Alto tutorial for Keď sa vlci zišli by Eugen Suchoň

The Keď sa vlci zišli song learning material for the alto 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 altos (found below), we include the lyrics of the alto group with their pronunciation. These can be found in the bottom part of the page.

Alto tutorial for song Keď sa vlci zišli

The performance is at a practice 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.

Alto in the foreground

Alto 1

Alto 2

All voices together

Alto lyrics and pronunciation for Keď sa vlci zišli

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Ej, dana, dana, dana,
ɛj dana dana dana
ej, dana, dana, dana,
ɛj dana dana dana
ej, dana, dana, dana,
ɛj dana dana dana
ej, dana, dana, dana,
ɛj dana dana dana
ej, dana, dana, dana,
ɛj dana dana dana
dana/ej, dana, dana, dana.
dana/ɛj dana dana dana
Ej, haj, ej, haj, ej haj, ej haj!
ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj
Ej, haj, ej, haj, ej haj, ej haj!
ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj
Keď sa vlci zišli,
kɛc sa vlt͡si ziʂli
tak sa zhovárali:
tak sa zɦɔvaːrali:
kdeže by sme niečo,
ɡɟɛʐɛ bi zmɛ ɲi̯ɛt͡ʂɔ
dana/ej, dana, dana, dana.
dana/ɛj dana dana dana
Ej, haj, ej, haj, ej haj, ej haj!
ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj
Ej, haj, ej, haj, ej haj, ej dana!
ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj dana
Keď sa vlci zišli,
kɛc sa vlt͡si ziʂli
tak sa zhovárali:
tak sa zɦɔvaːrali:
Ej, haj, ej, haj, ej haj, ej dana!
ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj dana
Ej, haj, ej, haj, ej haj,
ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj ɛj ɦaj
štyndyrindy dana.
ʂtindirindi dana

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