Igitai Dandi Pisasava’an, original song by Ben Alexson S Jivinu

This is an original composition — a Kadazan song by Ben Alexon S Jivinu — called Igitai Dandi Pisasava’an.

Firstly, here is the song on YouTube. Singer: Marilyn Damainus Majakul, Song and lyrics by Ben Alexson S Jivinu, music arrangement by Elvin Dainal (Skoda Wagu Production).

You can open and download the sheet music in PDF form here.

This is a “playback” version. It sounds robotic, but is helpful for reading the notes.

There are slight differences in my PDF and Ronald’s transcription, mostly about the direction of stems in the duet parts, and some timing notation (although they should sound the same). Here is Ronald’s work so that you can check against.

Seems like this might be a service- to write down original music composed by Sabahan musicians. I don’t know how many we will have on SabahSongs, but if Ronald James would like them here, that’s fine by me. I would suggest, if you have many compositions, then maybe put one of SabahSongs to show your work, but hang on to the others until you can find a way to get some payment for them.

Finally, here are the lyrics to Igitai Dandi Pisasava’an.

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