Alto tutorial for Povic mila, povic pravdu by Mária Jašurdová

The Povic mila, povic pravdu 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 Povic mila, povic pravdu

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

Recording of all voices without altos

All voices together

Alto lyrics and pronunciation for Povic mila, povic pravdu

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Taki i taki i taki i taki taki
taki i taki i taki i taki taki

i taki i taki i taki
i taki i taki i taki

ňebudzem ja ňebudzem
ɲɛbud͡zɛm ja ɲɛbud͡zɛm

ňebudzem ja ňebudzem hej
ɲɛbud͡zɛm ja ɲɛbud͡zɛm ɦɛj

Dunaju hej hej taki i taki
dunaju ɦɛj ɦɛj taki i taki

i taki i taki i taki i taki
i taki i taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i taki i taki
i taki i taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i taki i taki
i taki i taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i hej
i taki i taki i ɦɛj

Dunaju hej Dunaju hej Dunaju hej
dunaju ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj

taki i taki i taki i taki
taki i taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i hej
i taki i taki i ɦɛj

Dunaju hej Dunaju
dunaju ɦɛj dunaju

hej Dunaju hej Dunaju hej
ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj

taki i taki i taki i taki
taki i taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i taki i taki
i taki i taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i taki i taki
i taki i taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i taki i taki i
i taki i taki i taki i taki i

Labor Laborcu Laborcu Laborcu
labɔr labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

taki i taki i taki i taki
taki i taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i
i taki i taki i

na koncu na koncu koncu
na kɔnt͡su na kɔnt͡su kɔnt͡su

Laborcu na koncu
labɔrt͡su na kɔnt͡su

ej Laborcu hej taki taki taki tak
ɛj labɔrt͡su ɦɛj taki taki taki tak

Aňi ňemož vypovezdec
aɲi ɲɛmɔʐ vipɔvɛzɟɛt͡s

jak s frajirom ňesedzec
jak s frajirɔm ɲɛsɛd͡zɛt͡s

Laborcu Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

taki i taki i taki i taki
taki i taki i taki i taki

taki i taki i taki i taki
taki i taki i taki i taki

ňebudzem ja ňebudzem
ɲɛbud͡zɛm ja ɲɛbud͡zɛm

ňebudzem ja ňebudzem hej
ɲɛbud͡zɛm ja ɲɛbud͡zɛm ɦɛj

Dunaju hej hej
dunaju ɦɛj ɦɛj

jaka u ce žimna voda
jaka u t͡sɛ ʐimna vɔda

na koncu na koncu
na kɔnt͡su na kɔnt͡su

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