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 SPRING  2018      ........   SCROLL    DOWN    FOR    MUSIC
NEW THIS WEEK: 
1. Peze Kafe tracks posted.    (2. Don't forget to check out new listings on the bulletin board. )
2. Showers of Blessings score (tracks coming)

3.  Sto Imala K'smet score revised with edits we discussed last week at rehearsal and practice tracks!

​4.10.18:  More CGM pronunciation from Estherline  here


click here to hear Estherline  speaking  from Haiti!  She is pronouncing a short phrase from Ce Gran Matin. 
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Please make sure you have printed out all the scores for your semester packet.
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Weekly email messages:   

For success accessing recordings below, try CHROME or SAFARI  if you us a Mac, and INTERNET EXPLORER if you don't use a Mac.  
 SCORES & RECORDINGS      :       Listen to your parts below by clicking the links.     

New scores are denoted by an    *  and are at the end of the list below.
(If you cannot find a score you need here or in your song collection, please let Patty know.)
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SONG PACKET POLICY:  Instead of bringing your whole song collection with you to rehearsal, just bring the scores for this semester plus the Popular Song Lyrics  sheet.     Word   Pages     pdf   (These are bass lyrics.  You can modify the Word or Pages version for your own voice part)


Spring  2018 Semester Repertory: 


SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS, shape note
score (large print)
alto    tenor     bass   (soprano use 'all' score for now).
Dear Singers: These tracks are VERY old.  A tad wobbly.  Also in Ab (a step lower than written, not sure why). THey will help you learn the notes, but please ignore the tempos! sop     alto   tenor   bass (sorry goofy tech voice)
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SHONA MALANGA, Zulu song
lyrics
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   ​all        sop       alto     tenor (don't go down an 8v)        bass

​WATCH        ​

CÉ GRAND MATIN, Haiti
(if you don't have the score we will order you one).

 all  (old pronunciation but good 'flavor')      sop    alto    tenor     bass 
**Sopranos I had to record your part an octave below written. Sorry!
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click here to hear Estherline  speaking  from Haiti!  She is pronouncing a short phrase from Ce Gran Matin. 

PEZE KAFE
lyrics (REVISED)
YOUR VOICE PARTS:     sop     alto     tenor(men)     tenor(women)     bass 
(the above are not the full arrangement.  Once I figure out if we are adding sop solo I will finalize that and post).
LYRICS spoken     
​Some cool links:  
performance featuring Boulo Valcour
performance by Creole Choir of Cuba (we use them as model)
Info about the songs and more performances

ASIKHATALI
​​score
all     sop     alto    tenor    bass
​(tenor and bass are technologically lowered (very old) but I think you can hear your part clearly enough. Let me know if not.)

*EVO BANKE CIGANE MOJ
score
​
pronunciation guide
sop     alto    tenor   ladytenor   bass
​performance (Mary Cay Brass choir)


*STO IMALA K'SMET STAMENA
score     (revised 4.24.18)
pronuncation guide
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sop     alto    tenor bass  (Maggie is singing in your range. Do not lower an octave.  FYI
Bass and Tenor sing together until a divisi at the last measure of each system.)
​performance (Mary Cay Brass choir) and video!    

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*STORMY  WEATHER
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score   CORRECTED
 sop      alto     tenor       bass     
all    (v. harmony)
* please note, tenor part sung in actual range (not an octave higher as I do sometimes when domenstrating)
Patty Cuyler based her arrangement on this fantastic version by the Golden Gate Quartet  : performance


​ARCHIVE

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STORM IS PASSIN' OVER
score

sop     alto    tenor    bass 
please note tempo is a little slower than for performance

ZUNGO
​lyrics
all     alto2  (main melody)    alto1    tenor
Soprano&Bass (from a bit before where  you come in, and the ending).

IN THIS HEART
lyrics
all     sop   alto   tenor   bass
(yah I know, the tenor sounds whiney, that's the old technology sorry these are old tracks!)

PARADISE
   sop1      sop2      alto1      alto2     (A1&A2 togeth.)   tenor    bass  (with the divisi)
Recording   Please listen to the silky blend of the choir and to how they handle dynamics... Also what an exciting conclusion!  The tempo is mostly regular and though plodding forward, every step has its own interesting color.  This regularity makes the slow-down at the end special.

 ALL IS WELL * (this is new, not the same as "All Will be Well")
score
all       sop     alto    tenor     bass


PLOVI BARKO
​score
all     sop     alto    tenor     bass

HALLELUJA (In key of F)
lyrics
Chorus sings Refrain:   sop   alto    tenor    bass *
(I haven't recorded the special ending yet; when I know it I will.)
performance (us) 
​*Dear basses, the note for the word "where" is correct..."where the river" all on one note.   You may think "where" should dip down, but it's better harmonically staying put thanks!



