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[[Image:Takamine Book.jpg|thumb|Takamine Book "The Art Of Wood And Tone"]] |
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'''''Oh My Darling, Clementine''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Western music (North America)|western folk ballad]] usually credited to [[Percy Montrose]] ([[1884]]), though sometimes to [[Barker Bradford]]. The song is believed to have been based on another called ''[[s:Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden|Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden]]'' by [[H. S. Thompson]] ([[1863]]). |
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[[Image:Takamine Ltd 2001.jpg|thumb|Takamine Ltd 2001]] |
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{{nihongo|'''Takamine Co., Ltd.'''|高峰楽器製作所|Takamine Gakki Seisakusho {{IPAEng|tɑkɑ↓mine}}}} pronounced tock-a-mee-neh, is a Japanese [[guitar]] manufacturer based in [[Nakatsugawa, Gifu]], [[Japan]]. Takamine is known for its [[steel-string guitar]]s. |
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== History and origins == |
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The company was founded in May 1962; in 1978 they were one of the first companies to introduce acoustic-electric models, where they pioneered the design of the preamp-equalizer component. |
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The words are those of a bereaved lover singing about his darling, the daughter of a "[[California Gold Rush|49er]]" (a miner in the [[1849]] [[California Gold Rush]]). He loses her in a drowning accident – though he consoles himself towards the end of the song with Clementine's "little sister". |
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The company name is often mispronounced {{IPAEng|tækəmaɪn}} by English speakers. |
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The verse about the little sister was often left out of folk song books intended for children, presumably because it seemed morally questionable. |
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==Miscellany== |
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In his book ''South from Granada'', [[Gerald Brenan]] attributes the melody to originally being an old [[Spain|Spanish]] [[ballad]], which was made popular by [[Mexico|Mexican]] miners during the [[California Gold Rush|Gold Rush]], and given various [[English language|English]] texts. No particular source is cited to verify that the song he used to hear in the [[1920s]] in a remote [[Spain|Spanish]] village was not an old text with new music, but [[Gerald Brenan|Brenan]] states in his preface that all facts mentioned in the book have been checked reasonably well. |
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Takamine's [[USA|US-American]] distributor is [[Kaman Music Corporation|Kaman]]. |
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A Takamine copy of a Martin guitar was the cause of a letter from [[Martin Guitars]] in the early 1980s because Takamine's acoustic guitars including the logo design were supposedly nearly identical to Martin Models{{Fact|date=November 2007}}. According to Chris F. Martin IV, CEO of CF Martin and Company in a speech given to the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum members on August 8th, 2005, no lawsuit was ever actually filed, and Takamine did change the appearance of their guitars{{Fact|date=January 2008}}. |
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== Popular culture == |
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Every year since 1987 Takamine presents a Limited Edition Guitar model, which gets produced in very limited quantities up to a few hundred guitars for the world wide distribution. These guitars always come with the latest pickup/preamplifier combination available and artful inlays, often with motifs focusing on nature or astronomical phenomena. The first book about Takamine guitars was released in November 2007. It is focusing on the Limited Guitar Series, but also covering historical and technical details of Takamine instruments (info at [http://www.sttec.com/]). |
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''Oh My Darling, Clementine'' has become popular, especially with [[Scouting|Scouts]] and other groups of young people, as a [[campfire]] and excursion song, and there are several different versions of the words. (There is even a [[Scotland|Scottish]] version, the ''Climbing Clementine'', which begins "In a crevice, high on [[Ben Nevis|Nevis]]...") |
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The song was featured in the film [[My Darling Clementine]] by [[John Ford]] and starring [[Henry Fonda]], the 1963 [[Paul Newman]] film [[Hud (film)|HUD]], and in the television series [[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]. [[Bobby Darin]] had a top ten success in the UK with this song. It was also the favorite song of [[Hanna-Barbera]] character [[Huckleberry Hound]], who sang it in his cartoons. |
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The song was one of two bases, the other being ''La Cucaracha'', of a protest anthem sung by the animals of ''[[Animal Farm]]'' when they were fighting ''[[Jones (Animal Farm)|Mr. Jones]]''. And the song's tune was used for a new song teaching the seven days of the week on ''[[Barney and Friends]]''. Furthermore, the title of the song was the nominal inspiration for the [[Sesame Street]] [[Muppet]] Clementine, the girlfriend of [[Forgetful Jones]]. In fact, one Muppet sketch started out with him singing the song to himself until Clementine suddenly appeared. "There you are," replied Forgetful, "I thought you were gone!" |
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The song was sung and alluded to [[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]], as a reference to how the main character was attempting to erase his ex-girlfriend, Clementine, from his mind. |
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* [http://www.takamine.com/ Takamine's Official Website (managed by Kaman Music)] |
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* [http://ingeb.org/songs/inacave3.mid MIDI sound file] |
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* [http://www.takamineguitars.jp/ Takamine Global] |
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* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/156836184X?v=search-inside&keywords=clementine Passage referring to the song in the book ''South from Granada''] |
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* [http://www.takamineguitars.co.jp/ Takamine Japanese Website] |
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* [http://www.wikizic.org/Takamine/ Takamine's Museum] |
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* [http://www.musicianshut.com/about-takamine-guitars About Takamine Guitars] |
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Takamine Co., Ltd. (高峰楽器製作所, Takamine Gakki Seisakusho /tɑkɑ↓mine/) pronounced tock-a-mee-neh, is a Japanese guitar manufacturer based in Nakatsugawa, Gifu, Japan. Takamine is known for its steel-string guitars.
The company was founded in May 1962; in 1978 they were one of the first companies to introduce acoustic-electric models, where they pioneered the design of the preamp-equalizer component.
The company name is often mispronounced /tækəmaɪn/ by English speakers.
Miscellany
Takamine's US-American distributor is Kaman.
A Takamine copy of a Martin guitar was the cause of a letter from Martin Guitars in the early 1980s because Takamine's acoustic guitars including the logo design were supposedly nearly identical to Martin Models[citation needed]. According to Chris F. Martin IV, CEO of CF Martin and Company in a speech given to the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum members on August 8th, 2005, no lawsuit was ever actually filed, and Takamine did change the appearance of their guitars[citation needed].
Every year since 1987 Takamine presents a Limited Edition Guitar model, which gets produced in very limited quantities up to a few hundred guitars for the world wide distribution. These guitars always come with the latest pickup/preamplifier combination available and artful inlays, often with motifs focusing on nature or astronomical phenomena. The first book about Takamine guitars was released in November 2007. It is focusing on the Limited Guitar Series, but also covering historical and technical details of Takamine instruments (info at [1]).