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Miss Ross
post Jun 15 2007, 03:43 PM
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QUOTE(Miss Ross @ Jun 8 2007, 04:59 PM) *

You have good taste DC! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

I'm hoping to sing it for AH Music this year...

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Good luck to you too, Fiona! xx


Hi DC! Just thought I'd update you quickly, seeing as you've decided to look at Santa Lucia instead. I was given the music for Summertime today, and we're starting work on it on Monday (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif). I haven't heard Santa Lucia before, but I'm sure we've got it in the music department somewhere so I'll try and hunt it out!
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post Jun 15 2007, 07:18 PM
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Good luck!! Are you singing it in the original key??!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Miss Ross
post Jun 15 2007, 07:20 PM
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Good luck!! Are you singing it in the original key??!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Yes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif) Well, the top note is either F sharp or G, so I think it is. I sang Pie Jesu last year though, and if I remember correctly that had a G in it too...
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post Jun 15 2007, 07:32 PM
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A quick update - the original key of "Summertime" is B minor. And while it doesn't go stratospherically high (although some of the solos in Porgy & Bess do) it does need tons of control to sing properly.
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post Jun 17 2007, 01:35 PM
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I've got it in the key of A minor (if my memory serves me right) and the first note is E.
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post Jun 26 2007, 01:45 PM
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I've just dug this thread out as I just went through Summertime to see if I like it. My key is B minor but i've just found this free downloadable backing track in A minor for anyone that's interested:-

http://www.jazzbacks.com/cgi-bin/online-st...=free-downloads
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post Jun 26 2007, 01:47 PM
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Thanks for the link, Possum.

So do you like it?
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post Jun 26 2007, 01:56 PM
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Thanks for the link, Possum.

So do you like it?


I think so. I feel it will be good for me, lately my voice has gotten much heavier in the middle and i'm keen to hold on to my lighter notes so I think it will be nice to sing something more controlled and higher. I love singing Care Selve which seems to be the same singing technique (if you know what I mean, Handel and Gershwin (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ). I've always loved Gershwin when piano was my first instrument, I would have never imagined singing it though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 30 2011, 07:18 PM
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Sorry to drag up an old thread! (It has been interesting re-reading it though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )


Anyway...the need to sing Summertime in the Ella Fitzgerald bluesy style has returned as a niggle and I won't be happy until I've attempted it! Almost four years on ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) ) from this thread being started, I would like to think my voice has progressed well enough to attempt Summertime (still not in the original key though). I was just coming up to grade one singing then, and am now grade five.

I've been doing a search for a transposed version but have had no luck so far. Does anybody have a copy or know of a good transcription I could get hold of please?

Thank you.

(For those who have heard me sing, please fee free to add any comments as to why I should/shouldn't attempt this. Thanks).
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post May 1 2011, 06:40 PM
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I can't see why you shouldn't give it a go! I love that version!
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post May 1 2011, 06:53 PM
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Hi Daisychain,

That version (rather than the operatic version) is on the Grade 4 syllabus list for LCM Popular Vocals. So I would have thought it'd be fine. My student is doing in, and singing it in B minor but an octave lower than the operatic version.

Good luck, it's a gorgeous song
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post May 1 2011, 07:05 PM
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QUOTE(DaisyChain @ Apr 30 2011, 08:18 PM) *

Sorry to drag up an old thread! (It has been interesting re-reading it though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )


Anyway...the need to sing Summertime in the Ella Fitzgerald bluesy style has returned as a niggle and I won't be happy until I've attempted it! Almost four years on ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) ) from this thread being started, I would like to think my voice has progressed well enough to attempt Summertime (still not in the original key though). I was just coming up to grade one singing then, and am now grade five.

I've been doing a search for a transposed version but have had no luck so far. Does anybody have a copy or know of a good transcription I could get hold of please?

Thank you.

(For those who have heard me sing, please fee free to add any comments as to why I should/shouldn't attempt this. Thanks).


You could download it from Musicnotes.com - A US site I use a lot and they're pretty good. They have a number of pre-transposed options available, with information on the range of the transposition used.

Enjoy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.a...pn=MN0041294_D5
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post May 1 2011, 09:02 PM
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Thank you for your responses, and for the link katyjay! All downloaded and ready to start. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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