Intermediate BA2 - Unit 9 "Practice" Song: Tune (i)
FOUR STRONG WINDS
Beat interval symbol = Dot ( . ) or equivalent
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Ian Tyson
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Accordion Notation - outside row, with (limited) cross-playing.
Outside treble-row buttons 5 to 7,
plus some of inside row buttons i4 & i6 with chords o1, o1* & o3 |
Play the notes & chords together.
This is not a tapping exercise. |
For this version of this practice tune, "limited" means that cross-playing applies only to those treble outside-row notes 5* and 8* (or sequence of these notes) that cover (or are held for) more than one beat-interval.
Chorus:
.5 .5* | :6 .6 .6* | "i4 ;i4 .i4 .6 | :6* .6 .7* | :5
Four strong winds that blow lone - ly, Sev - en seas that run high,
o1 o1* o1 o1* o3 o1 o1* o1 o1* o1
.5 .5* | :6 .6 .6* | :i4 .6* .6 | ::6*~ | ~:
All those things that don't change come what may__.
o1* o1 o1* o3 o1* o1 o1*
.6 .7* | "7 ;7 .7* .6 | :7* .5* .6 | ;6* "6* .6 .7* | :5
But our good times are all gone, And I'm bound for mov-ing on.
o1 o1* o1 o1* o1 o1* o1 o1* o1 o1* o1
.7* .7 | .i6 .i6 "i6 ;7* | "6 ;6 .6 .5* | :5
I'll look for you if I'm ev - er back this way.
o1* o1 o3 o1* o1 o1* o1
Verse 1 (of 2)
.5 .5* | "6 ;6 .6 .6* | "i4 ;.i4 "i4 "6 | "6* ;6* .6 .7* | :5
Think I'll go out to Al - ber - ta, Weath - er's good there in the fall.
o1 o1* o1 o1* o3 o1 o1* o1 o1* o1
.5 .5* | .6 .6 .6 .6* | ;i4 "i4 .i4 .6 | ::6*~ | ~:
Got some friends that I can go to work-ing for____.
o1* o1 o1* o3 o1 o1*
.6 .7* | "7 ;7 .7* .6 | :7* .5* .6 | ;6* "6* .6 .7* | :5
Still I wish you'd change your mind, If I asked you one more time
o1 o1* o1 o1* o1 o1* o1 o1* o1 o1* o1
.7* .7 | ;i6 "i6 .i6 .7* | "6 ;6 .6 .5* | ::5~ | ~:
But we've been through that a hun-dred times or more__.
o1* o1 o3 o1* o1 o1* o1
Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Total of 11 videos in various keys: A=2 C=1 D=1 E=2 G=5
Total of 11 videos in various keys: A=2 C=1 D=1 E=2 G=5
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Key: G
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Lyrics:
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Chorus:
Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high, All those things that don't change come what may. But our good times are all gone, and I'm bound for moving on. I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way. Think I'll go out to Alberta, Weather's good there in the fall. Got some friends that I can go to working for. Still I wish you'd change your mind, If I asked you one more time, But we've been through that a hundred times or more. If I get there before the snow flies, And if things are goin' good You could meet me if I sent you down the fare. But by then it would be winter, There ain't too much for you to do, And those winds sure can blow cold way out there. |