Bass tutorial for Vselennaja veselitsja by Peter Rezník

The Vselennaja veselitsja song learning material for the bass vocal group is a part of the freely available online choral library with music from Slovak composers. It was created with the support of Slovak Arts Council (Fond na podporu umenia).

In addition to the tutorial recordings for basses (found below), we include the lyrics of the bass group with their pronunciation. These can be found in the bottom part of the page.

Bass tutorial for song Vselennaja veselitsja

The performance is at a slower tempo (to make it easier to learn voice parts), recorded by members of the Technik STU Choir. If you are interested in singing with the Technik STU choir, consider joining us.

Bass in the foreground

Bass 1
Bass 2

Recording of all voices without basses

All voices together

Bass lyrics and pronunciation for Vselennaja veselitsja

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Vertepi bydľati
vɛrtɛpi bɨdʎati

Isusovi poklon dati
isusɔvi pɔklɔn dati

tri cari prichoďat. ďat.
tri t͡sari prixɔɟat ɟat 

I pastyri pribihajut
i pastɨri pribiɦajut

svoji dary prinošajut.
svɔji darɨ prinɔʃajut 

Na roždenomu vselennoji
na rɔʒdɛnɔmu fsɛlɛnɔji

Hospodevi Bohovi,
ɦɔspɔdɛvi bɔɦɔvi 

BoBohovi vo jasľach
bɔbɔɦɔvi vɔ jasʎax

Ščo zvolil mir dati smutok
ʃt͡ʃɔ zvɔlil mir dati smutɔk

v radosť zamiňati
v radɔzɟ zamiɲati

virujučim, virujučim vo neho
virujut͡ʃim virujut͡ʃim vɔ nɛɦɔ

Further help, notes on pronunciation and English approximations of the sounds can be found in this Wikipedia article.