This page is from the site www.singingpractice.co.uk where you can find many more pieces to help you with your choir practice.
The files accessed from this page contain the accompaniment and vocal parts synthesised on the Roland D20, or on an AWE32 computer sound card. The quality of the result however will depend on the quality of your own sound card and sound system on your computer. The accompaniment is spread evenly across both channels, but the parts are arranged on either the left stereo channel, or, in the case of your part, on the right stereo channel. Thus if you set your stereo balance to the centre you will hear a reasonable balance of all parts. However if you set the balance to the right, you should hear your part dominating. Conversely, if you set the balance to the left, your part should be almost inaudible (for confident singers, who probably don't need this help anyway!)
If you are using stereo headphones the effect can be achieved by offsetting the relevant earpiece so you hear less or no sound from it.
Please note that this is strictly for practice, and you should not expect a particularly pleasant sound, and I am afraid no dynamics.
Sometimes there are solo parts alongside the choral parts. In this case they will always be heard on both channels.
Sometimes before unaccompanied pieces, or pieces starting with no piano intro, to strike the rhythm for the singer, two extra bars are inserted at the beginning. The first bar contains the initial note of the part on each beat of the bar, and the second bar is empty.
Find your voice in the table alongside the piece of music you wish to hear or load down.To hear the midi file played, just click on it. Depending on your browser settings the file may play at once with QuickTime, or with MediaPlayer. Or you may get a pop-up which will offer you the option to "Open" the file, or "Save" it with some warnings about safety. If you only wish to save the file without playing it, its better to right-click and follow the drop-down menu to the "Save" option. In either case, you will be asked to choose where on your computer to place it.
Youtube entries - Click on the right-hand column for a performance on Youtube. A number indicates the offset in minutes and seconds to the start of the piece.
| Title of Piece | Arranger | Versions for each part | Youtube? | ||||||||||
| Among the leaves so green, O p2 No 1. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | John Byrt | Sop | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Bushes and briars p11 No 2. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | Donald James | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 6.30 | ||||
| Black sheep p16 No 3. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | John Rutter | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Bobby Shaftoe p20 No 4. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | David Willcocks | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Dashing away with the snoothing iron p30 No 5. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | John Rutter | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Early one morning p47 No 6. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | David Willcocks | Sop | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | ||||||
| Greensleeves p52 No 7. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | R. Vaughan Williams | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | ||||
| Londonderry air p58 No 8. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | Percy Grainger | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bar 1 | Bar 2 | Bass | 0.0 | |||||
| My sweetheart's like venus p62 No 9. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | Gustav Holst | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bass | 0.0 | |||||||
| O waly, waly p64 No 10. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | John Rutter | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| She's like the swallow p70 No 11. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | Edward T. Chapman | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Sourwood Mountain p75 No 12. Folk-Songs for Choirs 1 | John Rutter | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Ten 1 | Ten 2 | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | |||
| Afton Water p2 No 1. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | David Willcocks | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bass | 0.0 | |||||||
| Brigg Fair p4 No 2. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | Percy Grainger | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Ca' the yowes p8 No 3. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | R. Vaughan Williams | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | ||||
| Faithful Johnny p13 No 4. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | John Byrt | Sop | Alt | Ten 1 | Ten 2 | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | ||||||
| I love my love p19 No 5. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | Gustav Holst | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Strawberry Fair p26 No 6. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | Donald James | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Ten 1 | Ten 2 | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | ||||
| Swansea Town p36 No 7. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | Gustav Holst | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt | Ten | Bass | 0.0 | ||||||
| The keel row p42 No 8. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | John Byrt | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Ten 1 | Ten 2 | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | |||
| The oak and the ash p51 No 9. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | Edward Bairstow | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bass | 0.0 | |||||||
| The sailor and young Nancy p56 No 10. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | E. J. Moeran | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bass | 0.0 | |||||||
| The three ravens p66 No 11. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | Edward T. Chapman | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Ten 1 | Ten 2 | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | |||
| The turtle dove p74 No 12. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | R. Vaughan Williams | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Yarmouth Fair p80 No 13. Folk-Songs for Choirs 2 | Peter Warlock | Sop 1 | Sop 2 | Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Ten | Bass 1 | Bass 2 | 0.0 | ||||
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