What's that you say? Quodilbet?

A big word for a fairly simple concept. Let me explain:

Saturday evening, after we put Iliya to bed, my parents stayed at the hotel with him while Nathan & I ran over to see my brothers' house. My brother, Christopher, has created a recording studio out of two bedrooms in the house...it's a pretty cool setup, though I'm not surprised he did it. He's a pretty cool cat (he's probably laughing, right now, that I said that) and I've always thought so...even in the days when I hardly let him get a word in edgewise. (who, me? talkative? never!)

I thought I would try to share something that we ended up doing Saturday night.

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Quickly, if you are not familiar with "partner songs," here is a little info for you:

The term “partner song”, sometimes called “quodlibet”, has 2 basic meanings:

1. Two or more totally independent songs that by chance happen to have the same harmonic structure and therefore can be sung together at the same time.
   
2. A song written intentionally with different independent lines that all harmonize with each other to form an interlocking ‘partnership’.

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So that's what we did. We found a collection of partner songs - actually a collection of 5 old spirituals - and sang them together. And knowing that my siblings might take me out (in a not-so-good-way) for posting this, I just wanted to share. Keep in mind, it is a pretty rough recording (meaning, we didn't do a lot of takes - and it was fairly late at night), but it ended up being a pretty fun last-minute project.

Here are the songs to listen out for:

When the Saints go Marching In
I'm Gonna Sing
This Train is Bound for Glory
Heaven is a Wonderful Place
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot