Making Greensleeves A Bit Different!

Trying to learn musical stuff, as an adult, with no prior knowledge of music can be daunting! I first began teaching myself to play the recorder and read sheet music around a year and a half ago, and it felt like a huge task. I try to come up with new ways to challenge myself, and learn at the same time- as in this video where I start trying to think about simple ways to make a tune my own.
I've posted this for any other folk out there who are new to music. I want to show that learning is a process, (not always a fast one!) and that it's ok to mess around and try stuff out along the way.
(I'm also just happy to have an excuse to talk about ‪@officialjethrotull‬ in a video...)
The recorder is an Aulos Haka soprano in ABS.
Happy playing!
Find me on Instagram: @claythorpemusic

[@881buddha]

I love when people mess around with the ingredients of an old tune and make it, sort of, they’re own. Do it again soon, it suits you.

[@laradurrant2590]

This was a lot of fun! I've never really done any composing or remixing, but this makes me want to give it a try. Thanks for sharing!

[@joehowden7885]

I will have a copy of your version and try it on keyboard with different voices,well done was fun watching you compose.

[@luckybarrel7829]

I always have a tough time switching between Greensleeves and Doen Daphne. The starting bit is so similar lol. And congratulations on making your own variation. I've seen a lot of recorder players make their own variation of Greensleeves and it's always fun. Kinda like Van Eyck and how he build his own variations of popular tunes at his time like modo I, II, III etc. Playing a lot of Van Eyck seems to help build that skillset to make variations. Sarah Jeffrey's video on Baroque ornamentation also has interesting info that should help build this skillset imo. It's amazing you're already improvising, so congrats again! It's insane how fast you're going!

[@gaynorandrews1684]

brilliantly re imagined. like it very much. thanks for posting and hope you sort the KZbin issue soon. 😉

[@kelanth462]

Very interesting. I've been working on Greensleeves to a Ground myself. Measure's 33-40 are kicking my you know what. I can't seem to get the pattern down.

[@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan]

#20 comment. 10:48 My 2nd view on your channel. 1st was Yama'mama 'uneco' buy an Aulos vid. As B-4/ super KZbin production, but now I see you differently than my initial idea of who you might be. This video is a nice?, fine representation of music composing. And ref. re: JT is weigh kewl 2! We're lucky he stuck in and broke the stereo typical rock band bullshit, there was a ton of great artists', I'm just sayin, I was there and it wasn't easy doin what he was doin. As ever Jesus wins! SS fm MI.✝

[@mrcraven1739]

Strangely I was playing around with jazzing Greensleeves just this afternoon whilst trying to liven up my practice session (with my new Ecodear soprano, yay). There is an interesting exploration, with examples, of the evolution (and simplification) of Greensleeves in a reprint of English Folk Song by F Kidson (1915) that I recently found in our local library. Loved your final composition. Have you discovered the folk recorder player Finn Collinson. I'm a bit late to the party tbh but he is wonderful!

[@jonprudhomme7694]

Nice! Fun to see the creative process in action. Have you seen Sylvestro Ganassi's Fontegara? A 1535 treatise on ornamentation for recorder. Translations available on IMSLP.

[@MrGREYMATTERS]

ALWAYS be open to possibility. 🙂

[@Joy_of_Music_Kate]

Interesting video

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Glad you think so! :)

[@esperantisto...]

Not easy to play on the big recorder in the beginning of the video ) But u play well. I know, because i play 1 year the on recorder too. Fingers don't like big recorders usually

[@DanielHay]

What software are you writing your score with?

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Hi, as these were just scribbled notes, I used the Procreate app on my iPad. When I want to create actual scores I tend to use NoteFlight online :)

[@ChristopherMilnevcm]

I kept expecting you to point out that the melody of Greensleeves makes use of the melodic minor. I was hoping that you would exploit this more in your 'variation.'

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

I decided just to go at this for pure fun, and see what I can change by 'feel' rather than get bogged in theory. Sometimes worrying about theoretical stuff can be a bit intimidating for beginner musicians, I think. I just wanted to have a mess around! However, your comment has sparked me to go off and research modality, how it changed over time, and where Greensleeves fits into that time frame :)

[@gaynorandrews1684]

did you have trouble with KZbin possibly because you mentioned Jethro Tull quite a number of times here? would KZbin expect you to pay a fee to Jethro tull? just a thought

[@mikel4510]

Cute concept video, cute presenter, but way to many ads - ain't no cute worth that.

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Cheers for the feedback! I'll see if I can figure the ads out better... I do need to earn a crust, though :)