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Piano Cover of "Ndenzel’ Uncedo"

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Song by Joyous Celebration

Original KeyAb

BPM110

"Ndenzel' Uncedo" by Joyous Celebration is one of the most-sung songs in modern SA gospel. The title means "help me, Lord." A steady worship plea, 110 BPM, deeply congregational.

1. The key: A♭ major

A♭ major. Scale: A♭, B♭m, Cm, D♭, E♭, Fm, Gdim.

2. The chord shape

Verse: 1 to 3m to 4 to 5 climb, then 1 to 3m to 4 to 5 to 1. Chorus: 4 to 5 to 1 to ♯6m to 4 to 5 to 1. The ♯6m is the gem. Study the Joyous Celebration recording.

3. The Sunday-ready play

Right hand: full triads with octaves. A♭ as A♭, C, E♭, A♭.
Left hand: root, fifth, root octave pattern. Steady 110 BPM pulse.
One move to add: the ♯6m (Fm) in the chorus is the whole moment. Let it sit for two beats before you resolve to the 4.

4. When the leader calls a different key

Joyous songs get sung in every key across every township church. Numbers hold. Gig Mode transposes.

Next step

Play This is a Move next. Same A♭, different vocabulary, Tasha Cobbs.

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Song Chords Breakdown

Chord progression mapped to original song timeline.

Orig Key

[00:00.64] N
[00:03.92] C#
[00:05.56] D#
[00:07.19] G#
[00:08.83] F#add9
[00:09.95] F#add9/G#
[00:10.47] C#
[00:11.56] G#
[00:12.10] D#
[00:13.19] C#
[00:13.74] G#
[00:23.00] C#/G#
[00:23.55] G#
[00:25.19] F#
[00:26.29] G#
[00:26.82] C#
[00:31.74] D#
[00:33.38] G#
[00:35.01] F#
[00:36.11] G#
[00:36.64] C#/G#
[00:37.75] G#
[00:38.29] D#
[00:39.38] C#/G#
[00:39.93] G#
[00:42.10] C#/G#
[00:43.74] G#
[00:51.38] F#
[00:52.47] G#
[00:53.01] C#
[00:57.90] D#
[00:59.54] G#
[01:01.19] F#
[01:02.29] G#
[01:04.48] D#
[01:05.56] C#/G#
[01:06.13] G#
[01:12.65] F#
[01:13.17] G#
[01:17.53] F#
[01:18.65] G#
[01:19.18] C#
[01:24.11] D#
[01:25.75] G#
[01:27.36] F#/A#
[01:27.91] G#
[01:29.00] C#/A#
[01:30.09] C#/D#
[01:30.64] D#
[01:32.27] G#
[01:33.36] F#
[01:34.48] G#
[01:35.02] C#/G#
[01:35.57] G#
[01:43.74] F#/G#
[01:44.84] G#
[01:45.38] C#
[01:50.28] D#
[01:51.94] G#
[01:53.57] F#
[01:54.12] F#/G#
[01:54.65] G#
[01:55.18] A#m7
[01:56.26] C#/D#
[01:56.82] D#
[01:58.45] G#
[02:09.93] F#
[02:11.02] G#
[02:11.58] C#
[02:16.46] D#
[02:18.10] G#
[02:19.72] F#
[02:20.83] G#
[02:21.38] A#m7
[02:22.46] C#/D#
[02:23.02] D#
[02:24.66] G#
[02:27.39] C#/D#
[02:27.93] G#
[02:36.14] F#
[02:36.67] F#/G#
[02:37.20] G#
[02:37.77] C#
[02:42.64] D#
[02:44.29] G#
[02:45.92] F#/A#
[02:47.01] G#
[02:47.54] A#m
[02:48.65] D#
[02:50.83] G#
[02:59.02] F#/G#
[02:59.56] G#
[03:00.64] C#/A#
[03:01.19] C#
[03:01.74] C#/D#
[03:02.30] D#
[03:03.92] G#
[03:05.55] F#
[03:06.63] G#
[03:07.18] C#
[03:08.81] D#
[03:10.44] G#
[03:12.11] F#/A#
[03:12.67] G#
[03:13.76] A#m7
[03:14.84] D#
[03:17.03] G#
[03:28.49] F#/A#
[03:29.58] G#
[03:30.12] C#
[03:35.02] D#
[03:36.66] G#
[03:38.31] G#/A#
[03:38.84] G#
[03:39.39] G#/C
[03:39.92] C#
[03:41.03] G#/D#
[03:41.55] D#
[03:43.20] G#
[03:54.66] F#/A#
[03:55.74] G#
[03:56.29] C#
[04:01.22] D#
[04:02.84] G#
[04:04.48] F#
[04:06.08] C#
[04:07.72] D#
[04:09.38] G#
[04:11.02] F#/G#
[04:12.12] G#
[04:12.69] C#
[04:14.32] D#
[04:15.94] G#
[04:17.57] F#/A#
[04:18.11] F#/G#
[04:18.63] G#
[04:19.20] A#m7
[04:20.29] G#/D#
[04:20.85] D#
[04:22.47] G#
[04:25.77] C#
[04:27.39] D#
[04:29.03] G#
[04:32.31] A#m
[04:33.40] D#
[04:37.38] G#
[04:39.02] F#/G#
[04:39.56] G#
[04:40.47] D#
[04:42.12] G#
[04:43.76] F#/A#
[04:44.32] F#/G#
[04:44.85] G#
[04:45.40] A#m7
[04:45.96] C#/A#
[04:46.49] D#
[04:48.67] G#
[04:50.29] F#
[04:50.84] F#/G#
[04:51.40] G#
[04:51.94] C#
[04:53.59] D#
[04:55.22] G#
[04:56.86] F#/A#
[04:57.41] F#/G#
[04:57.93] G#
[04:58.48] C#/A#
[04:59.57] C#/D#
[05:00.10] D#
[05:01.76] G#
[05:03.38] F#
[05:04.49] G#
[05:05.05] C#
[05:06.69] D#
[05:08.31] G#
[05:09.95] F#/A#
[05:10.49] G#
[05:11.59] A#m7
[05:12.14] C#/A#
[05:12.67] D#
[05:14.86] G#
[05:16.51] F#/A#
[05:17.60] G#
[05:18.15] C#
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[05:24.66] C#
[05:26.31] D#
[05:27.94] G#
[05:29.59] F#/A#
[05:30.14] F#
[05:30.68] G#
[05:31.24] C#
[05:32.33] C#/A#
[05:32.86] D#
[05:34.50] G#
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[05:37.74] C#
[05:38.84] Fm
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[05:44.33] C#
[05:45.99] D#
[05:47.61] G#
[05:49.75] C#
[05:52.48] N
[05:54.14] G#
[05:57.43] C#
[05:59.06] D#
[06:00.68] G#
[06:02.30] C#
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[06:07.20] G#
[06:10.47] C#
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[06:15.38] F#/A#
[06:15.92] F#/G#
[06:16.47] G#
[06:17.01] C#
[06:18.10] C#/D#
[06:18.67] D#
[06:19.74] D#7
[06:20.32] G#
[06:23.58] C#
[06:25.21] D#
[06:26.85] G#
[06:28.49] A#m
[06:29.57] G#/C
[06:30.11] C#
[06:31.76] D#
[06:33.41] G#
[06:36.66] C#
[06:38.28] D#
[06:39.94] G#
[06:41.56] F#/A#
[06:42.11] F#
[06:43.21] C#
[06:44.83] D#
[06:46.47] G#
[06:48.10] F#add9/G#
[06:49.19] G#7
[06:49.73] C#
[06:51.40] D#
[06:53.03] G#
[06:54.66] F#/A#
[06:55.22] F#
[06:55.75] G#
[06:56.28] C#
[06:57.39] C#/F
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[06:59.55] G#
[07:02.83] C#
[07:04.45] D#
[07:06.10] G#
[07:07.71] F#
[07:08.81] G#
[07:09.32] C#
[07:10.98] D#
[07:12.62] G#
[07:14.26] F#/A#
[07:15.35] G#
[07:15.90] C#
[07:17.54] D#
[07:19.18] G#
[07:20.80] F#/A#
[07:21.88] G#/C
[07:22.45] A#m7
[07:23.54] D#
[07:25.76] G#
[07:32.14] C#
[07:32.69] N

