Tall Trees – (Pagan chant, extended, extra melodies, non-verbal)

Song written by Tony Wrench. I absolutely love singing this song,

“Tall trees, warm fire, strong winds deep water, I feel it in my body and feed it to the source”

This is an extended performance in 2016. This 8 minute version has a lot of harmonies and vocal variations, i found a counterpoint melody and added many nonverbal melodies.

When I was studying music at Edinburgh University, I sang a collection of Pagan songs with some friends on a Sunday night for a while, it was in a cosy little cottage in Roslin, with a fire burning and we all brought a dish to eat, we created some amazing vibes. Moving from singing to percussion and drumming and back again, seamlessly. It was an education in a type of music making that didn’t feature in the academic course.. I was so grateful for these experiences as they widened my knowledge and scope of singing style and improvisation.

The songs we sang were from “Prana Chants” a songbook compiled by Tony Wrench. Tony wrote “Tall Trees”.

More from Tony https://www.youtube.com/user/ToneWrench

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