Bass tutorial for Červenô jabĺčko by Juraj Jartim

The Červenô jabĺčko 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 Červenô jabĺčko

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

Recording of all voices without basses

All voices together

Bass lyrics and pronunciation for Červenô jabĺčko

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Ham, ham, ham, ham,
ɦam, ɦam, ɦam, ɦam,

Ham, ham, ham, ham,
ɦam, ɦam, ɦam, ɦam,

Ham, ham, ham, ham,
ɦam, ɦam, ɦam, ɦam,

Ham, ham, ham, ham,
ɦam, ɦam, ɦam, ɦam,

Ham, ham,…
ɦam, ɦam,

Červenô jabĺčko v oblôčku mám,
tʃɛrvɛnuɔ jabɭːtʃkɔ v ɔbluɔtʃku maːm,

Červenô jabĺčko v oblôčku mám,
tʃɛrvɛnuɔ jabɭːtʃkɔ v ɔbluɔtʃku maːm,

koho rada vidí, koho rada vidí,
kɔɦɔ rada viɟiː, kɔɦɔ rada viɟiː,

tomu ho, tomu ho dá.
tɔmu ɦɔ, tɔmu ɦɔ daː.

koho rada vidí, koho rada vidí,
kɔɦɔ rada viɟiː, kɔɦɔ rada viɟiː,

tomu ho, tomu ho dá.
tɔmu ɦɔ, tɔmu ɦɔ daː.

ham, ham, ham, ham, ham, ham, ham.
ɦam, ɦam, ɦam, ɦam, ɦam, ɦam, ɦam.

A ja ťa šuhajko najradšej mám,
a ja ca ʃuɦajkɔ najratʃɛj maːm,

tralalala…
tralalala.

A ja ťa šuhajko najradšej mám,
a ja ca ʃuɦajkɔ najratʃɛj maːm,

tralalala…
tralalala.

ja ti to červenô, ja ti to červenô,
ja ci tɔ tʃɛrvɛnuɔ, ja ci tɔ tʃɛrvɛnuɔ,

jabĺčko dám, jabĺčko dám,
jabɭːtʃkɔ daːm, jabɭːtʃkɔ daːm,

ja ti to červenô, ja ti to červenô,
ja ci tɔ tʃɛrvɛnuɔ, ja ci tɔ tʃɛrvɛnuɔ,

červenô jabĺčko dám, tralala…
tʃɛrvɛnuɔ jabɭːtʃkɔ daːm, tralala.

jabĺčko dám
jabɭːtʃkɔ daːm

tralala, trala, tralalala dám. HAM!
tralala, trala, tralalala daːm. ɦam!

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