Bass tutorial for Vlha, vlha… by Juraj Hatrík

The Vlha, vlha… 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 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.

Bass in the foreground

Bass 1

Bass 2

Recording of all voices without basses

All voices without bass 1

All voices without bass 2

All voices together

Choral interpretation of Vlha, vlha…

Bass 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

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 cestách.
pri tsestaːx pri tsestaːx

Cestou chodí
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.