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Re: Anthem - Queen of Australia

Norm Harris wrote:

>  Norm Harris wrote:
>
>> Ron Grice wrote:
>>
>> > > Ron Grice wrote
>> > >
>> > > > On the subject of our so called Anthem I
>> wonder what other country
>> > would allow
>> > > > their Anthem to be performed in the
>> wrong time sig(Julie Anthony) or
>> > elong-gating
>> > > > the
>> > > > the last phrase,not to mention all the
>> pop singers variations.
>>
>> Well Ron, i know for a fact that in the USA
>> there has been a plethora of
>> variations on their anthem sung in a variety
>> of keys, styles, with 'elongation'
>> (the musical term is augmentation, assuming we
>> are talking of the same thing)
>> accompanied by a variety of different musical
>> instrument combinations. MARK????
>>
>> > > Sorry to be pedantic, but you can't blame
>> Julie for that. Tommy Tycho
>> > >arranged  'that' partricular version and
>> for mine it is fantastic. Now if
>> > you are
>> > >going to  get picky about it, Tommy even
>> changed a lot of the chords.  No,
>> > he
>> > >didn't mess  with the time signature. If
>> you want, I'll ask Tom for a copy
>> > of his
>> > >score. (assuming he'll part with it, doubt
>> it, but..)
>> >
>> > Ah! Ha! Norm, it seems we now have another
>> difference to Victoria. Up here
>> > if a tune is in 4/4 (not the fraction) but
>> someone then performs it in 3/4
>> > ,we would consider that to be a change of
>> time signature, not sure now what
>> > you would call it.   Please enlighten the
>> list.  Sorry I don't know who did
>> > the arr. I heard,  maybe it was Geoff Harvey
>> ?  It was sung at a grand
>> > final of the football (ours).
>>
>> Gee Ron, how stupid of me not to have known
>> 'that' was the particular version
>> you were refering to. This is a classic
>> example of going off 1/2 cocked with
>> not enough info, and i mean both of us
>> mate.THE ONE most Australia is familiar with
>> sung by JA, is the version with the choir on
>> the steps P'house and Tycho conducting
>> and f'works etc.. Now how many Australians do
>> you suppose watched YOUR football
>> grand final. LOL.
>> Assumimg you are refering to mobile wrestling
>> where a packed house is 30,000, i
>> would say not many. hahahahaha.
>> Of course i wouldn't be watching it ya drongo.
>> We would still be recovering
>> from our own grand final where a packed house
>> here is 95,000 bods,  and millions
>> more watching on TV. <;~)))
>> I'll talk to Harvey and find out, but maybe it
>> was Graeme Lyall 'cos he's done
>> a lot of those GF's.
>>
>> > And are you also trying to say that God save
>> the Queen is not the National
>> > Anthem of G.B.
>>
>> No never said that---get ya eyes checked ;~))
>>
>> > ( like we use the Star Spangled Banner for
>> the U.S.A.) ,I
>> > don't think pedantic is the right word
>> either.
>>
>> Sorry, nit-picking is more appropriate.
>>
>> > Ron G
>> > North of the Border.
>>
>> Norm.
>> Don't eat yellow snow!
>
>  Norm.
> Music is my first love, after Jan and the
> billies.
>



--
Norm.
Music is my first love, after Jan and the billies.


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