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Hope those who were off ill and what not are better. Unfortunately you missed some pronounciation. WE WON'T BE GOING OVER IT AGAIN cos we've got to move on. And EVERYONE - EVEN those who were there - needs to look at FIR TREE and LULLING for next week IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE. Thanks. (If you're struggling with my notes and getting a hang of where they go in the music, then I suggest you come a bit early and someone will go over it with you, or muddle through and ask questions after rehearsal)

GREEN FIR TREE

(Under chords oooo)
Shan lin(g) tschin tschin shan lin(g) tschin tschin - The lin is like ling only without a 'ng' sound. The tschin is inbetween a 'ch' and 'sh' sound
Shan lin(g) chew shoe
Don(g) tsya dee sin(g) uh - The don is like dong only without a 'ng' sound, and is quite nasally. Uh is like the 'e' in the.
Shung tsya shan lin(g)
Chan(g) tsya shan lin(g) - The chan is like chang without a 'ng' sound.
knee too lee tcha sya
wan tiao g'n uh wan tiao g'n uh - tiao as in a cat's miaow

1ST REPEAT
Tsya woe-men shuh shan lin(g) dee ar - woe as in woe to thee. ar as in car
new woe-men shuh da dee dee tsuh s'n
woe-men huh tsoo gwo guh w-eye tschin guh w-eye tschin guh w-eye tschin - 'o' in 'gwo' as in 'hot'
yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh (JUST NOTICED THERE'S AN EXTRA 'A' IN SOPRANOS BETWEEN THE YE. you are allowed to ask about this in rehearsal!)
woe-men huh tsoo gwo guh w-eye tschin guh w-eye tschin guh w-eye tschin

lin(g) t-ow shun(g) shun(g)- t-ow as in ouch. Shun as shung without the 'ng'
lin(g) t-ow chew shoe
don(g) tsya yin uh
hu hwan (lan tian) - (you're allowed to ask about these two words in rehearsal! )
huh hwan b-eye yun
shung yin(g) dzjon(g) g'n don(g) wan - dzjon(g) as in the French for jean-paul
dzjon(g) chin(g) uh shung yin(g) dzjon(g) g'n don(g) wan dzjon(g) chin(g) uh

2ND REPEAT
woe-men shuh chan chi dee pin(g) - Pin as in ping without the 'ng'
dzjon(g) woe-men shuh loo - A short 'oo' sound on 'loo'
suh dee chon(g) chun(g) - like chong and chung without 'ng' sound
woe-men huh tsoo gwo chin(g) tsu-ey - chin as in ching without the 'ng' sound and the 'chi' is like a cymbal or train sound. Tsuey as in chop suey
shen chin(g) tsu-ey shen chin(g) tsu-ey shen
yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh yehlin(g) t-ow (as in ouch) shun(g) shun(g)
woe-men huh tsoo gwo chin(g) tsu-ey shen chin(g) tsuey shen chin(g) tsu-ey shen
TURN OVER PAGE!!
chin(g) tsu-ey shen
uh (or whatever vowel we're singing this long note on. Holding it on Uh I feel would make us sound like der-brains)

OTHER NOTES FOR THIS PIECE
for long 'n' notes as in bars25, 29, 32, 48 (and any others you can find) go straight onto the n sound. Don't hold on the vowel sound.
Sopranos are splitting somewhere but I couldn't follow it, sorry, it seemed to switch backwards and forwards everywhere on the last page.

LULLING

bah-you bah-you tan-yen cod (yes, this is about lambs and fish)
bah-you bah-you meel-yen cod
mam, kana ro-bo-tush-ki
napee ko vair ro-bo-tush-ki
shoo shoo tash ke ayah dah dah - ke has a hard 'e'. Ayah as in eye-ya
mee day tan yan bah you jzen
coy voo jzoo dah cor ye jzoo,
a lye pay zju dah re goo doo - (note the difference between jzen and zju)
mee de tan ya vag high n-yeh
vash isht va gasht mai dah kush isht koo yosht mai
bah you bah you tan yen cod bah you bah you meel yen cod.

Altos watch phrasing - ask someone if you've not marked it in - basically two bar phrases EXCEPT brs13 - 15
Sops - C Sharp must be sharp. Hold B through. Be exactly on the beat. NO SCOOPING NEVER EVER. Add extra p on for balance
Basses - Start was nice volume but go quieter for next bit.
Tenors - don't be flat
Aim for quality NO SCOOPING especially in bar 1

CRUCIFIXUS

Cru - good rolled 'r' (or it'll sound like coochifixus)
Ci - always chi. And make it a hard 'ch' sound
Fi - Fee - project out. Avoid wide mouthed frogs

t's - are 'ts' as in pon-ts-ius
poo - round mouths. poo is a quiet bowel sound - sorry, vowel sound - so on moving poo crotchets change the 'oo' to 'aw' (as in gnaw). This is done by keeping the mouth shape and just dropping the tongue down

Page 3 - Sop IIs don't go flat in bar 23.
Watch the chord tone at end of bar 17

Well done you've read all the way through the notes! No notices apart from Ollie has a show on Saturday and Sunday at 7pm. It's part of his music in the community course and I'm sure he'll let us know where it is. Tickets on the door. I'm going on Sunday. Jenny