Showing posts with label African music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African music. Show all posts

Monday, September 24, 2007

Music

I've already shared with you (and will share more) of the marvelous music we heard in South Africa. As one of our hosts said, "Africans sing when they're happy, and we sing when we're sad, and we sing at all points in between."

At the Dwarsloop church I saw a few hymnals lying about, so I opened one. I don't know what language they sang in, though one would assume it is the Tsongan language, since that's the group we were with.


What especially intrigued me was the way music is noted. It took me a little while to figure this out, but I eventually did. I wonder if you can figure it out, too? If you do, add a comment, below.

You know the hymn, "The Cleansing Wave"—an old gospel hymn that we used to sing at baptisms. Here's the first phrase of it.


Hint: The Sound of Music.