Bass tutorial for Počúvaj, počúvaj by Mária Jašurdová

The Počúvaj, počúvaj 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 Počúvaj, počúvaj

The performance is in the prescribed tempo, 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 without bass 1

All voices without bass 2

All voices together

Bass lyrics and pronunciation for Počúvaj, počúvaj

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

BASS 1

bim bom bim bom
bim bɔm bim bɔm

bim bom bim bom
bim bɔm bim bɔm

keď sa milý s milou rozlúčili
kɛc sa miliː s milɔu̯u rɔzluːt͡ʃili

bim bom bim bom
bim bɔm bim bɔm

bim bom bim bom
bim bɔm bim bɔm

bim bom bim dva rôčky
bim bɔm bim dva ru̯ɔt͡ʃki

nevrátiu sa milý hej
ɲɛvraːci̯u sa miliː ɦɛj

nevrátiu sa veselie
ɲɛvraːci̯u sa vɛsɛli̯ɛ

nebolo veselie
ɲɛbɔlɔ vɛsɛli̯ɛ

BASS 2

Zvony zvony
zvɔni zvɔni

zvony vyzváňali hej
zvɔni vizvaːɲali ɦɛj

zvony zvonili
zvɔni zvɔɲili

zvony keď sa lúčili
zvɔni kɛc sa luːt͡ʃili

bim bom bim bom
bim bɔm bim bɔm

bim bom bim bom
bim bɔm bim bɔm

Čakala dva dva rôčky
t͡ʃakala dva dva ru̯ɔt͡ʃki

milý nevrátiu
miliː ɲɛvraːci̯u

nevrá tiu sa veselie hm
ɲɛvraː ci̯u sa vɛsɛli̯ɛ ɦm

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