MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN
Free MIDI file download, creator unknown.
File reference: “My-
Sounds from Halion Sonic SE3
Steinberg Cubase Elements 10
Edits: Sounds, Tempo, Audio
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
My Bonnie lies over the sea
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me...
Bring back, bring back
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me
Oh blow ye winds over the ocean
Oh blow ye winds over the sea
Oh blow ye winds over the ocean
and bring back my Bonnie to me
Last night as I lay on my pillow
Last night as I lay on my bed
Last night as I lay on my pillow
I dreamt that my Bonnie was dead
The winds have blown over the ocean
The winds have blown over the sea
The winds have blown over the ocean
And brought back my Bonnie to me
This backing track has only 2 verses; complete lyrics of the song are given. This karaoke style instrumental is in Big Band style. This is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.
The Slideshare by John Peter Holly provides extensive information regarding ‘The Big Band Era’ with pictures. Please note the inclusion of youtube videos:
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Canal Street Blues - Chick Webb -
Stompin’ at the Savoy - Ella Fitzgerald -
St. Louis Blues - Duke Ellington -
Take The A Train - Glenn Miller -
In The Mood; Moonlight Serenade - Count Basie -
Swingin' the Blues - Tommy Dorsey -
Opus One; I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Benny Goodman -
Sing, Sing, Sing
Questions:
- What is the time signature / number of beats in a bar of the backing track?
- What is the time signature when listening to other versions of My Bonnie?
Can you create a Big Band Quiz and upload for publication? Here are
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VARIATION PLAYGROUNDS from MuseEDlab provides mouse control of audio from Britten, Mendelssohn, Dvořák.
This is just one of the websites featured on PLAY where you can experiment with musical arrangements using the sound files provided.
Advanced tasks for Music Tech students:
Carefully select a high quality world folk song MIDI file. This must be in Public Domain and free to download. Open the file in your music sequencer program, edit, consider recording singer(s), convert completed file to Audio. If you finish these tasks, consider sending your performance recordings together with brief notes and a copy of lyrics to this website.
For copyright reasons pop song backing tracks and other cover versions can only be considered if they are substantially different from published recordings.
A Typical Big Band Seating Plan.
More Activities:
- Listen to ‘Variations on My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean for Tuba and Piano’, arrangement by Brett Vachon.
- Listen to this THEME AND VARIATIONS for recorder.
- Try to discover more pieces that are composed as Theme and Variations.
- Choose a ‘Theme’ and consider composing a piece with variations!
- Follow the score ‘My Bonnie Is Over The Ocean’ by HenkJenny.
- Compare the time signatures of these two arrangements.
- Compare the instrumentation of the big band video and these versions kindly contributed by members of the Musescore Community.
- Compare the tonalities of the three versions.
- If you tried one or more of these activities, consider leaving a FOOTPRINT comment!