PAGE 1 A Whiter Shade Of Pale Words and Music by Keith Reid and Gary Brooker (c) 1961 Westminster Music Ltd Orignally recorded by Procol Harum Arranged for MIDI by Kevan R.Craft (c) 1993/94 MIDICraft Compositions and Arrangements According to Gary Brooker, he was never very interested in the Organ, inspite of the fact that it played such a big part in his major hits with Procol Harum. 'Whiter Shade of Pale' is probably the best remembered track of Procol Harum and is firmly established in the history of 'Rock 'n' Roll' as a classic! A Whiter Shade Of Pale Words and Music by Keith Reid and Gary Brooker (c) 1961 Westminster Music Ltd We skipped the light fandango And turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kind of sea-sick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale She said there is no reason And the truth is plain to see But I wandered through my playing cards And would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who are leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open they might just have weel bee closed And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale PAGE 2 Configure your sequencer and or MIDI Setup as follows:- Sequencer set up for MIDI: MIDI set up for generic MIDI file format 1 ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | SEQ No. | MIDI CHANNEL | SEQUENCE NAME | PAN | |___________|________________|_____________________________|_________| | | | | | | 1 | | Control/Tempo & Time Sig | | | 2 | 2 | Electric Organ | Centre | | 3 | 3 | Electric Organ | Centre | | 4 | 4 | Electric Organ | Centre | | 5 | 5 | Electric Organ | Centre | |___________|________________|_____________________________|_________| | | | Tempo = 115 Time Signature = 4/4 Song Length = 44 bars | | Running Time of Song = 1 min 32 Secs approx | |____________________________________________________________________| MIDICraft Compositions and Arrangements Kevan R.Craft and Gareth R.Craft 12 Mount Road Halton Runcorn Cheshire. WA7 2BH. England. U.K. Tel: +44 0928 563762