Library Concert Practice Notes
Circle Chant
Be sure the text is correctly memorized. Practice tall vowels and avoiding strong ‘r’ sounds. Remember, we either pronounce ‘r’ as ‘uh’ or make a ‘d’ sound.
Give up the World
Review and secure memory.
Ukraine Anthem (Lament for Mariupol’)
Work on memorizing. Practice each phrase several times, then try saying each phrase without looking at text.
Practice pronunciation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPQd-0n_V4. One word in the second line of text doesn’t match but this will help with general pronunciation.
This recording uses the same text and will help with learning the melody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzgViS4Rpf8
Šče ne vmerla Ukrajiny i slava, i volia. Still surviving Ukraine, its glory, and its freedom
Šče nam, brattia molodiji, usmichnet́sia dolia. Still for brothers all good fellows, luck on us is smiling.
Zhynut́ naši vorižeńky, jak rosa na sonci, Vanquish’d are our enemies as dew goes with the sunshine,
Zapanujem i my, brattia, u svojij storonci. We will live too, my dear brothers free in our own country.
Dušu j tilo my položym za našu svobodu, Souls and bodies dedicated to preserve our freedom,
I pokažem, ščo my, brattia, kozaćkoho rodu. We will prove that we are, brothers, made of cossack iron.
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies (Sing-along)
Memorize
Whistle a Happy Tune
Secure memory work. Here is a recording to help: https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=11001619&type=audio
Practice whistling. Whistling tutorial: https://youtu.be/XKfTTHqbk-4 There are other tutorials on the internet that may be helpful.
Sally Gardens (Irish Tune)
Memorize
Read the text in rhythm several times in a row. Practice singing with these recordings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhGJWgDpQ1E (Youth choir)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esI-cZAgfkM (Women’s choir)
The Gardener’s Song
Memorize
The “road map” is tricky. When you reach the D.S. at the middle of p. 8, go back to m. 54 at the bottom of p. 5. Next, at the top of p. 7 we jump to the Coda (ending) which begins at the bottom of page 8, m. 90 and sing to the end.
Here is a recording: https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10759568&type=audio
More Love
Secure memory.
Siyahamba
Memorize
Keep practicing text pronunciation as we learned in rehearsal. Work on learning your assigned part.
