The Kingston Trio es un grupo popular estadounidense y el grupo de música pop que ayudó a lanzar el renacimiento del folk de la década de 1950 a finales de 1960. El grupo se originó en un acto de una discoteca de San Francisco Bay Area con una formación original de Dave Guard, Bob Shane, y Nick Reynolds. Se elevó a la popularidad internacional, impulsada por las ventas sin precedentes de 33 1 / 3 rpm larga duración álbumes de discos, y han contribuido a modificar la dirección de la música popular en los EE.UU.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Return-Path: Date: Thu, 4 Aug 1994 00:06:14 -0600 (MDT) Subject: k/kingston_trio/the_ballad_of_the_shape_of_things.num To: Nevada Guitar Cc: Barrie McCombs
THE BALLAD OF THE SHAPE OF THINGS Time: 2/4 Tenor: D Bass: C
1 * 4 * * * 57 * Com-pletely round is the perfect pearl, the oyster manu-factures 1 * 4 * * * 57 * Com-pletely round is the steering wheel that leads to compound fractures 4 * 1 * 4 * 1 * Com-pletely round is the golden fruit that hangs in the orange tree 1 57 1 57 Yes, the circle shape is quite re-nowned 1 57 1 57 And sad to say, it can be found 1 4 57 1 In the dirty, low-down run-a-round 1 4 1 57 1 57 1 * My true love gave to me - ee, yes, my true love gave to me
Completely square is the velvet box, he said my ring would be in Completely square is the envelope, he wrote farewell to me in Completely square is the handkerchief I flourish constantly As it dries my eyes of the tears I've shed And blows my nose 'til it turns bright red For a perfect square is my true love's head He will not marry me; no he will not marry me
Rectangular is the hotel door my true love tried to sneak through Rectangular is the transom hole which I had to peek through Rectangular is the hotel room I entered angrily Now, rectangular is the wooden box Where lies my love 'neath the grazing flocks They say he died of the chickenpox In part I must agree; one chick too many had he
Triangular is the piece of pie I eat to hide my sorrow Triangular is the hatchet blade I plan to hide tomorrow Triangular the relationship that now has ceased to be And the self-same shape is a garment thin That fastens on with a safety pin To a prize I had no wish to win It's a lasting memory: that my true love gave to me
NOTES: - Sung in madrigal style - V3L2: "over" for "hole" - V3L5: "golden flox" for "grazing flocks" (Kingston Trio) - V4L4: "triangular" for "the self-same" (Kingston Trio)
SYMBOLS: - Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord - Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure - Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
CHORDS (Nashville Number System): - This system permits you to play a song in any key - It uses the numeric relationships between chords in a given key - The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)
Common Keys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Key of C: CDEFGAB Key of DDEF#GABC# Key of EEF#G#ABC#D# Key of FFGABbCDE Key of GGABCDEF# Key of AABC#DEF#G# Key of BbBbCDEbFGA
EDITING (to a chosen key): - Use the "replace" feature of any text editor - Most songs use four chords or less ( 1 > 5 > 4 > 6 ) - Beware: the number 7 could be the seventh scale note or a 7th chord