Tenor tutorial for Aký je to svit by Mária Jašurdová

The Aký je to svit song learning material for the tenor 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 tenors (found below), we include the lyrics of the tenor group with their pronunciation. These can be found in the bottom part of the page.

Tenor tutorial for song Aký je to svit

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.

Tenor in the foreground

Tenor 1

Tenor 2

Recording of all voices without tenors

All voices without tenor 1

All voices without tenor 2

All voices together

Tenor lyrics and pronunciation of Aký je to svit

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Aký je to svit? Čože to má byť?
akiː je tɔ svit tʂɔʐe tɔ maː bic

Čože to má byť?
tʂɔʐe tɔ maː bic

Ej, veru hej, veru hej, veru hej, veru hej
ej veru ɦej veru ɦej veru ɦej veru ɦej

Čo? Ej, veru,
tʂɔ ej veru

Hore sa majme, hneď povstávajme zo zeme.
ɦɔre sa majme ɦɲec pɔvstaːvajme zɔ zeme

Hore sa, hore sa, hore sa, hore sa zo zeme.
ɦɔre sa ɦɔre sa ɦɔre sa ɦɔre sa zɔ zeme

Ej, pastieri, aké chýry? Aký hlas?
ej pascɪeri akeː xiːri akiː ɦlas

Či sa mi sníva? Či anjel spieva a zve nás?
tʂi sa mi sɲiːva tʂi aɲjel spɪeva a zve naːs

Ej veru, ej veru, ej veru, ej veru,
ej veru ej veru ej veru ej veru

a zve nás, veru.
a zve naːs veru

Nemeškajme, hor’ sa majme. Je iste
ɲemeʂkajme ɦɔr sa majme je isce

niečo nového, neslýchaného, pri meste.
ɲɪetʂɔ nɔveːɦɔ ɲesliːxaneːɦɔ pri mesce

Ej veru, ej veru, ej veru, ej veru pri meste.
ej veru ej veru ej veru ej veru pri mesce

Hej! Hej, celý!
ɦej ɦej tseliː

T1: Zrodený z panny ako, ako kvet. /
T1: zrɔɟeniː s panni akɔ akɔ kvet /
T2: Ej veru, ej veru, ej veru, ej veru, ako kvet.
T2: ej veru ej veru ej veru ej veru akɔ kvet

T1: Predpovedaný, zrodený z panny.
T1: pretpɔvedaniː zrɔɟeniː s panni /
T2: Ej veru, ej veru, ej veru, ej veru
T2: ej veru ej veru ej veru ej veru

Ako kvet, ako kvet.
akɔ kvet akɔ kvet

Aký je to…
akiː je tɔ

Boží Syn tu dnes, ako to z nebies hlas tvrdil
bɔʐiː sin tu dnes akɔ tɔ z nebɪez ɦlas tvrɟil

Boží Syn tu dnes, ako to z nebies…
bɔʐiː sin tu dnes akɔ tɔ z nebɪes

Ej veru, hej, veru hej, veru hej, veru hej!
ej veru ɦej veru ɦej veru ɦej veru ɦej

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