Song of the Vajra in musical notation?

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Song of the Vajra in musical notation?

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Does anyone have SoV in western musical notation? Wanted to try it out on my native american flute...thought it might sound kinda cool
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There was a score in an old edition of practice book. Mid 90s. My wife has also a personal midi file

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Anyone has this score and can send it to me or show me where to get it ?

Thanks.
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I have the sheet music but I won't be able to access it until June. If you havent recieved it by then and I remember I will send it to you.
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ok thanks.
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I put this together years ago. I'm a professional musician, so its accurate: taken from Rinpoche's recordings and with notes from the book about Song of Vajra where he explains what each line is about.
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ahh thank you :)
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Oh wow!
Awesome. TY!
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Gad..you rock!! not just the notation but the writing for each section..too cool
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:twothumbsup: :applause:

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gad rgyangs wrote: Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:07 am I put this together years ago. I'm a professional musician, so its accurate: taken from Rinpoche's recordings and with notes from the book about Song of Vajra where he explains what each line is about.
Hello 10 years later! I was wondering If you still have this download available? Thank you <3
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I’d be interested in seeing it too, but I also wonder if western notation is the best way to write it.

I’ve seen some examples of Tibetan notation and was very impressed with it. It would be really interesting to see the SoV written out in it (I kind of feel like I have, but I’m not sure where).
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I have in notes, and in Adriano's annotation for the full Ganapuja on behalf of NN, Umdze training. I can't upload it here though, for some reason, so I can send on email.
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heres the PDF
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To quote Fa Dao, "Gad, you rock!" Thanks for posting this again. :twothumbsup:
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Two year later, again... THANKS for posting this. Very helpful.
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Beautiful thanks a lot!!! :heart:
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Thank you! :twothumbsup:
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gad rgyangs wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 9:46 pm heres the PDF
Thank you! Thisbis fantastic! 😊

For the masminsa ghulitayapa, on the i in li, there should be a note change (or breath) on the last beat, no?
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