CHOROS No. 3 'Pica-Pau' - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Mixdown Track

0:05 measure 0 (starting pitches)
0:11 measure 3 (2 measures before Rehearsal 1)
0:17 measure 7 (2 measures before Rehearsal 2)
0:28 measure 15 (2 measures before Rehearsal 3)
0:44 measure 26 (2 measures before Rehearsal 4)
0:51 measure 31 (2 measures before Rehearsal 5)
1:02 measure 37 (2 measures before Rehearsal 6)
1:13 measure 45 (2 measures before Rehearsal 7)
1:18 measure 49 (2 measures before Rehearsal 8)
1:24 measure 53 (2 measures before Rehearsal 9)
1:39 measure 64 (2 measures before Rehearsal 10)
1:46 measure 69 (2 measures before Rehearsal 11)
1:56 measure 75 (2 measures before Rehearsal 12)
2:27 measure 94 (2 measures before Rehearsal 13)
2:41 measure 103 (2 measures before Rehearsal 14)
3:02 measure 118 (2 measures before Rehearsal 15)
3:17 measure 127 (2 measures before Rehearsal 16)

CHOROS No. 3 'Pica-Pau', by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Mixdown Track, All Voices
Key: Eb Major, Ab Major
Voice: TTBB
Range: Eb2 - B4
Performance Example:    • Choros No. 3 • Villa-Lobos • Cia. Bachiana...  
Sheet Music Source:
This song- https://www.jwpepper.com/Choros-%233/...
2023 Large School Packet- https://www.jwpepper.com/2023-TMEA-Sc...

CONDUCTOR'S REHEARSAL NOTES:
• A tour de force for TTBB choirs composed one of the most important Brazilian composers of all time--Villa-Lobos. This setting uses sounds of the rainforest and vocables to bring out the desired character and colors of this piece. Tenor 1's should use a reinforced falsetto color to bring out the part.
• All of the text use the following vowels: A (ah), E (eh), I (ee), O (oh) and U (oo)
• m. 2-3 T2 stress on beat 1
• m. 6-7 T1 stress on beat 1
• m. 8 T1 breathe on beat 1; T2 stress on beat 1
• m. 9 T2 stress on beat 1; cresc on beat 3-4
• m. 10 B1 stress on beat 1; T2 staccato/accent on beat 1; staccato on the word “orekua”
• m. 11 B1 stress on beat 1, staccato on beat 2, stress on beat 3; T2 accent on beat 4
• m. 12 B2 stress on beat 1; B1 off on beat 1
• m. 13 B1 beat 1 staccato, beat 2 staccato, stress on beat 3 and crescendo to next measure
• m. 14 B1 off on beat 1; B2 beat 1 staccato, beat 2 staccato, stress on beat 3 and crescendo to next measure
• m. 15 B2 off on beat 1; B1 staccato beat 2, stress on beat 3 and crescendo to next measure
• m. 16 B1 off on beat 1; B2 staccato beat 2, stress on beat 3 and crescendo to next measure
• m. 17 T1,B1,B2 crescendo; T2 off on beat one; B1 accent beat 2
• m. 18 T1 breath after “ce” and stress on “na-“; T2,B1,B2 staccato each eighth note and stress on the and of beat 2; B1 and B2 carry across the bar
• m. 19 T1 crescendo; T2 off on beat 1; B1 and B2 stress on beat 2
• m. 20 T1 breath after “ka” T2,B1,B2 staccato each eight note and stress on beat 3; B1 and B2 carry across the bar
• m. 21 T1 crescendo; T2 off on beat 1; B1 accent beat 2
• m. 22 T1 beat 3 staccato, breathe on the and of beat 3; T2, B1, B2 beat 1 & 2 staccato, stress on beat 3
• m. 23 T1 breathe after “-lo”; T2 off on beat 1
• m. 24 T1 no breath; B1 stress on beat 3, accent the and of beat 4
• m. 25 B1 accent beat 1, stress on beat 3, accent the and of beat 4
• m. 26 B1 accent beat 1, stress on beat 3, accent the and of beat 4
• m. 39 T1 crescendo
• m. 45-46 T1 crescendo and decrescendo
• m. 47 T1 breathe after beat 1; T1 and T2 staccato the eighth notes and carry across the bar
• m. 48 T1/T2 accent on beat 1
• m. 53-55 T1 crescendo and decrescendo
• m.55 B1 and B2 on beat 2 change the word to “pau”
• m. 59 T1 breathe after beat 1
• m. 60 B2 beat 2 add the word “-au” and accent it.
• m. 62 T2 add a “sfz p”
• m. 66 T2 breathe after beat 1; B2 adding dynamic “f” starting at the word “Noza”
• m. 77 T1 and T2 sing line at a “mp”
• m. 82 B2 add a quarter rest before the word “pa”
• m. 83 T1 and T2 sing line at a “mp”
• m. 89 B2 quarter rest on beat 2
• m. 90 T1 and T2 sing line at a “mf”
• m. 98 T2 and B2 staccato the word “na” and stress the syllable “No” of “Noza”
• m. 99 T2 and B2 add a “sfz p”
• m. 100 B2 change dynamic to “f”
• m. 101-104 change the word to “vzz”
• m. 105-106T2 sing the line legato; B2 sing the line marcato
• m. 108 T1 and B1 starting dynamic “mf”; B2 starting dynamic “f”
• m.108-111 T1/B1 change dynamic to “mf”; T2 make the quarter notes into eighths
• m. 110 B2 accent the word “rahan” and crescendo
• m. 111 B2 off on beat one
• m. 112 B2 crescendo beat 2
• m. 113 B2 off on beat one
• m. 115 B2 accent the word “toza” and crescendo
• m. 116 B2 off on beat one
• m. 118 B2 off on beat one
• m. 122-124 T1,T2,B1 breathe one the eight note of the triple
• m. 130-131 everyone breathe after the word “pao” each time it appears

INSTRUCTIONS/ERRATA:
• Any Divisi in a specific part for LSC will be split: Areas A-D will take the lower divisi. Areas E-H will take the higher divisi.
• check here for official updates: https://www.tmea.org/vocal/audition-m...

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