Bass tutorial for Zahučali chladné vjetry v doline by Ivan Hrušovský

The Zahučali chladné vjetry v doline 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 Zahučali chladné vjetry v doline

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

Recording of all voices without basses

All voices together

Bass lyrics and pronunciation of Zahučali chladné vjetry v doline

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Mmm…
mmm

Mmm, vjadne kvítí,
mmm vjadne kviːciː

dneska ja svadbu mám,
dneska ja svadbu maːm

dnes sa vydávam.
dnes sa vidaːvam

dneska ja svadbu mám,
dneska ja svadbu maːm

dnes sa vydávam.
dnes sa vidaːvam

Mmm, šuhajíček,
mmm ʂuɦajiːtʂek

jak na vás spomenu,
jag na vaːs spɔmenu

slzy mňa zalejú.

jak na vás spome,
jag na vaːs spɔme

Mamičko moja, zalejú.
mamitʂkɔ mɔja zalejuː

Mmm…
mmm

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