List of songs as of January 2020
| LYRICS | SCORE | ALL | SOP | ALTO | TENOR | BASS | OTHERS |
| ‘L Hurrya Jaya (Freedom is Coming) | Score page 1 Score page 2 | Structure notes: We will sing 1 Arabic verse only 1 start with “Freedom” 2 then “‘l Hurriya Jaya” 3 “Justice” 4 “Power” Pattern: 1 Call – sop x1 2 S x1 +Response A, T, B X2 3 “Oh yes I know” x2 n.b. for Arabic response, Tenors sing ana arif where they would usually sing oh yes i know San Ghanny video | |||||
| Ahlamo al Wattan – Dreams of Home | Full Score Amended 130919 | 1. All 2. Amended sound file 5.10.19 | Sop | 1. Alto 2. Amended sound file 5.10.19 | Tenor | Bass | Amended score added 13.09.19 Amended sound files added 5.10.19 to reflect Alto second part Structure notes: 1 Dum ba da da x1 round (first 8 bars) as intro before Sops come in 2 A&T 4x Hajja etc before back to ba da da (bar 65) |
| Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody | Score page 1 Score page 2 | All Live recording 06032020 | High backing | Middle backing | Low backing | Tadhamon Singers rehearsal video Video Structure notes: 1 Tune – ALL in unison 2 3 part harmony 3 Tune & 3 part harmony 4 Bass line – ALL in unison 5 Bass line plus 3 part harmony & tune timing – 5 ‘Keep on’s before ‘to the freedom land’ “Keep on”s start quiet and get louder | |
| All Around My Spirit | Score | Sound files in Protest in Harmony website Video Structure notes: 1 All – Unison with tune verse 1 2 verses 2 & 3 (speak my truth and sing my song) in harmony * remember we are singing “til the wall comes down” and NOT “til the walls come down” Janet singing alto | |||||
| Asalaam Aleykum | Score Score with notations | Score with notations Structure notes: 1 All sing 2 Soprano & Alto 3 Tenor 4 Bass 5 All x1 6 English x 2 (walking around) 7 Arabic x as many as appropriate Janet singing Bass | |||||
| Baby 1,2,3 | You tube link | ||||||
| Baktub Ismik Ya B’ladi Amended words | Score | All Live recording 06032020 | Penny Stone article Pronunciation notes: following discussion 3rd Nov Baktub Ismik ya B’ladi….. ala hobbik ma fe Habib Structure Notes: 1 Na na na x1 ALL 2 Baktub x2 3 Na na na x2 4 Falastine T&B&S x2 5 plus Altos Falastine x2 | ||||
| BDS Medley | All | ||||||
| Don’t Buy Dates (Boycott Song) | New Score January 20202 | Revised words for Palestine | |||||
| Every Mountain Path | ooo part High Echo tune | Tune | Bottom | aaahhh part | Dawish Poem Structure notes: Everything is in 2s! 1 part 1&2 x2 (low part & lament) 2 add part 3 x2 (high) 3 add part 4 (tune) x1 4 Echo comes in on 2nd time of tune x2 5 change to second section All in from beginning “And every song…” x2 6 back to “Every mountain path…” ALL parts x2 7 Final “every mountain path” – Tune and Echo only, and fade out | ||
| Freedom is coming | Score page 1 Score page 2 | Structure notes: We will sing 1 Arabic verse only 1 start with “Freedom” 2 then “‘l Hurriya Jaya” 3 “Justice” 4 “Power” Pattern: 1 Call – sop x1 2 S x1 +Response A, T, B X2 3 “Oh yes I know” x2 n.b. for Arabic response, Tenors sing ana arif where they would usually sing oh yes i know San Ghanny video | |||||
| I Stand With You (Tadhamon Version) | New Score Feb 2020 Score | All Live recording 06032020 | Sop | Alto | Tenor | Bass | Structure notes: 1 Verse 1, 2 Chorus 3 Verse 2, 4 Chorus 5 Tadhamon x4 5 Our/we chorus 6 Arabic chant x2 Aqqiffo ma’ak x2 Haqqoka haqqee Annta rafeeqee 7 Finish with ‘Your fight is our fight too, we stand with you’ with gestures (hand on heart for we, open arms for stand with you) Janet singing bass with Carolyn |
| Jerusalema | |||||||
| Lamaa Bada Yatathanaa | |||||||
