Monthly Archives: February 2017

Please check out the youtube videos for this one. They can be found in a previous post. There is a guy who sings each part for you against the accompaniment (piano) part. VERY helpful to hear a real human voice singing your part. Please listen, study and sing along with him.
Thanks.

Hello Friends,
“Ostinato” is a music term that means any repeated pattern. In the opening of Peze Kafe, the bass, tenor and alto sections have ostinatos that are repeated through out the first page, underneath the soprano melody. After sops sing all the repeats on that first page, we take the second ending, which lands us right at the top of the second page. The short ostinatos end and the longer ones begin. These ostinatos (patterns) are 4 measures long, and repeat until we get to measure 59, at the top of page 6, AFTER MORE REPEATS.
Look for the repeat signs and first and second endings in your music. We will review those markings on Monday. plus some of your rehearsal parts include other parts. Makes sense to me to rehearse with the other part, so you can hear and see how things go together. It may seem complicated, but this song is repetitive. Once you get a section, you get to repeat it over and over again. Fun!!
Altos especially need to be strong and precise when they come in on measure 27.
 
all 3 ostinatos:
alto ostinato:
tenor ostinato:
bass ostinato:
sop:
tenor:
tenor with soprano:
satb without ostinatos:
alto:
bass with soprano:

bass:
tenor 2:
tenor 1:
alto 1:
sop 2:
alto 2:
sop 1:

In some cases, I played other parts while you were resting to give you an idea of how long you rest. Count the rests. Get used to following the parts of others with your eyes while counting. If you rehearse with your track 5 times between now and next Monday, you will feel more confident and ready to sing with your section!
If you have any questions, or have difficulty making these tracks work, contact Chris Manly. He’s our tech guru.
Enjoy!
all parts:
bass:
tenor:
alto:
sop 2: (contains 1 error for your listening enjoyment
sop 1:

Here are links to Youtube videos of our pieces, to help with your at-home practice sessions (or to just listed to and start getting them into your ear).

Muusika

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu5RU_-Rqig

Peze Kafe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfiU0oho8zw       

Hold Me Rock Me  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAIZfiOjNEs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I11rg2UMfWU

Niska Banja

piano only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAK1P9lnkj0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7vay7lepHM&list=RDB7vay7lepHM#t=21

We Shall Overcome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISrHPpID6uM

Omnia Sol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaYd2d7QorY

I Choose Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh96Dt71ZGk

So new there’s not a choral vid yet.

Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fisGvhu6nHc

The Last Words of David

Alto predominant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6sP0rDLkzg

Soprano dominant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qxa4UQMR5c

Bass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b0TJlnusLI

Baritone 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYVic8u8fxs

Tenor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNvqi-hxSTM