The Moon Represents My Heart - Ni wen Wo Ai - 月亮代表我的心 - Carnatic Version

Happy mid-autumn festival to those who celebrate it!

Zhong Qiu Jie Kuai Le - Pin Yin for Mandarin
中 秋 節 快 樂 - Mandarin

中秋節快樂 - Cantonese

I've decided to release this video just before the occasion of the mid-autumn festival, otherwise known as the moon festival. As well as other names for this festival, it is also known as Chuseok and Tsukimi in Korea and Japan respectively.

This is a famous classic song that is known to be close to people's hearts over the years. 

This beautiful song was made popular by Teresa Teng!

I've linked a few pages for you to find out more about the legacy that this song carries. 

Let me know if you learnt something new!

This was my first Chinese song that I learnt. I was introduced it by a member of world music society during my days at university.

I found the ukulele chords on this site.

I performed part of the song in this video and added 1 line each in English and Tamil.

I also improvised in the carnatic music style as an interlude.

Many other content creators have covered this song and also made multilingual versions of this.

The lyrics of the part of the song that I covered:

Ni wen wo ai 

ni you duo shen 

Wo ai ni you ji fen 

Wo di qing ye zhen, 

wo di ai ue zhen 

Yue liang dai biao wo de xin 

Ni wen wo ai 

ni you duo shen 

Wo ai ni you ji fen 

Wo di qing bu yi, 

Wo de ai bu bian 

Yue liang dai biao wo de xin 

Qing qing de yi ge wen 

Yi jing da dong wo de xin 

Shen shen de yi duan qing
Jiao wo si niandao ru jin


English Translation from another website:

You ask me how deep my love for you is,
How much I really love you…
My affection is real.
My love is real.
The moon represents my heart.

You ask me how deep my love for you is,
How much I really love you…
My affection does not waver,
My love will not change.
The moon represents my heart.

* Just one soft kiss
is enough to move my heart.
A period of time when our affection was deep,
Has made me miss you until now.

* You ask me how deep my love for you is,
How much I really love you.

* ** Go think about it.
Go and have a look [at the moon],
The moon represents my heart.

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American Boy - Estelle ft. Kanye West - Vocal Cover

Produced by Will.I.Am and performed by Estelle and Kanye West, this throwback melody is a song that we can jam to any day. 

I decided to release my cover without any backing track or ukulele because why not. 

I added some carnatic techniques into this cover too. Let me know if you notice them.

Most of the lyrics that I sang:

This a number one champion sound
Yeah, Estelle, we 'bout to get down 
Who the hottest in the world right now? 
Just touched down in London town 
Bet they give me a pound 
Tell them put the money in my hand right now 
Tell the promoter we need more seats
We just sold out all the floor seats


Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA
I really want to come kick it with you
You'll be my American boy


He said, "Hey, sister, it's really, really nice to meet ya"
I just met this 5-foot-7 guy who's just my type
Like the way he's speakin', his confidence is peakin'
Don't like his baggy jeans but I'd like what he's thinking
And, no, I ain't been to MIA
I heard that Cali never rains and New York's all the way
First let's see the West End, I'll show you to my bredrin
I'm likin' this American boy, American boy


Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA
I really want to come kick it with you
You'll be my American boy, American boy


La, la la, la la, eya
La, la la, la la, eya
La, la la, la la, eya
Will you be my American boy? American boy

[Verse 2: Estelle]
Can we get away this weekend? Take me to Broadway
Let's go shopping, baby, then we'll go to a café
Let's go on the subway, take me to your hood
I never been to Brooklyn and I'd like to see what's good
Dressed in all your fancy clothes
Sneakers lookin' fresh to death, I'm lovin' those Shell Toes
Walkin' that walk, talk that slick talk
I'm likin' this American boy, American boy

[Chorus 1: Estelle]
Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA
I really want to come kick it with you
You'll be my American boy

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Home - Sneak Peak Original song by World Music Abi

Home is where I'd like to be

Home is the safest place for me

Let myself be free

I'm alone here but not lonely

Is home a familiarity

To me, friends are family,

Is it a place to live in this big city

Or in the roots of my history.

