VINA PANDUWINATA SONGBOOKLET
Liang Hwie Oei (I90)
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VINA PANDUWINATA is probably still the first lady in JAZZ in
Indonesia, but she has to watch out because new stars like Ruth
Sahayana are rising. Vina made her breakthrough at the National Pop
Festival in 1984. In 1985 she entered the International musical forum
by representing Indonesia in a television show Asia Pasific Broad-
casting Union in Singapore and the World Pop Song Festival in Budokan
Japan. Her song "Didadaku Ada Kamu" (In my breast there is you)
featured in the Asean Pop Song Festival 1985. It would surprise me if
she has never performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague
Holland, the biggest indoors Jazz Festival on this planet. For the
last half a decade Indonesia has always been represented on that
Festival. For instance, last summer it featured the "Jakarta All
Stars" starring the great saxophonist Embong Rahardjo. Sorry that I
missed her, but the North Sea Jazz is a VERY expensive festival
(entrance fee: about $ 40.00)
Personnally I find Vina indeed a very talented vocalist. Her voice
retains the typical sweet Idonesian girl flavour. Her lyrics are all
rather harmless (but that may not be true; can't judge from my tiny
lib.), while si Uthe sometimes presents herself as a hot potato.
Hmmm, I am not gonna choose. I like them both for their own merits.
I have added tentative chords to the songs below. However, since
all the songs are supposed to be jazzy, thus free, you should apply
them with your own interpretation. I am not a jazz musician, or
anything else really, so I did't dare to put a time signature on any
of the songs either (this time;-) You figure it out!
/ * /
BURUNG CAMAR, sounds easy but is less so in reality. When sung a
capella, you need a stiff internal beat to treat the phrasing wll.
The refrain is supposed to be sung at the highest reachable pitch.
Shift with capo or transposition when neccessary. It is a great song
to sing for a cabaret dans act with a group. Synchronization is hell.
Try it!
BURUNG CAMAR SEAGULL
(free translation, CANTABILE!)
ciptaan: Aryono/Iwan R.
key: recorded in G
style: Vaudeville
G G
Burung camar tinggi melayang A seagull flies high up in the sky
G C
Bersahutan dibalik awan Calling his cry toward the sun
Am Am
Membawa angan-anganku Carrying my fantasies
G G
Jauh meniti buih Down touching the foam
C D D D
Lalu hilang jauh di lautan Then gone is he above the sea
Oh bahagia tiada terperi Oh happiness I know no trouble
Indah nian derap jiwaku So cheerfully my senses bubble
Tak kenal duka derita There is no need for me to be sorry
Tak kenal nestapa I don't suffer any blame
C D G G
Ceria penuh pesona A magical kind of feeling full of joy
Em Em
Tiba-tiba kutertegun lugu All of the sudden I was simply shaken up
B7 B7
Mataku tertumbuk My eyes were shattered flat
Em Em
Perahu kecil terayun A tiny boat was swinging up and down
B7 B7
Nelayan tua disana For some old fishing fad
Am Dm Em C
Tiga malam bulan t'lah menghilang For three days long the moon
didn't show up
C D D D
Langit sepi walau tak bermega The sky was empty although without
clouds
Tiba-tiba kusadari lagu All of the sudden I understood
Burung camar tadi The song that seagull sang
Cuma kisah sedih nada duka It was minor blue melody
Hati yang terluka A lonely wounded heart's pang
Tiada teman berbagi derita He had no friend to share his misery
C D G G
Bahkan untuk berbagi cerita And certainly not to split the
saddest part
Burung camar tinggi melayang A seagull flies high up in the sky
Bersahutan di balik awan Calling his cry toward the sun
Kini membawa angganku yang tadi melayang Carrying my fantasies
seemingly far away
Jatuh nyata dekat di kakiku It turns out that he had dropped it
on my feet
(YUCK!?)
(theatrical modulation to G# over first couplet)
(end with jocular repetitions of the very last line)
/ * /
BIRU, is in contrast the title suggest not 'blue' at all but rather
very languid kind of joyfull satisfaction. This song has been my
favourite long before I knew that it originated in jazz. I heard it
the first time from a kroncong tape of the Hetty Koes Endang series.
