Soprano tutorial for Vlha, vlha… by Juraj Hatrík
The Vlha, vlha… song learning material for the soprano 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 sopranos (found below), we include the lyrics of the soprano group with their pronunciation. These can be found in the bottom part of the page.
Soprano tutorial for song Vlha, vlha…
The performance is both at a practice tempo (to make it easier to learn voice parts) and in the recommended tempo, recorded by members of the Technik STU Choir. If you are interested in singing with the Technik STU choir, consider joining us.
Soprano in the foreground
Soprano 1
Soprano 2
Recording of all voices without sopranos
All voices without soprano 1
All voices without soprano 2
All voices together
Choral interpretation of Vlha, vlha…
Soprano lyrics and pronunciation of Vlha, vlha…
Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Vlha, vlha, pekný vták,
vlɦa vlɦa pekniː ftaːk
pekný vták, pekný vták,
pekniː ftaːk pekniː ftaːk
nerob hniezda pri cestách,
ɲerɔb ɦɲɪezda pri tsestaːx
pri cestách…
pri tsestaːx
Cestou chodí, cestou chodí
tsestɔu xoɟiː tsestɔu xoɟiː
človek zlý, človek zlý, človek zlý,
tʂlɔvek zli tʂlɔvek zli tʂlɔvek zli
tvoje deti zahubí, zahubí!
tvɔje ɟeci zaɦubiː zaɦubiː
Vlha, vlha,
vlɦa vlɦa
pekný vták…
pekni ftaːk
Further help, notes on pronunciation and English approximations of the sounds can be found in this Wikipedia article.