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Tonic solfa of “Hail my Jesus Ebubu Ebube Dike”

This is the solfa notation of the popular praise song “Hail my Jesus Ebube Ebube Dike”. You would find the solfa notation after the cut

m d r d                                  Hail my Jesus

l l l     l l l     l l l     r d           Ebube Ebube Ebube Dike

m d r d                                  Hail my Jesus

t t t    t t t    t t t     r d             Ebube Ebube Ebube Dike

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Solfa notation of “Casting crown” by Nathaniel Bassey

young pianist playing casting crown on the piano

This is the tonic solfa of casting crowns by Nathaniel Bassey. Saxophonist, guitarist and solo instrumentalist can knock themselves out.

d t l                                             Casting crowns
d t l                                             Lifting hands
l s m                                            Bowing hearts
r m m m r r                                 Is all we’ve come to do

d t l                                             Casting crowns
d t l                                             Lifting hands
l s m                                            Bowing hearts
m s s s d d t                                 Is all we’ve come to do

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How to fix broken or non functional keys on your piano or keyboard


broken keys of the piano keyboard
  It’s very sad when you realize that a particular key or some set of keys on your piano has stopped functioning or gets broken. It is not the end of the world. It could be caused by dust or being hit by an  external force.

The good news is that , it can be repaired. The technicians who are into it  call it “key servicng”. You can find people who would service or repair your piano keys for you around you.
They can be found at the market where you bought your musical instrument. You take it to them, wait and collect it. It’s not free ooo. The amount you would pay depends on the quality of your piano, the distance of the broken or mute keys from each other.
The keys of the piano are interlocked with each other. If two keys that are very close each other stopped working, it is cheaper to repair or service. If two keys that stop working or are broken are far from each other, it would cost more.
This is because, if a key should stop working, they would have to change about five keys because that one key is interlocked with five keys.
So if two faulty or broken keys are close to each other, it is more economical to repair because they would fall under the same five set of keys that are interlocked with each other.
So if two keys that are far from each other are broken or faulty, you might be have to replace ten keys.
I hope you understand.
If you are in Lagos, you can take your faulty piano or keyboard to Alaba international market. There are a lot of talented igbo men there that are capable of fixing anything concerning your musical instrument for you. You will also have the opportunity to buy new or fairly used musical instruments depending on the quality you want.
If you want us to help you to get a good fairly used keyboard and ship it to you. You can contact us on: +2349069231888

Solfa Syllables in all musical instruments

solfa notation chromatically on the piano


Do you know how to sing the tonic solfa syllables of the piano chromatically. I know very well that you are familiar with d r m f s l t d. But we have more than 7 notes on a particular key. How do we call the remaining five notes?

It is pretty easy. On the key of C
In ascending order
D  de  r re m f fe s ze l le t d
In descending order
D t taw l ze s fe f m mo r de d
However, you can choose to use taw, mo to replace le and re respectively in the ascending order form. I hope you understand perfectly now.

How to create the tonic solfa of songs by yourself

young pianist playing using solfa notation


How do you derive the tonic solfa of a song when you hear it?
You might find yourself in a situation whereby you have to play the notes of a song as an interlude or intro or something. How do you now produce the solfa notation of the song.
For starters, I want you to understand that Rome was not built in a day. So you only get better musically every day. You cannot just be musically inclined in a day or a month. It takes time.
Let’s get started. If you follow these steps carefully constantly, you would see a great improvement in deriving musical notes on our own.
1.       Start by getting the tonic solfa of some simple songs(solfa notation of 10 common nigerian praise and worship songs) that you know from people around you. It could be your music teacher, your friends, your choir master.
2.       When you get the solfa of those songs, take them home and sing them over and over again, there is no limit to the number of times you should sing them.
3.        You need to sing them out loud, so you can hear yourself very clearly. In other words I’m saying you should memorize the tonic solfas.
If you do this, you are consciously taking steps to train your ears to recognize musical notes individually.
4.      Join the choir. Many of us want to learn to be musically inclined without having to be in the system of music. You need to immerse yourself into music generally. The church choir is a good place to really understand musical concepts.
Most of the popular musicians we know today, started from the church. If they didn’t start in the church, you can be sure that they spent some long period of time being the chorister in the church.
In the choir, you would be opportune to do a lot of musical exercises which includes ear training, voice training. You would sing a lot of solfas too. If you sing the notes wrong, you
would be corrected. You just need to be disciplined.
5.       Buy yourself a musical instrument. Ask someone who knows how to play to some extent to show you how you can play the major scale on that musical instrument.
When you can now play the major scale(d r m f s l t d), now begin to play all those solfas you already know on your musical instrument. As you play them, sing along. Do it on a daily basis. No pain No gain.
6.       Now, you need to start doing some trial and error. Pick a random song. A short one preferably.
Sing out the first syllable of the song and look for the corresponding sound amongst the notes of the major scale that you’ve learnt when you have gotten it, sing out the next syllable and look for the corresponding sound too.
Make sure you are writing them down. Continue like that till you reach the end of the song. You need to be sure that you are on the same key with your musical instrument as you are doing it.
7.       When you are done, give our results to a musically inclined person to go through it and correct you.