The fact that has been 'kroncong'-ed suggest that song is technically
speaking not very complicated. That observation is correct. What
makes the song so special is its very languid phrasing and the neat
jazzy harmonic progression of the chorus. You need to be steady in
keeping track your scales to handle the chorus properly, but that is
merely a matter of exercise. I used to sing this song in my bathtub
to upset my neighbours, but I have ceased doing so since I got in
real trouble doing that (but that is a complete different story {duh
nyonya tetangga jatuh cinta kepadaku dan tuan marah! percaya?} You
have been warned ;-). Anyway, I still know it by heart.
BIRU BLUE
ciptaan: Dian Pramana Putra/ Deddy Dukun
key: recorded in G
style: languid Latino jazz / modern pop kroncong ballad
Gmaj7 % Cmaj7 G
Tiada pernah aku sebahagia Never I've felt this kind of
lazy pleasure
Gmaj7 % Csus4 C
Sebahagia kini ooh kasih A pleasing pleasure of you my
honey treasure
Em A
Sepertinya kubermimpi It seems that I am only dreaming
Em C
dan hampir tak percaya and I hardly do believe
C D Gsus4 %
Hadapi kenyataan ini That I face this sweetest fact
in reality
Belai manja serta kecup sayang Spoilt by caresses and then by
loving kisses
Tak curahkan penuh kepastian Never enough and full of
secure blisses
Hingga mampu menghapuskan Thus hereby we provide the means
Luka goresan kita To cure our wound and what we
have done wrong
Yang sekian lama sudah menyakitkan That made us suffer both of us
for ooh so long
F F C C
Kau terangkan gelap mataku You shine through the darkness
of my eyes
A A D D
Kau hilangkan resah hatiku You chase away the unrest
of my heart
B B E E
Kau hidupkan lagi cintaku You rekindle the fire
of my love
C G D D
Yang t'lah beku dan membiru That has been frozen
cold and blue
Ini tetes air mata haruku This tear is dropping because
the scene I touch
Menghiasi janji yang terpadu To seal the promise I made
a sturdy vouch
Tuhan jangan kau akhirkan Oh Lord don't ever make an end
Apapun yang terjadi To whatever is meant to be
Kuingin slalu dekat kekasihku For my love must always be
this close near me
/ * /
KAWAN, a statement of gratitude to the creator for the privilege of
friendship, an absolutely marvellous song for listening, but a pain
in the ass when you try it to play or sing it yourself. Practioners
of the art of music must know the feeling. For instance, it took me
three months to programme myself into John&Paul's Blackbird. Well,
compared KAWAN, Blackbird is a piece of cake. I still cannot play it.
The thing is: Kawan, is an example of a genuine written jazz
composition. Here the vocalist really communicates with the instru-
ments especially the grand piano. You cannot separate them. Both need
each other. So lacking the source (black on white paper) the only
thing you can do is try to analyze it by hearing and hoping that you
will eventually understand how the piece is built up.
Jazz is not exactly the style to pick for the absolute beginner. It
is common knowledge that to play or sing jazz you definitely need a
considerable amount of theory or a enourmous amount of experience and
talent. Therefore: the chords below are just some trial and errors of
my analysis. Do try to improve them. They are certainly not suitable
for performance. But this is what music is all about learning by
listening to the greatest of artist and feeling very small. This
songbooklet contains only three songs. That may seem very scant, but
when you pass this song and eventually are able to sing or play it as
it is supposed to, then you might become a star as great or even
greater than Vina ;-)
KAWAN FRIEND
(watch out! sloppy chords) (free translation)
ciptaan: Ria R. Prawiro
key: recorded in G (again? that seems to be the sig. of Vina's
throat ;-)
I have based my guitar chords on D, so you definitely need a
capo here (on the 5th fret) if you want to play along with
Vina. Otherwise, in case you are a guitar virtuoso, transpose
everthing to G.