The meaning of the song is derived from my feeling of "being at home" or comfort in certain places or around certain people more than others. It is about how I can express myself in my comfort zone while alone. "I'm alone here but not lonely" comes from that feeling of how it is okay to focus on things on your own. 

Familiar things like people from my past, or songs from my teens or food from my childhood make me feel at home. Most of the time when we say home, we talk about the place we live in. "The roots of my history" is a reference to how some say "Go back home" in a demeaning way to us. It also is a history to our ancestral identity and culture that may be lost as time goes on and the world becomes more westernised.

I was inspired by Nalinakanthi Ragam when composing this song but actually ended up composing it in a mixture of Hamsathwani and Kedaram. 

The idea that kickstarted this song came while I suggested an idea to the BAM & beyond team about having home as a theme for people to make their own content about.

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Ponnondru Kanden பொன் ஒன்று கண்டேன் Violin Cover

 

Bringing you this Tamil song from 1962...

‘Ponnondru Kanden’ from Padithal Mattum Podhuma (composers M.S. Viswanathan, T.K. Ramamurthy) is a fine piece in Brindavani, with a touch of the dhaivata at the charanam. The phrase ‘Nee Indri Naan Illai...’ (NSSRRSSNNPPMMRRS) traverses the entire scale of the raga.

-  Charulatha Mani, The Hindu

Here's the original :

Here's another cover by Hariharan and Shankar Mahadevan:

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Vannam Konda Vennilave - வண்ணம் கொண்ட வெண்ணிலவே - Violin

Here's my violin cover of Vannam konda vennilave.




SPB has composed the music, sung and acted in this film. I was surprised to find out that it released in 1991.

I used my new studio equipment and software to record and edit the sound here.




I may or not upload notation depending on demand so let me know if you do want the carnatic notation.

This song is set to the Hindustani raga Piloo.




This song is a great one to get stuck in your head especially if you've heard it being sung.




The lyrics of the song are from the point of view of someone who describes their other half as the moon and they are missing them.




Vannam konda venn nilave = White moon who has colours

Vaanam viddu vaarayo = will you come down from the sky

Vinnile Eeramillai = The atmosphere is not wet enough

Unnai thoda Eni Illai = there's no ladder to touch you

Pakkathil Neeyum Illai = You're not next to me

Paarvaiyil Eeram illai = figuratively saying that his eyes are dry

Sonthatil paashaiyillai = no languages are needed for our relationship

Swasikka Aasai Illai = I've got no desire to breathe

Kanduvanthu solvatharku kaatrukku neram illai = The wind doesn't have time to deliver this message

Neelathai pirithu vittaal vaanathil ethum illai = If you take out the blue of the sky there is nothing left

Thalli thalli nee irunthal solli kolla vaazhkai illai = If you keep staying away, there isn't even a life speaking about

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Kandukonden Kandukonden - Title Song

Here's a Tamil and English version of the hit song Kandukonden Kandukonden from Kandukonden Kandukonden. 

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Happy Valentines Day! 💜❤🧡💛💚💙🖤 Here's a #tamilthrowback classic in #nalinakanthi but it's also translated in English. 🎵 . #kandukondainkandukondain #sangeetham #tamiltalent #tamilgirl #hariharancover #mahalakshmiiyer

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This song is set to the ragam Nalinakanthi.

This song is 20 years old! I wrote the English part of the songs as rough translations. 

The Lyrics:

Nathiyin Thedal Kadaisiyil Kadal Kaanbathu

The Search for my life will come when I see you.

Kadal konda nathiyo mugam thanai ilakkum

If I'm with you a new world will begin

I'll put the stars on a string for you.

I'll be there with a knock at your door.

En Kathal Thevane, 

enathu imayil unathu vizhikal mooduven.

Kandukonden Kandukonden.         Sa Ga Ri Ma Pa Ni Da Sa

Viral Thodum Thorathile                Sa Ga Ri Ma Pa Ni Da Sa

Vennilavai Kandukonden 

Kathal mugam Kandukonden

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Little Me - Little Mix - World Music Abi

Little Me by Little Mix is a song that is really close to my heart. 

The song takes me back to my past and how I have been coping a lack of self-confidence and with my insecurities. This song empowers me to not stay in the past but also look forward to everything I can accomplish by speaking out and standing up for myself. 

