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La Lluvia: Stephen Hatfield (4-Pt Treble)
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Product Rating:     Date Posted: 2006-11-12 00:43:39
" Highly effective! "
Posted By: Sarah Patterson
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I taught this song to my Senior Auditioned girls' choir this year, and they found it really enjoyable. "La Lluvia" means "The Rain" in Spanish, and this arrangement is an adaptation of an Ecuadorian pan-pipe melody. There are no lyrics to learn with this song, which makes learning time a bit quicker - all the words are either "du" or "la". The hardest thing about learning the song is the repetitiveness - it's sometimes difficult to remember which section comes when. The lack of words can actually contribute to this difficulty as well. While the song is labelled as 4-part treble, the majority is actually in 3-part treble, and then it splits into 5 parts about midway through the piece. You will probably need quite a confident group of singers to be able to pull this off if working with a small choir. The song's effectiveness is added to by the percussion accompaniment. Each verse is accompanied by a shaker, and then another shaker and a vibraslap is added in each chorus. Soprano 1s need to sing high Gs, and the lowest part sings down to low Gs. This was a piece which was enjoyable to learn and sing, and always received great comments from audiences about how interesting and effective it sound. Enjoy!
 
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