style: composed jazz in orchestral arrangement (highly chromatic)
(start slowly and with lots of pauses)
Dmaj7 G6
Merenungku dalam sunyi Embracing me in times quiet
Dmaj7 G6
Hangat dalam suasana resah Giving me warmth in times upset
Emaj9 Amaj7
Rajutan hati mengayun tanya A hearts webbing that catches
all questions
G6 [G6.Dmaj7]2
Cipta hasrat mengubah hari A sensual instance that changes
my day
Kuatur langkah kemuka I move forward toward face
Buka tabir yang tersingkap To open up the explanation
yet unravelled
Kau nyata ada dalam dunia You happen to be in this world
Siap 'tuk menuju harap dalam cita-cita Ready to point out the
hope in our ideals
(ref. change rhytmn to dance beat)
A6 G6 Dmaj7
Gapailah diriku oh kawan dan usiklah mimpi Hold on me oh my friend
and smother dreams
Biarlah nyata yang ada Let the thing that is be real
Pada diri kita bersatu, dalam jiwa In front of ourselves we are one
[G6.Dmaj7]4
Dalam citra meneguk isi bumi Spiritually and physically
swallowing the content of
this earth
Sgala puji syukur pada yang Maha Kuasa Hail praise to the Lord
Almighty
Diciptakan diriku dan dirimu kawan To have created me and
You my friend
Kini sinar kasih tulus dan murni So soft and pure
Your love shines
A G D
Abadi dalam kau dan aku Forever within
Mine and thine
(chromatic solo, modulate to E and repeat ref.)
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casi...@iastate.edu
(I90)) writes:
(intro deleted)
>
> VINA PANDUWINATA is probably still the first lady in JAZZ in
> Indonesia, but she has to watch out because new stars like Ruth
> Sahayana are rising. Vina made her breakthrough at the National Pop
> Festival in 1984. In 1985 she entered the International musical forum
> by representing Indonesia in a television show Asia Pasific Broad-
> casting Union in Singapore and the World Pop Song Festival in Budokan
> Japan. Her song "Didadaku Ada Kamu" (In my breast there is you)
> featured in the Asean Pop Song Festival 1985. It would surprise me if
> she has never performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague
> Holland, the biggest indoors Jazz Festival on this planet. For the
> last half a decade Indonesia has always been represented on that
> Festival. For instance, last summer it featured the "Jakarta All
> Stars" starring the great saxophonist Embong Rahardjo. Sorry that I
> missed her, but the North Sea Jazz is a VERY expensive festival
> (entrance fee: about $ 40.00)
Maybe my criterion of a jazz singer is different than yours, but IMHO Ruth S. is
jazzier than Vina. Vina's songs are what some people say creative pop
/contemporer pop. It's a kind of music that has mild jazz (sometimes fusion) and
pop elements in it. The chords are (at times much) more complicated than the
usual pop songs we have. Even Ruth's songs are more creative pop than jazz.
Let's say their songs are mild-jazz (jalan tengah :). Ruth sings more jazzy
songs and with more jazz group (like Karimata) than Vina. Vina's songs, on the
other hand, are milder (in terms of jazz), but many of them are great enough to
include in a Pop Song Festival. Her usual composers, like Addie M.S., Dian and
Deddy, have a taste for jazz in their songs, but more harmonic than the usual
out-of-rules jazz. Her latest songs (in album: Cium Pipiku, for example) are
more pop-oriented than her previous ones, let alone her earliest songs like
"September Ceria", "Tirai", etc. She sang "Aku Melangkah Lagi" in her first
Nat'l Song Festival appearance (or was it Int'l), if I'm not wrong (correct me,
anyone, but don't flame me :).
>
> Personnally I find Vina indeed a very talented vocalist. Her voice
> retains the typical sweet Idonesian girl flavour. Her lyrics are all
> rather harmless (but that may not be true; can't judge from my tiny
> lib.), while si Uthe sometimes presents herself as a hot potato.
> Hmmm, I am not gonna choose. I like them both for their own merits.
Agree. Vina's style is smoother (though can be spicy at times), and Uthe's style
is usually more spicy (read: riang), though again, she can be smooth, too.
>
> I have added tentative chords to the songs below. However, since
> all the songs are supposed to be jazzy, thus free, you should apply
> them with your own interpretation. I am not a jazz musician, or
> anything else really, so I did't dare to put a time signature on any
> of the songs either (this time;-) You figure it out!
>
Greatly appreciated, especially for Burung Camar. Danke sehr!
> / * /
>
> BURUNG CAMAR, sounds easy but is less so in reality. When sung a
> capella, you need a stiff internal beat to treat the phrasing wll.
> The refrain is supposed to be sung at the highest reachable pitch.
> Shift with capo or transposition when neccessary. It is a great song
> to sing for a cabaret dans act with a group. Synchronization is hell.