| Ma’a al Salama | New Score Feb 2020 Score | All All – new pronunciation March 2020 Live recording 06032020 | Structure notes: 1 All first line – first 4 bars (tenor line on score) 2 T continue add S&A harmony 3 add Drone Bass 4 Shukran Yislamu – S x2 – 2nd time Sops only, other parts drop out then add ‘steps’ A T & B 5 back to Ma’a al Salama 6 Shukran Yislamu in harmony all parts at the same time suggestion we could fade outend with waving…. | ||||
| Marhaba | |||||||
| Never Turning Back | New score Feb 2020 Score Amended Score 5.10.19 | All | Top | Tune | Bottom | Recording of Judy Small Great March of Return Arabic ending Pronunciation of Arabic ending Structure notes: n.b. we are only singing 4 verses 1 walking forward, 2 singing loudly, 3 stand with you together, 4 walking forward (again) 1 ALL sing first line of each verse with tune 2 Altos sing tune, other parts in harmony 3 Last verse “Stand with you together” then 4 repeat FIRST verse 5 then ALL Great March ending x2 5 then ALL sing “Never turning back” with harmonies *dynamics – first line all sing, second line quieter, 3rd line more intensely, Never turning back – first time more loud/intense, second time softer, like an echo. Arabic words – we changed the speed of Maseerat to double speed so instead of Maaseeeraaat it is more like Maseerat (probably needs to be demonstrated if you weren’t there!….) | |
| Sumud | All | ||||||
| Tadhamon | Score | All Live recording 06032020 | Note from Janet: I’ve used an option on my notation program to hide empty staves – i.e. when a part isn’t singing along a full line of music you won’t see it – to cut down on paper. So for example tenors, at bar 23 you won’t see your part until bar 29 when you come in again. You may like to highlight your parts to make it clear. Structure Notes: 1 All sing Alto x1 2 add Sop x1 3 add Tenor x1 4 Bass only x1 cycle (i.e. the word Tadhamun x8) 5 All repeat with extra ‘Tadhamun’ 5 Nahnu… Alto x1 over Bass, then A+Sx1, then A+S+T x1, then ALLx1 (i.e. 4x in all) 6 We Sing…ALLx2 (Alto start) 7 Nahnu…ALL (x2 OR as many times as Janet says) 8 ALL say “Tadhamun!” at end | ||||
| This Is Home Arabic Translation | Score | Live recording 06032020 | Natural Voice Network file Soundfile 3 parts TED Talk Sophia Efthimiou teaching song Arabic soundfile from Shahd Structure notes: Start with Arabic, build up parts 1 Alto tune first 2 lines 2 Add Sops next 2 lines 3 This was changed on 02/02/2020 Add Tenor & Bass next 4 lines 4English – all together in harmony 6 Humming 7 Arabic (quiet) | ||||
| Throw Catch Jikeleza | Score | Video | |||||
| Two weeks | Sop | Alto | Tenor | ||||
| We Shall Overcome | Score | All | Middle | Low | Structure notes: 1 We shall overcome – in unison We shall overcome with harmonies 3 Arabic words with harmonies 4 We’ll walk hand in hand 5 We shall live in peace 6 We are not afraid n.b. second line is “we are not afraid Today, Not any day” 7 The whole wide world around | ||
| We Teach Life Sir | Score | All Live recording 06032020 | Poem Structure notes: 1 Bass (Carolyn, Val, Janet) x2 2 Tenor (Chris, Celia, Heather) 3 Alto (Diane, Hils, Jan, Leni) 4 Sop (June, Jill, Hilary, Helen, Lizzie) 5 All Quiet 6 All More intense, with major chord end We decided to “act” this a bit so sang as if we were addressing an interviewer (see the link to the video of the poem above) so initially within each part and then finally to an empty chair in the middle representing the interviewer. | ||||
When the Sun Rises | Score | All | Sop | Alto | Tenor | Bass | Structure as words doc |
| Yalla Awlehd | Score | All | Structure notes: 1 All sing alto line 2 A&S 3 A, S & T 4 AST & drones Carolyn & Janet singing drones | ||||
| Zourouni | Live recording 06032020 | Video Sheffield Socialist Choir Lyrics with dots Structure notes: Exactly as in video above 1 Dum Tak x2 ALL 2 Add Zourouni chorus x1 unison 3 Add Chant x2 4 Verse x1 unison 5 Zourouni x1 harmony 6 Verse x1 harmony 7 Zourouni x1 harmony 8 Chant x2 9 Dumtak x1….Dum Janet singing descant |
