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#797: Blessed Be the Name
Mar. 1st, 2019 11:23 pmWhat language is the original text in?
This was surprisingly hard to track down; it's just cited as a traditional East African text, and many of the words aren't on wiktionary. :p But my best guess is Swahili.
Is it in unison-only or harmony?
Both! The first two lines we just have a melody line, with a couple small notes (firstly for splitting up two syllables in verse 2 that correspond to one in verse 1, then a harmony part on "Believe!"). But then the last two lines have a four-part harmony, again with the optional "Believe!"
This was surprisingly hard to track down; it's just cited as a traditional East African text, and many of the words aren't on wiktionary. :p But my best guess is Swahili.
Is it in unison-only or harmony?
Both! The first two lines we just have a melody line, with a couple small notes (firstly for splitting up two syllables in verse 2 that correspond to one in verse 1, then a harmony part on "Believe!"). But then the last two lines have a four-part harmony, again with the optional "Believe!"
