PERUSALSCORE
Oh Mama Bakudala
for two-part chorus with op onal djembe
arr. Ariel Alvarado 2024
Pronunciation
A = [a] ‘ah’ as in father
E = [ɛ] ‘eh’ as in bed
O = [o] ‘oh’ as in more
U = [u] ‘oo’ as in boot
‘th’ is an aspirate consonant. You dentalize the ‘t’ as in Italian or Spanish, but exhale on the ‘h’.
‘z’ is pronounced as the English fricative consonant.
Text
O mama bakudala babethandaza
“Our grandmothers and mothers used to pray.”
PERUSALSCORE
Duration: c. 2 minutes
First printing of this edition, September 2024
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