Scarborough Fair
Free Vocal Sheet Music
Scarborough Fair is a timeless folk song from England. This is its most famous melody (yes, there are others, less familiar, but 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.)
Download English folk song Scarborough Fair
If you were looking for the vocal duet that Simon and Garfunkel sang, I'm sorry I can't offer it here. Though "Scarborough Fair" the folk song is public domain, yet their ARRANGEMENT of the music is NOT public domain.
I'm pretty sure Simon and Garfunkel wrote the version they sang, which means it is their copyrighted intellectual property! You will have to buy it in a music store, either online 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!
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I love genuine folk songs, without too much embellishment and arrangment. Glad to have found your site. Jeannette
Deb:
... I watched your video "Wondrous Love" with your eight gals - Magnificent! So refreshing to see good harmonies sung a capella these days; it seems to be rare!
Amber:
Thank you! THANK YOU!!! For keeping the beautiful art of Opera alive! I stumbled upon this site and I'm so happy I did!
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.
Useful Sites for Vocalists
ArtSongCentral, source of much free vocal literature
Cantorian.org, home to free classical sheetmusic
ChoralWiki, Home of the Choral Public Domain Library
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) Petrucci Music Library
Musicnotes.com - transpose vocal sheets up or down!
Note-Perfect.com, Resources for Choral Singers and Soloists - hear your part!
Sheetmusicplus.com
Singwise.com - Technical singing advice
VocalCoachBlog - free advice, & courses for sale
Vocalist.org.uk - this link takes you to vocal techniques and vocal links
VoiceTeacher.com - many highly detailed articles on the physical aspects of the voice
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