Hlala, ho hlala nami
Lishonil’ ilanga
Ubusuku bufikile Nkosi (hhayi)
Mandi, mandingasali
Ndingenay’ uMncedi (Nkosi)
Ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’

Hlala nami Baba (hlala, ho hlala nami) hlala nami
Lishonile (lishonil’ ilanga)
Ubusuku, ubusuku bufikile Nkosi
Baba, mandingasali (mandi, mandingasali)
Ndingenay’ uMncedi (ndingenay’ uMncedi)
Ndenzele (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’)

Hlala nami Baba (hlala, ho hlala nami) hlala nami
Lishonile ilanga (lishonil’ ilanga)
Nabu nobusuku, ubusuku bufikile Nkosi
Hayibo mandingasali (mandi, mandingasali) mina
Ndingenaye (ndingenay’ uMncedi)
Ndenzele (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’) ndenzele nami
Nkosi ndenzele (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’) hlala nami
Bawo ndiyacela (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’) ndicel’ uncedo

Buya, buyakhaw’leza obubomi bami
Ndiya, ndiyashiwa zezo mhlaba izinto
M’na ndibona iigugquleko, iingugquleko zodwa
Wen’ ongagugquki, oyohlala nam’

Tshini ndenzel’ (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’)
Bawo ndiyacela (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’) hlala nami
Usizo lonke luvela kuwe Jehovah (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’) hlala nami
Ndifuni uncedwa nguwe (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’) hlala nami
Nkosi ndenzel’ (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’) hlala
Hlala, hlala, hlala, hlala (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’) hlala nami
Ah, ndiyacela Bawo (ndenzel’, ndenzel’ uncedo ngokuhlala nam’) hlala nami

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