This is the tonic solfa of the NYSC anthem. As a member or prospective corp member of the scheme, you are expected to know it. Besides, what if you find yourself as a member of the brigade band boys who would play the trumpet at the orientation camp to lead all other corp members to sing the anthem. Then you need this post.
d d d d r d t l s Youths obey the clarion call
m m m r d r r r
r r r r d r m r d under the sun or in the rain
r r r r d r m r d
s, m m m d t r t d Nigeria’s our’s Nigeria we serve
This is the Tonic solfa notaion of 11(eleven) Nigerian nusery school rhymes for children. Let the kids begin to enjoy music from their tender age. They would thank you later.
Some have food but cannot eat
d d d t l t d
r r m s l r d t
r f m d t r d
d d d d d t d
I love you, you love me
s m s s m s
l s f m r m f
m f s d d
d d d r m f s
s r r f m r d
Paw paw is a kind of food
s d s s l f s
s d s s l f s
sweet like sugar
yellow like fanta
d d d d r t d
John bull my son, I sent you to school
d d r m
s r r m f
f f m m d r t d
H I P for the Hip for the hip-po-po
d d d t d r l t d l s
r r r r d r m d s
s l l l l l d r m d r t d
Mister Makaroni, riding on the bicycle
d d m s m d
r r l t d l s
d d d m s m d
r r l t d d
d d m s m d r r
l d l s d d
m s m d r r l t d d
Bata mi adun ko ko ka
s s d d d l l s
s s d d d l l s
s m s d m r
d d m m m r r d
Some rivers in Africa
s d d s l f m
s d d s l f m
s m f
s s m f
s s s l s f m m m
Holiday is coming
d d m r d s
d d m r d s
s f m f s
s f m f s
s f m f
s f m f
s f m r d r m r
d s d
The day is bright, it’s bright and fair
m s s s s l s m
m s m r r l s s
m s s s s l s m
m s s f s m
Where ever you go
d r m l d
m f s l s
s m d l r d t l t d
Baba Ibadan
Watch the videos below for better illustration of the rhymes/poems
This is the tonic solfa of 10 nusery rhymes for little kids. If you have a piano at home for your children, you should copy these notes out for them so they can try their hands on them.
This is the solfa notation of “yawa go dey” by Tekno. It is suitable for saxophonist, guitarist and other solo instrumentalist.
l t s r t s l Monica no be today
t l t t l d l d t s Me and you don dey fight e don tey
l d t l t s t t r t d I no go pursue woman I go change my ways
l l l t l l l l I go reduce the panana
d r d m r d r t I no go do it again oh
d r m d r r t d If you leave me
r r t d (r t d) yawa go dey (See gobe)
l t d d l t Baby Yawa go dey
m s m m m f m r r r t d(r t d) My Baby if you leave me yawa go dey (see gobe)
l t d d l t s Baby yawa go dey oh
r r r t d l l t Only you go chop belle full
t r t d d t t d I no go play you for A fool
r t d t d No be April fool
d l d l t l t This is how I used to do
r m f m r m d Oh my baby forgive oh
m f m f m d r t I no go do it again
This is the chord progression in tonic solfa of “Alagbara” by Onos. It is suitable for pianist and guitarist Note that you can use fii taw de for the fii chord (check here to know where to find them)
Verse:
The bread of life is from you fah doh The bread if life is you soh fii Mountains bow before you fah doh All the angels worship you soh fii Oh oh oh yeah fah doh Lord we honor you soh fii Oh oh oh yeah fah doh Great and mighty king
soh fii
Alagbara, doh you are the mighty God soh Eyin latobiju reh You are the glorious God fah Alagbara, doh you are the mighty God soh Eyin latobiju reh You are the glorious God fah
The same progression for the first verse equally works well for the second verse.
Alagbara ni yin….kabiyo-osi doh lah Ologojulo le je reh soh doh Alagbara ni yin lah doh Ologojulo le je reh soh doh
This is the chord progression in tonic solfa of “Alagbada Ina” by Nathaniel Bassey. It is suitable for pianst and guitarist.
doh
Alagbada Ina
fah
The one who’s clothed with fire
lah
Your voice resounds like thunder
soh
We glorify your name
doh
Alagbada Ina
fah
The one with eyes of fire
soh
Your name is full of wonders
doh
Come and manifest yourself
doh
You are the Holy one
fah
Dwelling in light so bright
lah
You made the sun and the moon
soh
But you shine brighter than all
doh fah
As we rejoice and call upon your name
soh
Please come and take your place
doh
And manifest yourself
fah
Mountains will flow down
lah
And darkness will flee
fah
Adversaries surrender
soh
At the sound of your voice
fah
Fire is burning
lah
Revival is here
fah
The nations will worship
soh
Jesus alone
We have different musical instruments and they have their various ways of accompanying songs. This tutorial will teach you how to play to praise and worship songs with bass guitar
The bass guitar is like the background of the music that acts as the foundation for all other musical instruments to to rest upon.