8.       Try it again the next day, and the next and the next. You would be getting better every day. Till you finally become a professional.

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Solfa notation of “Be magnified” by Don Moen

young nigerian child playing be magnified by don moen

This is the Tonic solfa of  “Be Magnified” by Don Moen. You can derive the chord progression from it too. Saxophonist, lead guitarist and
other solo instrumentalist will find it particularly helpful.

d r m f m r d t r                I have made You too small in my eyes

d l       r f m                     O Lord, forgive me

d f m r      d t r             I have believed in a lie

d l      d d r d r f m       That You were unable to help me.

s s m r m f m d

t d r d f r d r            Heal my heart and show Yourself strong

s s m r     mf m d

d t l    m r m m           O Lord, be magnified

d t l   f r d d                O Lord, be magnified

s s m r m f                   Be magnified, O Lord

f f m f s f r                   You are highly exalted

s s m r m  f m d            And there is nothing You can’t do

d r d m r d r

d d r m                      Be magnified

d t l f r d d                  Oh Lord Be magnified

Chord progression in tonic solfa of “okaka” by Frank Edwards

Nigerian bass guitarist playing okaka

This is the chord progression of Okaka by Frank Edwards in solfa notation so you can have fun with your musical instrument.

This is the lyrics of okaka below with the chord progression
written below each line of the song:

       Iyo yo yo yo yo
r
       Iyo yo yo yo yo
f
       Iyo yo yo yo yo
d
       Iyo yo yo yo yo
s
Nothing
       r
can seperate me from your love
        f                                         d        s
No be lie
              r
say na only you wey change my life
           f                                             d
Uh uh eh
            s
   Your love is unshakeable
r
   Mercies are unfound able
 f
   Everything about you are lord I cannot tell it all
  d                                                 s
Let me count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 8-na-ah-na-ah Na-ah-na-ah na Ah na-ah na-ah
                      r                f             d                                         s
Iyo yo yo yo Okaka
                      r
   Ihe’inemeremu odima
f                            d           s
Iyo yo yo yo Okaka
                      r
   Ihe’inemeremu odima
f                           d            s

P.S
The chord for r = r f l
f = f l d
d = d m s
s = s t r

You can get our ebook of chord progression of over 100 Nigerian praise and worship songs.

Solfa notation of “All hail the power of Jesus name” Hymnal

This is the tonic solfa of the hymn “All hail the power of Jesus name”. It is suitable for the organist and all solo instrumentalist. Enjoy. You can also derive the chord progression from the solfa notation of the hymn. With solfa notation you know how to play this hymn. Just accompany the notes with chords on your left hand.

 

S d r m f s d r d t d
T l s s s s m s
D l-f f m r d
D r m    m m r d r d t d r m
S f    m r f m
R d m r
D t r d d
F f
R r
M m
S d r m r d t d

  This is the lyrics of the hymn below:

All hail the power of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all!

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Solfa notation of “O worship the king, all glorious above” Hymnal

This is the tonic solfa of the hymnO worship the king, all glorious above“. It is suitable for the organist and all solo instrumentalist. Enjoy. You can also derive the chord progression from the solfa notation of the hymn. With solfa notation you know how to play this hymn. Just accompany the notes with chords on your left hand.

S d d r m
S d r t d
R m r d t
t d r d t l s
t d r m d l
f m r d s
s l t d r s
m l r t d

  This is the lyrics of the hymn below:

O worship the King all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing his power and his love:
our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.

You can also order for your ebook of hymnals that contains the tonic solfa of over 900 hymns. Including their alto, tenor and bass parts.

Application of Major and Minor chords triads on the bass guitar

If you have ben following these lessons. I congratulate you because, you are getting a better understanding of music and your musical instrument. You might never get another website that would explain all these things to you like this. All the same, thank you for visiting Michael Phils Music

Now, in our last two lessons we talked about developing the major and minor chord triads of any note on the bass guitar.

The gist is, if you can memorize these shapes off head. it wont be hard for you to remember’. Neither will it be hard for you to memorize. Look at the two shapes again.

Major chord triad shape
Major triad shape
Minor chord triad shape
Minor triad shape

You see the general chord distribution for the major scale that is so common is written below:

C       D      E        F        G        A          B         C

1        2       3        4         5         6          7          1

Maj   min   min   Maj   Maj     min     Dim     Maj

d        r        m       f         s          l           t           d

Please don’t begin to get confused. Just relax ok!!

Maj stands for major
min stands for minor
Dim stands for Diminished

You see that “Diminished” we would come to it later.

Let us go back to our “Major” and “Minor

Video is coming for illustration of the application of the major and minor chords