Niyabinghi chants - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Niyabinghi chanting typically includes recitation of the Psalms

Psalms

The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible...

, but may also include variations of well-known Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

hymns and adopted by Rastafarians

Rastafari movement

The Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement that arose in the 1930s in Jamaica, which at the time was a country with a predominantly Christian culture where 98% of the people were the black descendants of slaves. Its adherents worship Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia , as God...

. The rhythms of these chants were eventually an influence of popular ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

, rocksteady

Rocksteady

Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor to ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, The Maytals and The Paragons. The term rocksteady comes from a dance style that was mentioned in the Alton...

and reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

music.

Niyabinghi chants include:

"400 Million Blackman"
"400 Years" (its lyrics influenced Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...

's "400 Years")
"Babylon In I Way"
"Babylon Throne Gone Down" (arranged by Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

to "Rastaman Chant" in 1973)
"Banks of the River"
"Behold Jah live"
"Blackman Get Up Stand Up" (its lyrics influenced Bob Marley's and Peter Tosh's "Get Up, Stand Up
Get Up, Stand Up
"Get Up, Stand Up" is a reggae song written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.The song originally appeared on The Wailers' 1973 album Burnin. It was recorded and played live in numerous versions by The Wailers and Bob Marley & The Wailers, along with solo versions by Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer...

" in 1973)
"Brimstone"
"Chant Zion Chant"
"Closer Than a Brother"
"Come sight up in Jah Army"
"Fool Fool"
"Have a little light in I"
"I'n'I Riding"
"I Am Getting Ready"
"Idemption Trodding"
"I Must Trod Home"
"I Shall Not Remove" (its lyrics influenced Bob Marley's "Forever Loving Jah")
"I Will Not Go With You"
"Jah Got the Whole World"
"Jah Wind Blow East"
"Leave Babylon"
"Little Children"
"Mystery Babylon Have To Move" / "Him Have To Move"
"Never Get Burn"
"New Name"
"No Night in Zion" (arranged and released by Culture
Culture (band)
Culture was a Jamaican roots reggae group founded in 1976. Originally they were known as the African Disciples.The members of the trio were Joseph Hill , Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes ....

in 1997, arranged and released by Luciano
Luciano (singer)
Luciano is a Jamaican second generation roots reggae artist and poet....

in 2001)
"Nyahbinghi Voyage" (arranged and released by Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse is a roots reggae musical band. They originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, in Birmingham, England, composed of David Hinds , Basil Gabbidon , and Ronald McQueen .-History:...

)
"One Day Nearer Home"
"Over Hills and Valleys"
"Peace and Love"
"Promise to Hear I Chant"
"Rastafari Conquer"
"Rastafari Know What This Gathering For"
"Rivers of Babylon" (arranged and released by The Jamaicans, Boney M
Boney M
Boney M. is a Eurodisco group created by German record producer Frank Farian. Originally based in Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Jamaicans Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell from Aruba...

arrangement became a world hit)
"Rock-of-my Soul"
"Rock of Ises"
"Roll River Jordan"
"Run Come Rally"
"Satta Massagana"
"Send One Mighty Ingel"
"So Long Rastafari" (arranged by Bob Marley in 1978; arranged and released by Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown
Dennis Emmanuel Brown was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a sub-genre of reggae...

in 1979)
"Take a Sip"
"The Lion of Judah" / "The Conquering Lion" (arranged by Bob Marley in 1976)
"The Things You Do" (arranged and released by Sizzla Kalonji)
"Universal Tribulation"
"Volunteer Ithiopian"
"What a Weeping"
"What a Woe"
"Will You Be Ready"

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