tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 05 14:05:14 1997
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Re: The Klingon Anthem! At last!
Terrence Donnelly wrote:
>
> Well, I watched (and taped) Warriors of the Empire, and I _still_ don't know
> what the words are! But, boy, has anyone tried to actually sing this song?
> Klingons must be awesome singers. I've been in choirs for 20 years now, and
> I cannot get the timing of this song right, especially where it speeds up at
> the end. If your average Joe Klingon can sing this thing as a matter of
> course, they must all be opera-grade or better.
That's funny, I've never taken a singing class in my life (although I do
play trumpet) and I have no problem singing the anthem. I practied by
singing along with the KCD game! If I could send sheet music by E-Mail,
I'd write out the notes and rhythms. Its really not that difficult...
actually, its fairly east, rhythm-wise. Again, perhaps we trumpeters
read more difficult rhythms more frequently, but I had no problems with
this song.
I don't know how you read music, but here it is the counting written
out, measure by measure. Just for reference, the Anthem is in 4/4 time,
with a tempo of roughly 50-80 beats per minute. I just copied the
closed captioning lyrics rather than the transliterated tlhIngan Hol...
12&34 Koi keh less pook load.
12&3 Koi pook beh poo.
1&2&3&4 Yoch bow math bow je shoov wee,
1&2&3a Say moach chu mey ew. Mah
1a2a3&4a Shoov mah nong ej ma choch chew, nee
1&2&34 Beh yin mahj ach wov, coo!
1&2&3&4& Bath ma chech bejj ej yo keej dahk
1&a2&a3&a4&a Vav poo na dee muv pa rech ma shoov tach koo ma
1&a2&&4 Mev ko ma shoov tach, ma ov!
In case you don't read this system, here's a quick breakdown:
1,2,3,4: down-beats
&: up-beats
a: sixteenth notes. I put some "a"s at the end of the measure they're
in, even though they are pickup notes to the next one.
Hope all of this helps you to get the rhythm down! If it doesn't, I'm
afraid there's nothing more I can do! Oh, and its "Soldiers of the
Empire," not "Warriors..." Qapla'!
-mIqIraH