For example, if the song is in the key of C, the last note would be C, if the key is F the last note is F, and so on.
In music there is something called variations on/in a theme. The variation could be in rhythm, melody, harmony, or other techniques used in music. It can be a combination of any of the musical components. However certain similarities are keep to show the skillfulness used in creating the variation. When you analyze the traditional birthday song, and taps you can see, and hear the variations on the same theme. Particularly in the beginning two note rhythm, and the climax in both songs.
Taps was the first to be performed publicly. It came into usage during the Civil War.
The traditional Happy Birthday Song evolved from a song called, "Good Morning To All". A song sung as a morning greeting by students attending class at school. The song "Good Morning To All" is attributed to Patty, and Mildred J. Hill who were school teachers.
What make the birthday song, and taps seem different in melody is timing.
The so-called traditional birthday song is done in waltz tempo to give it a swing, and taps is done in even tempo to give it smoothness.
Sounds convey messages to the mind,body,spirit, and soul. Why use a variation of a death song knowingly? On a day of gratitude, a day of happiness for being given a spiritual journey on earth, and again reaching the day of arrival on the planet?
Many because of the lack of knowledge of the effects of music on the mind,body, and soul make errors in choices of what music they listen to, or sing.
Sound is power manifesting through vibration at audible frequencies which affect how one feel physically,mentally, and spiritually.
Experiments have been conducted to show the effects of certain music on the growth of plants. It was shown that certain “Rock Music” inhibited the growth of the plants during the experiment, and made the plants lean away from the speakers, or climb a wall. While plants exposed to classical music grew toward, or around the speakers.
For those that can read music look at the first measure in both songs, same rhythm. In measure six of both songs see the descending chord, same sound. Look at the last note of each song, same as the key the song is in.
Why sing, or play a death song variation to someone who is still living?
We have to be willing to release things, and habits that are detrimental to the body, mind,spirit, and soul.
The Nu Blues Happy Birthday song was written by Nuwki Nu, using an ancient healing rhythm in a tradition and style that goes back hundreds of years in America and Mali.
According to written scripts, Mali Emperor Mansa Abubakari came to America in 1311 with at least 400 ships and never left. This one voyage was revealed by Ibn Fadi Al-Umari in his book written in 1342. Other evidence supports contact back, and forth between America, and Mali before the 1300’s.
During these early times the music,culture, and customs mixed to create the basis of the sounds we know today as "American Music".
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