So I'm currently arranging an A Capella version of Christmas Lights for my choir which is an awesome thing because we never sing Coldplay or any other "modern" music during our Winter Concerts :awesome:

 

Since I never took formal music theory classes, I'm just gonna be working off the Music Notes version. Once I have everything planned out, I'll have to re-write everything on staff paper...:wreck:

 

Currently, at the most, I have 5-part harmonies going on at any given time:

 

Soloists 2 People per Verse (Melody)

Soprano 1&2 (Violin)

Soprano All (Lead Piano Riff)

Altos (Underlying Piano Riff)

Tenors (Lead Bass Riff if not Mixed With Altos)

Baritones/Bass (Low Bass Riff)

 

If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. I'll try to upload the sheet music once I have everything finished :uhoh:

Well here it is. Took about 6 hours to teach the whole thing, took about 2-3 weeks arraigning it. Hope you enjoy...also ignore my weight-flexing conducting...

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Nspg-Ld4M]Billys Song - YouTube[/ame]

ah thats brilliant!!

haha thanks Jack! Unfortunately with Hurricane Sandy, we lost about 2 weeks of practice and my teacher kept pushing me so it wasn't as perfect as I wanted ti to be :P

Omigosh Billy!! That's awesome, you are so talented!!

It's brilliant.

Oh thank you Molly :nice:

This is SO lovely to hear - what a great job did you do!

The choir is really enjoying singing this song. I love it!! Chapeau!

Thank you Barba (if thats your name :uhoh:) Everyone's telling me that they loved it as well as the whole choir.

 

I don't know why I still think it's far from perfect though :shame:

WHY COULD I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS BACK WHEN?! OMG WE COULD HAVE USED THIS IN CHORUS INSTEAD OF A STUPID SONG.

 

I AM SO PISSED WITH MYSELF NOW.

 

edit: I just watched it and I'm really impressed. Veeeeeery impressed. It's beautiful imo.

Thank you Barba (if thats your name :uhoh:) Everyone's telling me that they loved it as well as the whole choir.

 

I don't know why I still think it's far from perfect though :shame:

 

My name is Anita :)

Maybe it is not totaly perfect in a "musical" way, but I know why we still think it is lovely and 'perfect' in all the other way's!

It is the (your) drive to make a song like this; the passion to complete the mission, to get other choir members so far that they believe in it too, the feeling of singing a COLDPLAY (!!!) song, the beautiful music of Christmas Lights etc.

It is perfect in so many ways, don't feel ashamed! Count your blessings and have a merry Christmas together *hug*

Holy shit I swear to God do you not go to school with me? My choir teacher told me the same thing. Nobody likes Coldplay at my school but they love the song XD. The song was a bitch to write too because I don't known music theory all too good. But thank you Anita :hugs:

 

Hahaha Coldlocked :awesome: I made this way back in October and I didn't want to release the song until we performed it which was Dec 13 :P And thanks :nice:

Wow excellent arrangement! Very impressive. Did you use a score-making software or do it by hand?

Wow excellent arrangement! Very impressive. Did you use a score-making software or do it by hand?

 

Thanks Moses :awesome:

 

I had to originally work off the Musicnotes sheet music which was where I wrote in everything, chords, scales, etc. But then I used Finale Songwriter on the PC to compose it.

 

So a little of both, but mostly PC :P But for as simple as the song was, it was a bitch for write every little note :wreck:

Well here it is. Took about 6 hours to teach the whole thing, took about 2-3 weeks arraigning it. Hope you enjoy...also ignore my weight-flexing conducting...

 

Billys Song - YouTube

 

THAT IS SO SO SO AWESOME !!!

Love it! I'm an a capella performer myself. Have thought about arranging some songs, and certainly a Coldplay one. Thanks for the inspiration :) Keep up the good work.

THAT IS SO SO SO AWESOME !!!

 

THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUCH :D

 

Love it! I'm an a capella performer myself. Have thought about arranging some songs, and certainly a Coldplay one. Thanks for the inspiration :) Keep up the good work.

 

Oh my pleasure! I hope that someone else has the opportunity to do something like this for their choir!

Hi, I know I am late for this thread but I am only a recent discoverer of Coldplay. My choir in Berlin sang Viva la Vida in front of hundreds of people and they loved it (the people and the choir).

 

I was very excited to see that you seem to have SATB sheet music of Christmas lights! My problem is that I cannot open the YouTube link - is the Video gone from Youtube? Is there any other place where I could watch it? As for many choirs we have mostly women (mostly soprano) and I don't know if we can sing this song.

 

If this can be sung with a very soprano focussed choir and if the choir accepts the song (I am just a humble singer, not the leader) would there be any chance that we can buy the sheet Music from you?

 

I hope you still read this thread ...

 

Thanks,

 

Cordula

The link isnt working :(

Yes, too bad!

 

To show you that I haven't told too much here is the link of Viva la Vida at Goethe Oberschule:

[video=youtube;iZRK2hAMbUM]

It starts about at 4:30 min.

Recorded with a small camera, waiting for me on my chair.

(We're a choir of parents, students and teachers.)