> Try it!
(song deleted)
Btw, do you usually play it with guitar or with synthesizer/organ/piano?
>
> BIRU, is in contrast the title suggest not 'blue' at all but rather
> very languid kind of joyfull satisfaction. This song has been my
> favourite long before I knew that it originated in jazz. I heard it
> the first time from a kroncong tape of the Hetty Koes Endang series.
> The fact that has been 'kroncong'-ed suggest that song is technically
> speaking not very complicated. That observation is correct. What
> makes the song so special is its very languid phrasing and the neat
> jazzy harmonic progression of the chorus. You need to be steady in
> keeping track your scales to handle the chorus properly, but that is
> merely a matter of exercise. I used to sing this song in my bathtub
> to upset my neighbours, but I have ceased doing so since I got in
> real trouble doing that (but that is a complete different story {duh
> nyonya tetangga jatuh cinta kepadaku dan tuan marah! percaya?} You
> have been warned ;-). Anyway, I still know it by heart.
(song deleted)
Hehe, di Indo mah mau cari "Unchained Melody" dalam bentuk dangdut juga ada! :)
I listened to it once..
(Maybe) just a potential topic for discussion, some musician sensed the
similarity between "Biru" and Whitney Houston's "Saving All My Love for You". I
read about this in the newspaper a couple years ago when the song came up. The
chords are indeed almost the same, and the rhythm, too. Don't know if there is
indeed some relation between the two songs.. This case came up at the same
period when one of Chrisye's song (Hip Hip Hura2) was blasted by many musicians
because of its intro which took the intro of Kenny Loggins (sp?) "Footloose".
Even his next song (forget the title) had the reff. that was exactly the same
(in rhythm, chords, and even melody) as Sheena Easton's "9 to 5". He, in fact,
apologized to his fellow musicians for that song.
> KAWAN, a statement of gratitude to the creator for the privilege of
> friendship, an absolutely marvellous song for listening, but a pain
> in the ass when you try it to play or sing it yourself. Practioners
> of the art of music must know the feeling. For instance, it took me
> three months to programme myself into John&Paul's Blackbird. Well,
> compared KAWAN, Blackbird is a piece of cake. I still cannot play it.
>
> The thing is: Kawan, is an example of a genuine written jazz
> composition. Here the vocalist really communicates with the instru-
> ments especially the grand piano. You cannot separate them. Both need
> each other. So lacking the source (black on white paper) the only
> thing you can do is try to analyze it by hearing and hoping that you
> will eventually understand how the piece is built up.
>
> Jazz is not exactly the style to pick for the absolute beginner. It
> is common knowledge that to play or sing jazz you definitely need a
> considerable amount of theory or a enourmous amount of experience and
> talent. Therefore: the chords below are just some trial and errors of
> my analysis. Do try to improve them. They are certainly not suitable
> for performance. But this is what music is all about learning by
> listening to the greatest of artist and feeling very small. This
> songbooklet contains only three songs. That may seem very scant, but
> when you pass this song and eventually are able to sing or play it as
> it is supposed to, then you might become a star as great or even
> greater than Vina ;-)
>
(song deleted)
Sounds like a cool song. Can you tell us in what album this song is included?
We're waiting for the next ones (Kumpul Bocah, perhaps? :).....
Ciao (ole 4x)
=CasiopeA=
-Kick the ball and kill 'em all-
Josef Widjaja
.....
Ni Hao.
First of all, let me once again extend my welcome to what must have
been the most long awaited, if not the greatest, comeback in a|s.c.i
:-). Please, no more guojiang or nali nali this time. (Just in case
you didn't know, Paul Salim has taken over your previous
net.infamous.person position in the last few months :-)
Thanks for typing in Vina's collection, xiexie ni. I must admit that,
of all the songs in this list, I only remember Burung Camar (is there
any standard way to post music scores in Usenet?). Vina remains my
favorite female Indonesian singer. I do not, however, even posses one
of her albums. It's impossible to get Indonesian CDs here. You can get
almost anything Indonesian except CDs, even nasi tumpeng for my
friend's daughter's b'day (A WNI Chinese if that makes a difference to
you, I will vote for nasi tumpeng as the single greatest common
denominator of Indonesian culture :-). This is mainly because most
young Indonesians whether in Australia or Indonesia, listen to American
pop music hence there is no market for Indonesian CDs unlike the demand
for Kecap ABC and soto Jakarta.
