Hey guys, first, i'm new here!
I'm leaning piano, so I would really like to know if someone here has transcripted any Jónsi's song to piano, specially Go Do, Kolniður, Tornado and Boy Lilikoi, and could share them. I really want to learn them, so I could sing and play (cause only singing is good, but boring).
Thanks folks!
I agree. I'm learning piano and taking voice right now and I'd love to learn to play/sing a Jonsi song. What we really need though, is an actual book. A book of perhaps the entire album including "Stars on Still Water" and "Sticks and Stones".
Hey dirtyglasses and JojoTheFox! Mikekelley started a forum over here:
http://jonsi.com/forum/topic/117
which now has a bunch of tabs and seuch.
To save you some time, here are links to all of the tabs which have musical
notation attached, as well as a couple of proper piano scores.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/dxjzydmannd/StarsInStillWater.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/1nztghunzdl/Kolnidur.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/t4tf35nunrm/SaintNaive.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/2jzjezdmy2i/SinkingFriendships.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/uz1mj33jelt/AroundUs.pdf
There are also tabs for Boy Lilikoi and Go Do, which you could work out the notes
for if you have a guitar nearby!
I've transcribed two songs (so far):
Hengilas: http://www.mediafire.com/?w5zy69lvv34tfb6
This is pretty easy for a beginning pianist - just watch your clefs. As notated, everything is transposed down an octave, which means you're playing in a quite low part of the keyboard. (It enables you to get a nice rich sound that best mimics the actual recording.) Unless you want to go look up the Icelandic pronunciation yourself, here's a passable approximation:
(Unless specially altered with an added “h,” vowels are always pure: A = “ah” E = “eh” I = “ee” O = “oh” U = “ooh”)
O vihth harums ti okunn auyu
Saamt hövum thekks tattla tith
Oondir vökulum augnarau thumliehtumst
Stöndum nu tvistiga
Reyni a grafaup o hyartasku o run
Reyni a bryotastihnn
Reyni a bora au, o sayaengilausihnn
En alltkemur firire kinaytt
Komihnn i nizurlot
Vayt ehkki quath plan skil taka
Komihnn i rauthathrot
Reyni a grafaup o hyartasku o run
Reyni a bryotastihnn
Reyni a bora au, o sayaengeelausihnn
Time to Pretend (Jonsi's cover of MGMT): http://www.mediafire.com/?615va12cr03kxc6
Parts of this are pretty easy, but the rhythms can be tricky, so hopefully you know your 2 vs. 3. Also, the left hand does some acrobatics at a couple points. Some of the right hand is approximated, simply because the quality of the recording made it impossible for me to hear it. (And yes, there is one made-up word, because I have no idea what he is saying.)
I also have a version of Time to Pretend transposed up from D to F - it's in a slightly better place for women's voices, but is also a little easier to play just because of where the notes are located.
@inthe_redshirt Thank you so much!! I've been wanting some Jonsi sheet music!! I'll check these out. Would love to have the music to "Stars in Still Water," too...
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