In This Shirt (Lyrics) - The Irrepressibles

Please, notice that the vocals are written using a treble clef with the numeral 8 below it 𝄠 (a suboctave clef). This indicates that the pitches sound one octave below the written score. Play the right hand one octave lower than written.

I also doubled note values to make sightreading easier for beginners. The track isn't recorded in the 2/2 time.

Imitate the vocal delivery by The Irrepressibles' singer or it won't sound as the song. The vocal part is soft and with slurred notes. All inflected notes should be played very quietly. Some words are of an indefinite pitch but I due to the song having single melodic idea, I substituted those tones with tones from different verses.

A predominant vocal style is legato.

"In This Shirt" is played with a straight rhythm in common time. It is easy to count for beginners; accent strong beats to maintain a steady pulse. Practice "In This Shirt" slowly along with the recording. If some notes are too difficult to play, omit them focusing on emotions instead of sightreading.

The composition is unusual and has no chorus.

A single vocal line accompanied by an instrumental part constitutes the entire musical texture. _"In This Shirt"_ has a semi-improvised, loosely organized and wandering melody and homophonic arrengement: the instrumental part provides a harmony to support the vocal but lacks its own melody.

"In This Shirt" is transcribed in the original key, A Major, and uses extended major and minor chords D E F♯m G♯m A C♯m. Chords barely can be heard: there is no sense of harmonic progression. Its only use is to mark time.

The aesthetic value of a melodic line is achieved through the use of tones that resolve downwards.

00:15 Intro

01:03 There's a crane

01:52 Everchanging

02:57 Must have fallen

03:27 Outro