English Folk Song Vocal Harmony Duet Arrangements Sheet Music Starter Pack 1

English Folk Song Vocal Harmony Duet Arrangements Sheet Music Starter Pack 1

This pack contains PDF sheet music and audio demo recordings for a collection of 10 traditional folk songs arranged as duets. There are two duet options: one with a harmony part that sits above the melody, and one with a harmony that is below the melody.

The PDF scores are provided in every possible key, to allow flexibility in accommodating different vocal ranges, and also to give any accompanying guitarists an easy way to transpose when using a capo if the chosen key is not very guitar-friendly!

The scores include two vocal parts (two versions with low and high harmonies) plus chord symbols for an accompanist.

The songs in this pack are:

Bright Morning Star

Sovay

Banks of the Sweet Primroses

Scarborough Fair

The Blue Cockade

Lonesome Woods

The Silver Dagger

Bonny Boy

The Water is Wide

Maying Song

You can hear demo recordings of the high and low harmony parts here.

The demo recordings were made by one person singing all parts, and they fit a vocal range of F3 to F5. I chose the keys based on being able to fit all the parts into my range, and I would not necessarily have chosen the keys I did if I only had to sing one of the parts, and there was someone else with a different range singing the harmony. I can't guarantee that absolutely every pair of voices will find a version of every song which matches their ranges, but hopefully the recordings will give you an idea of what might work, and the transpositions will mean most people can find something that works for them.

The octaves are set so as to avoid too many ledger lines, so you may find that the octave you are used to is not the one shown, but hopefully most people are able to adjust to this! If you want scores in different octaves, just send me an email and I'll send it over.

There are also lyrics included, although I encourage you to study the work and recordings of traditional singers for deciding on these, as these songs have many different versions to choose from.

As this is traditional folk music, normally passed on by oral tradition, I only provide scores of one verse for each song, and there are no ornaments or dynamics marked -- it is up to the performers to decide on their preferred expression and to work out how to fit the words of subsequent verses to the tune.

More information and more arrangements of traditional music are available on my website: folkarrangements.co.uk .

Please note that this is a digital download only, and no physical product will be sent.