Piano Cover of "Lomusa Ongaka"

"Lomusa Ongaka" by Benjamin Dube is IsiZulu worship. The title translates to "this great mercy." 132 BPM, mid-tempo praise, one of Dube's most-covered recordings.

1. The key: B major

B major. Scale: B, C♯m, D♯m, E, F♯, G♯m, A♯dim.

2. The chord shape

Verse: 1 to 4 to 5 to 1. Chorus: 4 to 5 to 6m to 4 to 5 to 1. Praise-anthem loop, driven at tempo. The Dube recording shows the choir arrangement.

3. The Sunday-ready play

• Right hand: eighth-note stabs on full triads.
• Left hand: octaves, driven.
• One move to add: a ♯4dim (E♯dim) between the 4 (E) and 5 (F♯) on the chorus. Standard Dube passing chord.

4. When the leader calls a different key

Dube songs sit in every choir's book. Numbers hold. Gig Mode.

Next step

Play uMelusi next. Same B, Musa Yende.