Theme of the Month for August 2013: Show Tunes

Jazz standards: 4 (16%)
Classical music: 6 (27%)
Jewish tunes: 4 (18%)
Show tunes: 8 (36%)

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner for August's chromatipalooza: show tunes it is! Please nominate your favorite chromatic show tune, either by posting your suggestion below or by e-mailing it to totm@autoharp.org. We'll start the voting in a week.

Nominated Tunes:

Getting to Know You
Memories
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Summertime

Poll: Theme of the Month for August 2013

Most of the time here at TOTM we try to keep the tunes diatonic-friendly, but a few times a year it's good to have an opportunity to go all-out chromatic, too. This August will be our first chromatic tune of the month! The choices are:

• Jazz standards
• Classical music
• Jewish tunes
• Show tunes

Please vote on one of these possible themes using the poll in the upper right, and share your ideas for your favorite tunes to go with your chosen theme. Remember that nominated tunes should require a chromatic 'harp to qualify for August's theme. As the suggestions come in, I'll list them below.

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Month	Theme	Tune
June 2013		Star of the County Down
July 2013	Waltzes	Tennessee Waltz
August 2013	Show Tunes	Summertime

Tune Suggestions

It's a shame we can't have 10 tunes of the month every month so that we could all have the chance to play every fantastic nominated tune. Here is a list of all the tunes that have been suggested but not picked yet. If you find one you like, please suggest it so we can get it back into the running for a future month!

Amelia's Waltz (audio)
Anna's Waltz (audio - thanks to Karen Torell Hoffman!)
Getting to Know You
The Hills of Lorne (video)
Dreamer's Waltz (video)
Leaving Lismore (video)
Memories
(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow Runner-up for August 2013
Planxty Irwin (video) Runner-up for July 2013
Seamus O'Brien Waltz (video)
Tombigbee Waltz (video 1, video 2)
Waltz Across Texas (video)

Tune of the Month for July 2013: Tennessee Waltz

This month's tune is Tennessee Waltz, written in 1946 by Redd Steward (lyrics) and Pee Wee King (music), made famous by Patti Page's 1950 recording.

Here is some sheet music in a few different keys/versions to start you off!

Chromatic in C
Chromatic in D
Diatonic in C
Diatonic in D

The YouTube playlist of submitted videos is here.

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Theme of the Month for July 2013: Waltzes

Our first democratically-elected Theme of the Month is: Waltzes. For those who are interested, here's how the votes break down:

Stephen Foster: 7 (19%)
Appalachian: 9 (25%)
Waltzes: 18 (50%)
Summer: 2 (5%)

If you were pulling for one of the other categories, don't worry: we'll give them another chance later on!

For the moment, though, we need some tunes to choose between. Please nominate your favorite waltz, either by posting your thoughts here, or by e-mailing your choice to us at totm@autoharp.org. For this month, please nominate tunes that are playable on a two-key diatonic 'harp -- we'll go for something more chromatic next month!

Beginning next week we'll vote on the four tunes that have been nominated by the most people. If no two people pick the same tune, I'll just have to draw them out of a hat.

Nominations are now closed. The most-suggested four tunes are in the poll in the upper right: please vote for your favorite! Here are all of the suggestions:

• Leaving Lismore (video)
• Tennessee Waltz (video)
• Seamus O'Brien Waltz (video)
• Amelia's Waltz (audio)
• The Hills of Lorne (video)
• Waltz Across Texas (video)
• Planxty Irwin (video)
• Tombigbee Waltz (video 1, video 2)
• Anna's Waltz (audio - thanks to Karen Torell Hoffman!)
• Dreamer's Waltz (video)