Volare

brunello97 · 06-12-2008, 10:06 AM

Alright, I'll admit I'm hooked on it (again) after hearing a folk group from Puglia do a neat version with syncopated frame drums and tambourines behind. I've turned up a few versions on line in finger numbing keys.

Does anybody play this in a more mando friendly manner? (The GK version is in E which I think I'll work up on the charango--I'll leave Hotel California alone until I finish the Italian translation.....)

thanks!

Mick

a12 · 06-26-2008, 10:09 AM

I think I play this in F.
I have the music with the chord charts if you like.

a12 · 06-27-2008, 03:50 PM

see att

brunello97 · 06-27-2008, 04:01 PM

Thanks, Bill. 123 views without reply, then Gooooaaaaallllll!

Mick

billkilpatrick · 07-20-2008, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by (brunello97 @ June 27 2008, 17:01)

Thanks, Bill. 123 views without reply, then Gooooaaaaallllll!

Mick

ho-ho ... sorry, mick - don't frequent this part of the cafe much but i will now. "hotel california" pretty much follows the "la folia" chord progression:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...d_progressions

thank you a12.

volare - a great song, no matter how many times i hear it, it's still good.

brunello97 · 07-20-2008, 01:20 PM

Uh oh, Bill K. #Those initial kudos were to Billy Foley for the 'Volare' link-up. #

Ma fresche grazie a voi for the chord progression materials. #This will be some interesting stuff to ponder, not the least of which if Albergho California proves to have more than superficial Italian roots. # But it is the lyrics I'm struggling to get into la volgare. Right off the bat, I'm puzzled:

'On a dark dessert highway, cool whip in my hair....'

Some things do get lost in translation. Felice di stare lassu.....

Mick

timv · 07-20-2008, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by

This will be some interesting stuff to ponder, not the least of which if Albergho California proves to have more than superficial Italian roots.

In case it helps your pondering: The Eagles got that chord progression from the Jethro Tull song, "We Used to Know" (off Tull's second album, Stand up.) The Eagles were the opening act on Jethro Tull's 1972 tour, which is likely where they picked up the progression.

Ian Anderson has joked, "Hey, I wish I had written Hotel California. Well maybe I did!" But Ian is likely to have been a lot better connected to European folk traditions than Felder, Frey, and Henley.

Quote:

Originally Posted by

'On a dark dessert highway, cool whip in my hair....'

'...warm smell of colitis rising up through the air.'

Bruce Clausen · 07-20-2008, 11:28 PM

As far as I can remember, 1957 was the last year when a song sung in Italian was a major US hit. It's a great tune I haven't heard in years. Thanks Mick for bringing it up. And thanks Bill for the lead sheet. I would suggest one little change: where the chart gives Em for two bars, followed by Dm, I would play Gm6 (or just Gm) for a bar, then A7 for a bar. Hotel California I don't know, but I remember a student bringing in a full score transcription of the record-- it ran to about nine pages. Enough to turn one against pop.

BC

mandolirius · 07-21-2008, 01:27 AM

Along the same lines as "Volare", does anyone else play any of the Enrico Morricone music from those Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns? I especially like the soundtrack from the second one, I think it was called "For A Few Dollars More".

Eddie Sheehy · 07-21-2008, 01:44 PM

Wow! I have been playing We Used to Know and Hotel California for years and never made the connection... all because I played HC in Am.

Eddie Sheehy · 07-21-2008, 01:45 PM

Anyone got a soundclip of Volare?

brunello97 · 07-21-2008, 03:12 PM

Try this:

http://rapidshare.de/files/40049423/11_Volare.mp3.html

A nice version by a group from Puglia. #Dig the tambourines.

Mick

Eddie Sheehy · 07-21-2008, 08:46 PM

Wants me to become a member, sacrifice my first-born, download a downloader and enter for a free i-phone....
I guess the soundclip is there somewhere but......

kscott · 10-27-2009, 07:58 PM

Those anybody have the tab for Volare? I would sincerely appreciate it if you could send it to my email kscott7@cfl.rr.com

Thanks

Bruce Clausen · 10-28-2009, 12:05 AM

kscott: The simplest way to get "the tab" for Volare is probably to go to post #3, look at the lead sheet posted there, and intabulate it yourself. It'll take a while, but by the time you've done four or five songs that way you probably won't need tablature at all. Good luck.