The producers, songwriters, TMS, and Iain James have done a great job here!

 There is a classical music composition that is sampled in this song called Pavane Opus by Gabriel Fauré

The acoustic version is also beautiful to listen to!

Lyrics and Ukulele Chords

Note: I use a chord other than Eb where it is denoted as Eb and I tuned the ukulele one semitone lower than usual.

Gm                                                F
She lives in the shadow of a lonely girl

                                                  Eb
Voice so quiet you don't hear a word

                                                    D
Always talking but she can't be heard ... yeah

Gm                                                      F
You can see it there if you catch her eye

                                                        Eb
I know she's brave but it's trapped inside

                                                        D
Scared to talk but she don't know why

Gm
Wish I knew back then

                        F

What I know now

                              Eb
Wish I could somehow

                                                        D

Go back in time and maybe listen to my own advice

                         Gm           
I'd tell her to speak up, 

                        Bb

I'd tell her to shout out

                    F
Talk a bit louder, 

                    Cm                    

be a bit prouder

                            Eb

Tell her she's beautiful, wonderful

                                      D
Everything she doesn't see

                     Gm                            Bb
You gotta speak up, you gotta shout out

                            F                    Gm
And know that right here, right now

                           Eb

You can be beautiful, wonderful

                                D
Anything you wanna be

Gm
Little me

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Pamarajana Palini - Carnatic

This is a shortened performance if the original carnatic composition called Pamarajana Palini.

This is set to the raga Simhendramathyamam and is in Rupaka Talam. 

(Rupaka Tala is a 3 beat cycle.)

It was composed my Muthuswami Dikshitar (One of the members Carnatic music Trinity)

 

Click here for notation.

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Malarodu Malaringu Tamil English Telugu Hindi Version Abiramy Logeswaran with Abirami Puvanendran

I enjoyed collaborating with abi_layangal who lives on the other side of the world from me. 

Vocals and Arrangement of lyrics: @worldmusicabi and @abi_layangal

Translation and backing track (ukulele): @worldmusicabi

Editing: @abi_layangal

Chords and lyrics are notated below.

Languages: Tamil, English, Telugu and Hindi

Original songs: Malarodu Malaringu, Kuthamela Mathamela, Ankhon Mein Umeedhon

Film: Bombay

Am                                                   D

மலரோடு மலர் இங்கு மகிழ்ந்தாடும் போது 

 

Am                                                       D

மனதோடு மனம் இங்கு பகை கொள்வதேனோ 

 

Am                                             F

மதம் என்னும் மதம் ஓயட்டும்

 

                  D                                               Am

தேசம் மலர் மீது துயில் கொள்ளட்டும் 

 

D                                                  A

வழிகின்ற கண்ணீரில் இனம் இல்லையே

 

Am                                                F

உதிரத்தின் நிறம் இங்கு வேறில்லையே

 

D                                       A

There is no race in our tears

 

Am                                                G

There’s no difference in the colour of (our) blood 

 

Am               F               Dm            

kalaloki jaarenu ee raathrule

 

D                     Am

veliginche navyodayam

 

Am                               D

While flowers are happy together

Am                         D

Why do people go against each other

 

Am                    F              Dm

Raatein ho geheri toh kya...  

 

        D                               Am

Ata hai ankhir ek din naya.... 

 

  D                           Am

Let the, rain join hands as the sea

 

A                                       D

Let the seas merge, together

 

D                                                      A

துகள் எல்லாம் ஒன்றாகி மலை ஆகட்டும்

 

Am                                      G

விண்ணோடு வின் சேரட்டும்

 

 

Am                    F              Dm

There is no night that lasts forever

 

D                     Am

Let the light unite us.

 

Am                    F              Dm

Kal ke un sapno me koi be aata... 

 

D                     Am

Hai aankhir ek din naya...

 

Am                    F              Dm

oka maata oka baata oka pranamai

 

D                     Am

saagaali ra yekamai...

 

Am                    F              Am                   F              Am

விடியாத இரவொன்றும் வானில் இல்லை

 

D                     Am

ஒளியோடு ஒளி சேரட்டும்

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