Tenor tutorial for Tancuj, tancuj by Miroslav Šmíd
The Tancuj, tancuj 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 Tancuj, tancuj
Tutorial recordings are in the slower 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 for Tancuj, tancuj
Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Tancuj, tancuj, vykrúcaj, vykrúcaj,
tantsuj tantsuj vikruːtsaj vikruːtsaj
len mi piecku nezrúcaj, nezrúcaj,
lɛn mi piɛtsku nɛzruːtsaj nɛzruːtsaj
Dobrá piecka na zimu, na zimu,
dɔbraː piɛtska na zimu na zimu
nemá každý perinu, perinu.
nɛmaː kaʒdiː pɛrinu.
La la la…
Pobil cigán cigánku
pɔbil tsigaːn tsigaːnku
v tom zeleném župánku,
ftɔm zɛlɛnɛːm ʒupaːnku
ciganečka cigána cigána
tsigaːnɛtʃka tsigaːna tsigaːna
po zadečkách vidláma.
pɔ zadɛtʃkaːx vidlaːma.
La la la…
—
traːlalala traːlalala la la la la lalaːla lalaːla
Stojí vojak na varte, na varte
stɔjiː vɔjak na varcɛ na varcɛ
v roztrhanom kabáte, kabáte
vrɔstrɦanɔm kabaːcɛ kabaːcɛ
od večera do rána, do rána
ɔd vɛtʃɛra dɔ raːna dɔ raːna
rosa naňho padala, padala.
rɔsa naɲɦɔ padala padala.
traːlalala traːlalala la la la la lalaːla lalalalala
Further help, notes on pronunciation and English approximations of the sounds can be found in this Wikipedia article.