Scarborough Fair is a timeless folk song from England.
This is its most famous melody (yes, there are others, also beautiful).
Hayley Westenra of Celtic Woman sings it beautifully on A New Journey:
Here is the free sheetmusic for Scarborough Fair in a good range for most voices, the key of Dm. (The version on my Beginning Guitar page, while great for guitarists, is not easy for most sopranos, especially young girls, to sing with strength. Too low.)
If you were looking for the vocal duet that Simon and Garfunkel sang, I'm sorry I can't offer it here. I'm pretty sure they wrote it, which means it is their copyrighted intellectual property! You will have to buy it in a music store, either on- or offline.
Enjoy this simple but beautiful free vocal sheet music arrangement for singing students!
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Hi! Is this only for voice? I ask this, because I didn't realise- and I play keyboard. It sounded fine- but I just want to know! P.S. I really love this ...
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I love genuine folk songs, without too much embellishment and arrangment. Glad to have found your site. Jeannette
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Toni: Thank you for your wonderful website. I also teach piano, voice and guitar - spooky! My absolute passion is opera, and have opened many a singing student's ear to the beautiful melodies and voices in the repertoire. Thank you for the wonderful warmups which I have downloaded, and will be using at the earliest opportunity - I will let you know how they go! Looking forward to more warmup ideas, too.
Danielle: What a lovely, generous site! Many thanks from a fellow singer and music teacher in New York State. Loved the inclusion of the video for "The Ash Grove," a song I just recommended to an adult voice student today. I was pleased to be able to send her the link to not only the sheet music, but a charming performance of the song as well.
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Marta: Thank you for the free downloads! I'm a private teacher and I teach piano and beginner voice as well. :) I've been running my studio for about a year and I've come across the same issue; I don't want my students to have to purchase an entire supplemental book for only a couple of songs. So thank you for this site...some great downloads!!
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