Therefore as a bass guitarist you need to workwell with the correct timing of the song and a regular groove.
how to play to praise and worship songs with bass guitar
1. Know the progression of the song
2. Improvise a suitable groove for the progression.
We shall take 5 Nigerian gospel praise songs to illustrate the points above:
1. Kosobabire, kosi bababire, koma solorun bire Igwe
f d s d
Now you can see that that song written above has the progression of fah doh soh doh
That is “Igwe” by mid night crew
Now that we have written the progression below the song and we know the progression of the song well. The next thig is to improvise a very good groove from the progression. How do we do that?
1. We would pick each notes of the progression one after the other
2. We would find suitable notes that corresponds with each of the notes of the progression
Illustration:
Let us pick the first note of the progression which is “fah”, How do we know suitable notes for it?
We can know them through the chord tone.
The Major chord for “fah” is fah lah doh
so therefore we can choose between “lah” and “doh”.
Left to me alone i would choose only “doh”
Now lets go to the next note of the progression which is doh
the major chord for “doh” is “doh mi soh”
Left to me alone I would choose only “soh” for my improvisation.
The Next note on the progression is “Soh”
The major chord for “Soh” is “soh tii reh”
I would choose “reh”
Note that you can choose your notes from the chords as you like, that is why it is called improvisation
Now let us go back to our song
Kosobabire, kosi bababire, koma solorun bire Igwe
f d s d
(f d f) (d s d) (s r s) (d s d)
Now instead of playing the usual progression, you have more notes to play, make sure you play them in a manner by which it follows with the timing of the song. Do we understand?
You can watch the video below and above for further explanation:
The remaining songs that we talked about are also illustrated in the video.
They are
2. Have you heard what the lord has done 3. Since I was born 4. Kabi oo, O sii baba, tire ni onise iyanu 5. Ohi ooooo. Sai
This is the tonic solfa of “If” by Davido produced and written by Tecno. It contains only the solfa notation of the first verse and chorus. Enjoy.
r r m r r m r r m l My money my body na your own
r m f m r d r d t If i tell you say i love you o
r r m r r mr r m l t d My money my body na your own o baby
m m r d d d d r d t Thirty billion for the account o
r m m r m l r r m l Versace, gucci for your body o baby
l s l s No do, No do
l s r r r r s m No do, Gararara for me
l s l s No do, No do
l s m s m m No do Senrere o
d l d l No do, No do
d l r r s r m No do, Shakara owe
l s l s No do, No do
l s m m m r m d No do, Gararara for me o, ehhh
m r t t t t Girl you’re beautiful too
r m r r t t t t My number one tuntun
m r l l l l Sip burukututu
r r m l l l For your love tutu
t t m r t t r r t I go chook you chuku chuku o
m r r m t t Biko obianuju
m r m l l l Shey you do me juju
r r m m l l l ‘Cause I’m feeling the juju
t l s Shake it io
l t l t l s I wanna catch it io
t t d t l You can have it io
t r t d t l You know I got this io
s s r r r t I love you, I love you
s s r r r t t t s s r I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
l l m m m d There’s nothing above you
l l m m m d d d l l m There’s nothing above you, above you above you
t l s s Bridget eh
l t l t t l s s I like your mini skirt io
t d t d d t l l Oh girl you carry sense io
m r t t t t Girl you’re beautiful too
r m r r t t t t My number one tuntun
m r l l l l Sip burukututu
r r m l l l For your love tutu
t t m r t t r r t I go chook you chuku chuku o
m r r m t t Biko obianuju
m r m l l l Shey you do me juju
r r m m l l l ‘Cause I’m feeling the juju
r r r r r m r r d t And you know say nobody holy
r r r r m r d t But I no go tell you story
d r t t t d I gotta be your man
d r t t t d I gotta be your man
t l t l s Lemme talk to you
t l t l say a few things
d t d t l Girl I’m feeling you
d t d t l What is up to you
f m f m f m Shey you know I gat you
This post of “the Tonic solfa notation of 10 yoruba praise and worship songs” is dedicated to all the yoruba people all over the world. They are very common songs that we hear everyday in Nigeria. If you are Igbo or Hausa don’t feel left out because we would also bring nice packages for you too.
Oba to joba lo
L l d s s s (2x)
M s s s m s l s m r
R r m d d d
Mi o se ni jo
D l d r r (2x)
R r m r m m d d l
L. s. l d d
Kabiesi re oluwa, Oba to fimole sa so bora
S s m l s m f r
D d m r d l d d d d
M r d l r r r r
D r m r d l d d d d
Ese Ese ese —-E seun oluwa
S ls l f s
M m m f r
S l s l f s
R r r m d
Morire(3x) Gba
S d tl t ls l f m
S m f f r r
M f r d
Eru Olorun Bami
D d m s m d m
D d m s m d m r
S s l l s r r m d l
D m r d l s l d d
Gbi gbe ga e he e he
M m r
D m d m(eh eh eh eh) m m r
D m s r m d l
D d f m r d
Ema seun wa Ema seun wa Ema seun wa
M d m m m R d r r r D t d d d S s m d D f m f r M d m m m R d r r r D t d d d
Ise Oluwa kole Baje oo M m f m r M m m s m M m f m r D d d m d
Oyi biri biri biri kan mi oo S s s s s s s m f r L l l l l l l s f m S s s s s s s m f r F f f f f f m r d