Oh well, I have to get my hands on her albums the next time I go
'mudik'. I did ask a cousin of mine to buy Vina's CD's in Jakarta for
me, but she said she couldn't find it. Is Vina still in the pop scene
in Indonesia, or has she gone back to her jazz world?
...
|casting Union in Singapore and the World Pop Song Festival in Budokan
|Japan. Her song "Didadaku Ada Kamu" (In my breast there is you)
^^^^^^
My goodness. It sounds so, well..., erotic. Vina is not Madonna, just
in case some people are not aware of this. 'Breast' is probably the
correct English translation; for colloquial English, 'chest' is
probably more closer to the true meaning.
JW <- Yinni laide Huaren, and of course, Yinniren too.
--
__________Josef Widjaja___________
| jwid...@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au |
| Macquarie University, Australia |
|__________________________________|
Hermin Anggawijaya
This is exactly what I need, after reading long
flame wars :-) ........
Keep up the good work, I'll follow your every articles on Vina's songs
Cheers,
H. Anggawijaya
Wity Ganda
>
>Oh well, I have to get my hands on her albums the next time I go
>'mudik'. I did ask a cousin of mine to buy Vina's CD's in Jakarta for
>me, but she said she couldn't find it. Is Vina still in the pop scene
>in Indonesia, or has she gone back to her jazz world?
>...
Well, I think your cousin just made up some excuses. :)
I went back to Jakarta on Dec 91, and bought 2 Vina's CD's, both are
her greatest hits. The recording quality sucks, but it is more durable
than cassettes.
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THE BerasBasah Kid
(Josef Widjaja) wrote:
>
> (other material deleted)
> |casting Union in Singapore and the World Pop Song Festival in Budokan
> |Japan. Her song "Didadaku Ada Kamu" (In my breast there is you)
> ^^^^^^
> My goodness. It sounds so, well..., erotic. Vina is not Madonna, just
> in case some people are not aware of this. 'Breast' is probably the
> correct English translation; for colloquial English, 'chest' is
> probably more closer to the true meaning.
>
>> I would imagine the rough/loose translation would be "Heart." I know
"Heart" >>> _hati_....
> JW <- Yinni laide Huaren, and of course, Yinniren too.
> ^^^^^^
>> I dont speak Mandarin nor write Hanyu Pinyin, but having spent a good number
of years in and out of ghettos of Glodok, Pluit, and Pontianak, I think I
get the gist of what you wrote above. Man, I was just beginning to take up
what you said about your ancestral line streching all way the back to Raden
Wijaya. :-)
> --
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lordship was a courageous man. He chose a certain path in life, it proved
to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least.
As for myself, I cannot even claim that. You see, I _trusted_. I trusted
in his lorship's wisdom.
-The Remains of the Day-
Kazuo Ishiguro
________________________________________________________________________________Memory's
truth, because memory has its own special kind. It selects, eliminates,
alters, exaggerates, minimizes, glorifies, and villifies also; but in the
end it creates its own reality, its heterogenous but usually coherent
version of events; and so no sane human being ever trusts someone else's
version more than his own.
-Midnight's Children-
Salman Rushdie
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Josef Widjaja
...
|> JW <- Yinni laide Huaren, and of course, Yinniren too.
|> ^^^^^^
|>> I dont speak Mandarin nor write Hanyu Pinyin, but having spent a good number
|of years in and out of ghettos of Glodok, Pluit, and Pontianak, I think I
|get the gist of what you wrote above. Man, I was just beginning to take up
|what you said about your ancestral line streching all way the back to Raden
|Wijaya. :-)
|> --
(I don't speak Mandarin fluently either).
Hehehe.....
So, have you heard the story about ancient Javanese Kings and princes who
married Chinese royals? ;-)
Liang Hwie Oei (I90)
>>> KAWAN (ciptaan: Ria Prawiro)
>>Sounds like a cool song. Can you tell us in what album this song is included?
Oops, I double checked at home. The title of the album should
have been:
CINTA, Vina Panduwinata '85 -> '86
The "Cinta" is stylized into a Valentine's Heart on the cover
in such a way that I didn't recognize it as the title at first ;-)
lh
>> =CasiopeA=