1 bar to 16 bar, the song itself, 17 ~ 32 bar can be regarded as the first variation, and then 33 ~ 48 bar can be regarded as the second variation. An interesting phenomenon can be found here, that is, in the form of ancient music, the structure is almost the same as that of instrumental music, and this composition law, which takes two bars as a sentence, four bars as a section and eight bars as a paragraph, is still widely adopted by composers, and the truth is really intriguing.

Theme: In A minor, 6/8 beats. There is a faint sadness at the beginning of the melody, which fully shows the mood of "tired for Iraq" in the lyrics, and the e chord goes down in the fourth bar, expressing a feeling of sighing. The ninth bar turned to G major and became a cry of passion. It is worth noting that the G chord runs through the whole song. Melody and structure are a main pillar, which makes the chords with sentimental characteristics not lack of ups and downs.

The first variation: in this variation, the melody is mainly based on the change of the third tone plus rhythm, but the counterpoint of harmony and bass has another obvious change. The B minor chords in 10 and 12 have the panic nature after the A minor chords, but the melody and harmony in 15, which is symmetrical with the theme 7, have changed. In fact, the music theory of this period has become increasingly mature, tonality and tonality system have been established, and the function of harmony has been basically sound. In addition, the application of counterpoint was very rich at that time, so the development of polyphony music was relatively accelerated.

In the second half of Katyn's arrangement (especially from the end of section 33), the creativity of harmony transposition and bass counterpoint melody was fully exerted, making a simple and simple folk song gorgeous and colorful.