Tenor tutorial for Tak sa mi videlo by Eugen Suchoň

The Tak sa mi videlo 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 Tak sa mi videlo

The performance is at a practice tempo (to make it easier to learn the voice part), 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

Choral interpretation of Tak sa mi videlo

Tenor lyrics and pronunciation of Tak sa mi videlo

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Veru,
veru

T1: tak sa mi / T2: tak sa
tak sa mi / tak sa

videlo,
viɟelɔ

že na horách blýska,
ʐe na ɦɔraːx bliːska

a to môj milý
a tɔ mʊɔj miliː

na píšťalke píska.
na piːʂcalke piːska

Na píšťalke píska
na piːʂcalke piːska

na drombli drombľuje,
na drɔmbli drɔmbʎuje

a to všetko preto,
a tɔ vʂetkɔ pretɔ

lebo ma miluje.
lebɔ ma miluje

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