Bass tutorial for Povic mila, povic pravdu by Mária Jašurdová

The Povic mila, povic pravdu 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 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.

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 Povic mila, povic pravdu

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Bass 1:

Povic mila povic pravdu
pɔvit͡s mila pɔvit͡s pravdu

dze ja ce navečar najdu
d͡zɛ ja t͡sɛ navɛt͡ʂar najdu

taka i taka i taka i taka
taka i taka i taka i taka

taka i taka taka i taka
taka i taka taka i taka

taka i taka hej hej hej
taka i taka ɦɛj ɦɛj ɦɛj

taka i taka i taka i taka
taka i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka i taka i
i taka i taka i taka i taka i

Dunaju Dunaju hej Dunaju Dunaju
dunaju dunaju ɦɛj dunaju dunaju

jaka u ce žimna voda
jaka u t͡sɛ ʐimna vɔda

na kraju na kraju
na kraju na kraju

jaka žimna voda hej hej
jaka ʐimna vɔda ɦɛj ɦɛj

taka i taka i taka i taka
taka i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka i taka i
i taka i taka i taka i taka i

Labor Laborcu Laborcu Laborcu
labɔr labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

taka i taka i taka i taka
taka i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i na koncu hej
i taka i taka i na kɔnt͡su ɦɛj

Aňi ňemož vypovedzec
aɲi ɲɛmɔʐ vipɔvɛd͡zɛt͡s

jak s frajirku dobre sezdec
jak s frajirku dɔbrɛ sɛzɟɛt͡s

taki taki taki taki
taki taki taki taki

Laborcu Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

Laborcu Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

Povic mila povic pravdu
pɔvit͡s mila pɔvit͡s pravdu

dze ja ce navečar najdu
d͡zɛ ja t͡sɛ navɛt͡ʂar najdu

taka i taka i taka i taka
taka i taka i taka i taka

taka i taka taka i taka
taka i taka taka i taka

taka i taka hej hej hej
taka i taka ɦɛj ɦɛj ɦɛj

jaka u ce žimna voda
jaka u t͡sɛ ʐimna vɔda

na koncu na koncu
na kɔnt͡su na kɔnt͡su

Bass 2:

Povic mila povic pravdu
pɔvit͡s mila pɔvit͡s pravdu

dze ja ce navečar najdu
d͡zɛ ja t͡sɛ navɛt͡ʂar najdu

Dunaju Dunaju taka i taka
dunaju dunaju taka i taka

i taka i taka taka i taka
i taka i taka taka i taka

taka i taka taka i taka
taka i taka taka i taka

hej hej hej taka i taka
ɦɛj ɦɛj ɦɛj taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i hej
i taka i taka i ɦɛj

Dunaju Hej Dunaju
dunaju ɦɛj dunaju

hej Dunaju Dunaju
ɦɛj dunaju dunaju

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

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

Dunaju hej takai taka
dunaju ɦɛj takai taka

i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i taka
i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i Hej
i taka i taka i ɦɛj

Laborcu Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

taka i taka i taka i taka
taka i taka i taka i taka

i taka i taka i
i taka i taka i

Ej na koncu na koncu ej na koncu
ɛj na kɔnt͡su na kɔnt͡su ɛj na kɔnt͡su

Laborcu na koncu Laborcu koncu hej
labɔrt͡su na kɔnt͡su labɔrt͡su kɔnt͡su ɦɛj

ej taka ej taka taki dobre sedzec
ɛj taka ɛj taka taki dɔbrɛ sɛd͡zɛt͡s

ej taka ej taka taki tak
ɛj taka ɛj taka taki tak

Laborcu Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

Povic mila povic pravdu
pɔvit͡s mila pɔvit͡s pravdu

dze ja ce navečar najdu
d͡zɛ ja t͡sɛ navɛt͡ʂar najdu

Dunaju Dunaju taka i taka
dunaju dunaju taka i taka

i taka i taka taka i taka
i taka i taka taka i taka

taka i taka taka i taka hej hej hej
taka i taka taka i taka ɦɛj ɦɛj ɦɛj

jaka u ce žimna voda
jaka u t͡sɛ ʐimna vɔda

na koncu koncu
na kɔnt͡su kɔnt͡su

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