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La Paloma: alto part

The alto part of La Paloma in C, from B3 to G4. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Sings the Spanish words with the tune, mostly a third or a sixth below it, between a low B and G, often on the chord's third.

Range
B3 to G4
Key
C
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  1. 01 · Your part

    Hear your part on its own until the tune of it is in your ear.

  2. 02 · With the others

    Hear it with the others, so you know where it sits in the chord.

  3. 03 · Sing it

    Sing it with the others under you and watch each note light up as you land it. The mic listens only while it plays, and nothing is recorded.

About La Paloma

Words: Sebastián Iradier, as usually credited (the 1859 Madrid edition names him for the music)

Tune: Sebastián Iradier (published in Madrid, 1859)

La Paloma is Sebastián Iradier's habanera, in print in Madrid by 1859, which he called a "canción americana", an American song. Its words begin as a man leaves Havana. Our arrangement is read from a 1906 New York edition, checked against a Boston printing of 1887, in C as printed. This is the first verse and the refrain, sung in Spanish, for 2 to 4 singers. Under the tune the piano of the print plays the habanera rhythm all the way through, a long note, a short one, then two even ones, and here the bass sings it on "dm", while the alto and tenor sing the words.

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