BC

Mandophile · 11-03-2009, 08:45 PM

tab and notation--
BTW, I've just come across some nice Saltarello's and I'll try to post them. Someone was asking about the Abruzzese. I believe that is just the regional genre and not a specific title per se. Sheri

06-26-2008, 10:09 AM	#2
a12 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mt. Horeb WI Posts: 277	I think I play this in F. I have the music with the chord charts if you like. __________________ Bill Foley

07-20-2008, 11:28 PM	#8
Bruce Clausen Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 476	As far as I can remember, 1957 was the last year when a song sung in Italian was a major US hit. It's a great tune I haven't heard in years. Thanks Mick for bringing it up. And thanks Bill for the lead sheet. I would suggest one little change: where the chart gives Em for two bars, followed by Dm, I would play Gm6 (or just Gm) for a bar, then A7 for a bar. Hotel California I don't know, but I remember a student bringing in a full score transcription of the record-- it ran to about nine pages. Enough to turn one against pop. BC __________________ http://www.soundclick.com/bruceclausen

07-21-2008, 01:44 PM	#10
Eddie Sheehy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,795	Wow! I have been playing We Used to Know and Hotel California for years and never made the connection... all because I played HC in Am. __________________ Expensive Kindling with Strings

07-21-2008, 01:45 PM	#11
Eddie Sheehy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,795	Anyone got a soundclip of Volare? __________________ Expensive Kindling with Strings

07-21-2008, 08:46 PM	#13
Eddie Sheehy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,795	Wants me to become a member, sacrifice my first-born, download a downloader and enter for a free i-phone.... I guess the soundclip is there somewhere but...... __________________ Expensive Kindling with Strings

06-12-2008, 10:06 AM	#1
brunello97 Full Grown and Cussin' Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ann Arbor Posts: 1,399	Alright, I'll admit I'm hooked on it (again) after hearing a folk group from Puglia do a neat version with syncopated frame drums and tambourines behind. I've turned up a few versions on line in finger numbing keys. Does anybody play this in a more mando friendly manner? (The GK version is in E which I think I'll work up on the charango--I'll leave Hotel California alone until I finish the Italian translation.....) thanks! Mick

06-27-2008, 03:50 PM	#3
a12 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mt. Horeb WI Posts: 277	see att Attached Thumbnails __________________ Bill Foley

06-27-2008, 04:01 PM	#4
brunello97 Full Grown and Cussin' Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ann Arbor Posts: 1,399	Thanks, Bill. 123 views without reply, then Gooooaaaaallllll! Mick

07-20-2008, 01:20 PM	#6
brunello97 Full Grown and Cussin' Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ann Arbor Posts: 1,399	Uh oh, Bill K. #Those initial kudos were to Billy Foley for the 'Volare' link-up. # Ma fresche grazie a voi for the chord progression materials. #This will be some interesting stuff to ponder, not the least of which if Albergho California proves to have more than superficial Italian roots. # But it is the lyrics I'm struggling to get into la volgare. Right off the bat, I'm puzzled: 'On a dark dessert highway, cool whip in my hair....' Some things do get lost in translation. Felice di stare lassu..... Mick

07-21-2008, 01:27 AM	#9
mandolirius Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: victoria, canada Posts: 1,528	Along the same lines as "Volare", does anyone else play any of the Enrico Morricone music from those Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns? I especially like the soundtrack from the second one, I think it was called "For A Few Dollars More".

07-21-2008, 03:12 PM	#12
brunello97 Full Grown and Cussin' Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ann Arbor Posts: 1,399	Try this: http://rapidshare.de/files/40049423/11_Volare.mp3.html A nice version by a group from Puglia. #Dig the tambourines. Mick

10-27-2009, 07:58 PM	#14
kscott Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1	Re: Volare Those anybody have the tab for Volare? I would sincerely appreciate it if you could send it to my email kscott7@cfl.rr.com Thanks

10-28-2009, 12:05 AM	#15
Bruce Clausen Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 476	Re: Volare kscott: The simplest way to get "the tab" for Volare is probably to go to post #3, look at the lead sheet posted there, and intabulate it yourself. It'll take a while, but by the time you've done four or five songs that way you probably won't need tablature at all. Good luck. BC __________________ http://www.soundclick.com/bruceclausen

11-03-2009, 08:45 PM	#16
Mandophile Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 23	Re: Volare tab and notation-- BTW, I've just come across some nice Saltarello's and I'll try to post them. Someone was asking about the Abruzzese. I believe that is just the regional genre and not a specific title per se. Sheri Attached Thumbnails