%abc-2.1 %%abc-edited-by D. Glenn Arthur Jr.[http://www.dglenn.org] %%abc-copyright D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [http://www.dglenn.org] %%continueall true %%writefields TCQWNH true %%pagewidth 8.5in %%pageheight 11.0in %%header "- Comet, Comet, Shining Bright -- page $P " %%footer "http://www.dglenn.org/music/Comet_Comet.html version date: 2015-11-12" % (This is not the master version of this file. It is generated from % Comet_Comet.abp using the abcpp preprocessor.) % Tentative lyrics X:8 T:Comet, Comet, Shining Bright T:variation on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (or "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman") C:© 2012, 2015 D. Glenn Arthur Jr. H:This is a 2015 attempt to fit words on top of something I came up with in 2012. H:As the subtitle indicates, it's based on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (also H:familiar to English speakers as "Baa Baa Black Sheep" and the alphabet song), H:in a different mode and with a couple of extra measures. "Twinkle Twinkle H:Little Star" is in turn based on an older French song, "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman" N:I came up with this on a bass guitar in DGDG tuning, so it sounds nice and ominous a N:couple octaves down from where it's shown here. N: N:If you play it as an instrumental, please play the guitar staff, not the abridged vocal N:melody. (It's just parallel octaves here, so if you're using an instrument that doesn't N:do double-stops, just go with either octave from the guitar part.) N: M:2/2 Q:"creepily," 1/2=52 " or thereabouts" L:1/8 V:V clef=treble %%MIDI program 73 V:G clef=treble-8 %%MIDI program 25 K:Dm ^f _e % [V:V] G2 G2 d2 d2 | e2 c2 d4 | w: Com- et, com- et, | shi- ning bright, [V:G] [GG,]2 [GG,]2 [dD]2 [dD]2 | [eE]2 [cC]2 [dD]4 | % [V:V] c2 (dc) B2 G2 | (AB) A2 d4 | w: What news_ do you | bring_ to- night? [V:G] [cC]2 [dD][cC] [BB,]2 [GG,]2 | [AA,][BB,] [AA,]2 [dD]4 | % [V:V] G2 G2 d2 d2 | cc e2 d4 | w: Do you por- tend | civ-il un- rest, [V:G] [GG,]2 [GG,]2 [dD]2 [dD]2 | [cC]2 [eE]2 [dD]4 | % [V:V] ed c2 d2 B2 | cB A2 G4 | w: Or is it time for | me to in- vest? [V:G] [eE][dD][cC]2 [dD][cC] [BB,]2 | [cC][BB,] [AA,]2 [GG,]4 | % [V:V] g2 g2 f2 d2 | (de) d2 d3 d | w: Com- et pass- ing | in_ the sky, As [V:G] [gG]2 [gG]2 [fF]2 [dD]2 | [dD][eE] [dD][cC] [dD]4 | % [V:V] gg g2 f2 d2 | (de) d2 d4 | w: mor-tals be low you | live_ and die, [V:G] [gG]2 [gG]2 [fF]2 [dD]2 | [dD][eE] [dD][cC] \ [V:G] .!tenuto![dD].!tenuto![cC] .!tenuto![BB,].!tenuto![AA,] | % SEE END NOTE % [V:V] G2 G2 d2 d2 | e2 (fe) d4 | w: o- men foul or | o- men_ fair [V:G] [GG,]2 [GG,]2 [dD]2 [dD]2 | [eE]2 [fF][eE] [dD]4 | % [V:V] (cd) c2 Bc B2 | (AB) A2 G4 |] w: I_ am glad that your | kind_ is rare. [V:G] [cC][dD] [cC]2 [BB,][cC] [BB,]2 | [AA,][BB,] [AA,]2 [GG,]4 |] % W:Comet, comet, shining bright, W:What news do you bring tonight? W:Do you portend civil unrest W:Or is it time for me to invest? W:Comet passing in the sky, W:As mortals below you live and die, W:Omen foul or omen fair, W:I am glad your kind is rare. % % In my own source file for this tune, the run in measure 12 is: % #ifdef MIDI % [V:G] [dD]7/8z1/8[cC]7/8z1/8 [BB,]7/8z1/8[AA,]7/8z1/8 | % #else % [V:G] .!tenuto![dD].!tenuto![cC] .!tenuto![BB,].!tenuto![AA,] | % #endif % but since I don't think most folks are using the abcpp preprocessor, I % just put the print branch of that conditional in this copy for the % web. %