​FARTHEST FIELD
Score (new larger text, 4 pages)
individual scores:   sop    alto    tenor   bass

​sop
    alto    tenor     bass
​

​

RESURRECTED
Score
all     sop     alto     tenor     bass

FULL FATHOM FIVE
​score
 sop    alto    tenor     bass
voice recordings:  tenor 
​​performance (Allegheny)    performance (us- a little speedy but I think we sound good!)

TEBE POEM:
​score
sop    alto    tenor   bass 

JINGLE BELLS
​score
 all         sop    alto    tenor    bass

SENZENINA
Senzenina lyrics

NON NOBIS, DOMINE  (Anonymous, though attributed to William Byrd)
​score
sop      alto     tenor/bass       Haiti Benefit performance 2013
Please, everyone, it's "Domine", and "nomini".  (Not "nomine").
ALTO and T/B: you will hear the  soprano along on  the melody once before your part enters.

*A WINTER CHARM,  Scottish waulking tune
score
all      sop      alto       tenor    bass

Once you know your part try these, select the one w/o your voice part!   w/o sop      w/o  alto     w/o  tenor     w/o  bass

*DANCE OF THE SUGAR-PLUM FAIRY 
*​score  (Part I -sop;    Part II -alto;    
Part III - bass& tenor)
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   NEW (Sorry it sounds a little weird,  I lowered it with software to get it into c minor):    all      sop      alto      B&T
 practice on tricky spots go HERE


ENCOURAGEMENT, Shaker tune
score
all     sop  alto   tenor    bass


 Ding Dong Merrily on High
​score
Alternate  Lyrics  (REVISED 11.20.17)
all     sop   alto*   tenor    bass
(alto part has corrected low note)

Hail Smiling Morn
score

all     sop        alto   tenor   bass

Vetunga Chant   


all

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Bass enters first , Chunga Chunga getseva tunga
then tenor, Tisu nema de rondo
then alto: De Mambo 
then soprano  Cho karima, wo yeh cho karima

S17
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FUNICULI FUNICULA
​lyrics page  5.10.17 IMPROVED!!
ALL     sop     alto   tenor    bass     (the verses by the bass section, everyone sings refrain)
opera singer on Italian last verse

SHENANDOAH:  very quick recording of melody 

AIN'T GONNA LET NOBODY
TURN ME AROUND
score
sop     alto     tenor     bass

SIFONI MUNGU
​score
all    sop    alto   tenor   bass

ALL WILL BE WELL*
(taught by rote- no score for this).
​

upper (sop/tenor)         lower (alto/bass)    performance
*There is a third part, same words and rhythm, drones on the C note.


AJDE JANO*
​​score      lyrics (large print and color coded!)
pronunciation guide

soprano     alto     tenor      bass  (basses, default is to not join tenor on the little intro phrase: "Ajde Jano!"- but you can do it without straining.)
​ performance


DIDEBA MAG'ALTA SHINA G'MERTSA
​score
Upper Middle Lower   VHperformance   Anchiskhati Performance

SMALL GROUP: I had to record these in haste, I think notes are right but you will have to feel your own tempos- a bit fast in places:.   upper   middle   lower

TIME AFTER TIME*
Score (w. corrections)
lyrics page - very helpful for all

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 soprano      alto      tenor   bass  (posting corrected tracks now)

ALL   (for hearing how parts fit together. Not a  performance)
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Cyndi Lauper track   ;       Eva Cassidy version


JOY TO MOZAMBIQUE
​​score
WORDS slowly   soprano     everyone else

A tempo (faster):   soprano    alto   tenor    bass

WONGOL: 
lyrics      form-lyrics
(score: please purchase from Patty if you don't have it already)
  
PART A :   sopranoA     altoA     tenorA      bassA       
Part B (this is the very fast part slowed down!):    sopranoB     altoB      tenorB         bassB

our performance 2016:Listen to get an overall feel.  A-B-A  
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NEW FOLKS:  these tracks will get you started... They need to be redone.  In our performance there will be a drum lead-in (that is missing in this recording) to the fast middle section, and more dramatic return to the opening section.)


FEY
​score
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 all    soprano   alto/tenor     bass
​
  

SOMAGWAZA
lyrics
all      part1(bass and alto)    part 2 (soprano)   part 3 (tenor)... Who sings what is not fast and firm.



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