Tenor tutorial for Počúvaj, počúvaj by Mária Jašurdová

The Počúvaj, počúvaj song learning material for the tenor 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 tenors (found below), we include the lyrics of the tenor group with their pronunciation. These can be found in the bottom part of the page.

Tenor 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.

Tenor in the foreground

Recording of all voices without tenor

All voices together

Tenor lyrics and pronunciation for Počúvaj, počúvaj

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

bim bom bim bom
bim bɔm bim bɔm

Lúčili sa oni
luːt͡ʃili sa ɔɲi

Zvony vyzváňali
zvɔni vizvaːɲali

keď sa s milou
kɛc sa s milɔu̯u

žalostne lúčili
ʒalɔstɲɛ luːt͡ʃili

bim bom bim bom
bim bɔm bim bɔm

bim bom bim bom
bim bɔm bim bɔm

Milá dva celé
milaː dva t͡sɛlɛː

nevrátiu milý hej
ɲɛvraːci̯u miliː ɦɛj

nevrá tiu sa nevrátiu sa milý hm
ɲɛvraː ci̯u sa ɲɛvraːci̯u sa miliː ɦm

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