toki pona lili pi kalama musi - a simplified toki pona music system

Each word is two letters in Toki Pona Lili, but in Toki Pona Lili Pi Kalama Musi, each word is a single note.

The first letter corrisponds to a note on the piano scale.

• a = A
• e = B♭
• i = B
• j = C
• k = D♭
• l = D
• m = E♭
• n = E
• o = F
• p = F♯
• s = G
• t = ^A♭
• u = ^A
• w = ^B♭
• y (yupekosi) = ^b

And then the second corrisponds to the type of note.

• a = 𝅝 (Whole)
• e = 𝅗𝅥 (Half)
• i = 𝅘𝅥 (Quarter)
• j = 𝅘𝅥𝅮 (Eigth)
• k = 𝅘𝅥𝅯 (Sixteenth)
• l = 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮 (Double Eigth)
• m = 𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯 (Double Sixteenth)
• n = 𝅝𝄻 (Whole + Rest)
• o = 𝅗𝅥𝄼 (Half + Rest)
• p = 𝅘𝅥𝄽 (Quarter + Rest)
• s = 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝄾 (Eigth + Rest)
• t = 𝅘𝅥𝅯𝄿 (Sixteenth + Rest)
• u = 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮𝄽 (Double Eigth + Rest)
• w = 𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯𝄾(Double Sixteenth + Rest)

Punctuation is represented with a double quarter note with rest (or 𝅘𝅥𝅘𝅥𝄼) and the note played is the type of punctuation.

• . = A
• , = B♭
• ! = B
• ? = C
• “ = D♭
• ” = D
• ' = E♭
• ( = E
• ) = F
• { = F♯
• } = G

Heres a list of every word in TPL for reference. (If the first letter is capital that means that combination isnt used.) (Also some extra words have been added.)

+ yupekosi (Yu)

Example sentence can be found on Bandlab