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Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999], at sacred-texts.com
ASCII MUSICAL NOTATION
developed by Leigh Ann Hussey
with help from Shadowthought and Josh Gordon
Each line of the music consists of 4 lines of music. The time
signature(s),
the lines between bars, and each note take up one column, with modifiers
such
as sharps, flats, and dots extending a note up to three columns. The time
signature is written at the beginning in the obvious way. Three vertical
bars
(lines 2 to 4) mark the divisions between measures. Lines 1 to 3 indicate
note durations, as follows:
1/16 1/8 1/4 1/2 dotted-1/2 1/8 1/4
note note note note note rest rest
= _
| | | | | ' %
| | | o o.
Line 4 indicates the pitch. The numbers 1 to 8 mark the octave including
middle C (A through F); 1' to 8', one octave above middle C; 1" to 8",
two
octaves above middle C; '1 to '8, the octave below middle C. A number
followed
by a # is a sharp; a number followed by a lower-case b is a flat.
Underscores
connecting a note to the next note indicate a slur. Consider the following
examples:
HOOF AND HORN
| | | ||
4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
- | | o | | | o | | | | | | | | o ||
4 1 7b 1 | 1 7b 1 | 1 3b 2 7b | 7b 2 1 ||
Hoof and horn, hoof and horn, All that dies shall be re-born.
Corn and grain, corn and grain, All that falls shall rise a- gain.
PATIENCE/WAITING MEDICINE CHANT
____ | ____ | ||
4 | | | | | | | | | | ||
- | | | o | | | | o | ||
4 3' 5' | 5' 2' 2' 1' | 6__6 ||
Hey Yah Hey Hey Yah
CALYPSO CHANGING CHANT
(1) and (2) mark beginnings for round
(1)
_ _ | _ _ | _ _ |
5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
4 3' 2' 1' 7 6__1' | 7 1' 2' 5 3'_1' | 3' 2' 1' 7 6__1'|
We come from the fire, Living in the fire, Go back to the fire,
(2)
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_ _ | | | _ _ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | o | o. o | o | | | | | | | | | | |
7 1' 2' 7 1' | 3' 4'| 5' 4' 3' 1'| 3' 3' 3' 3' 4'_4'|
turn the world around! We come from the fire, Go back to the fire,
_ _ ||
| | | | | ||
| | | | o ||
2' 2' 7 7 1' ||
turn the world around.
ADDITIONAL We come from the mountain, living in the mountain,
VERSES: Go back to the mountain, turn the world around!
We come from the mountain;
Go back to the mountain, turn the world around!
(Also: spirit, ocean, prairie, forest, river, water, etc.)
I'm the hundreth monkey, we're a hundred monkeys,
Be the hundreth monkey, turn the world around!
Be the hundreth monkey,
Be the hundreth monkey, turn the world around!
AUM SHIVAYA VASHI
___ ___ | | ___ ___ | ||
4 | | | | | | | | | % % | | | | | | | | | | % % ||
- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
4 1 5 4 3 2 4 | 5 1 | '7 4 3 2 1 3 | 4 '7 ||
Aum Shiva--ya- Va-shi, Aum Shiva--ya- Va-shi, ...
From Crowley: "Note that 'shi' means rest, the absolute or male aspect of
the
Deity; 'va' is energy, the manifested or female side of Deity. This mantra
represents the whole course of the Universe, from Zero through the finite
back
to Zero."
GOD/GODDESS CHANTS
____ | _____ | | _____ _____| | | _ |
||
2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ' | | | |
||
- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | o
||
4 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 |'7 '7 | 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | '7 '7 | 1
||
I-sis,A- star-te, Di- a- na, He- ca-te, De- me-ter,Ka- li, In-na-
na.
O-din,Cer-nun-nos, Merd-dyn,Man-na-nan,He- li-os, Shi-va, Horned
One.
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