Music and learning trax
We will be learning three songs this year. Please download the sheet music and the learning trax for your voice part below.
Use those learning trax! You will have a lot more fun if know the music when you get to the
festival. Bring your sheet music to use for rehearsal time, but no music
will be held during the show!
First...how to read your music!
Barbershop sheet music has a bass and treble clef, just like regular choral music. Each part takes a different line of of the music. However, there ARE a few differences, so check out below.
- Tenors read the treble clef using the notes that have stems going up, usually the top note, but not always. (Sometimes the tenors and leads swap positions!)
- Leads read the treble clef using the notes that have the stems going down, usually the bottom note, but not always.
- Baritones read the bass clef using the notes that have stems going up, and notes are sung an octave higher than the note written!
- Basses read the bass clef using the notes that have stems going down, and notes are sung an octave higher than the note written!
MC Script
MC's, or Masters of Ceremonies, are the people who announce parts of a show or an awards ceremonies. This year for AAU we need two people fo perform the script between our two songs, Brave and You've Got a Friend in Me. Our two MC's can be any combination of guys and girls. If you want to be considered, you will audition during lunch on Saturday. Melodee and Chera will decide on the two performers who have the best character and chemistry together. The expectation for the MC's is that the script must be memorized! If you are selected as an MC, on Saturday if you aren't singing, you are running lines to get the script off paper (or memorized!)
The MC work is attached here and it's a PDF, so start working on it now if you want to be an MC!
Music for AAU
Brave
This great song written by Sara Bareilles and Jack Antonoff (from the band fun.), and arranged by Carole Prietto. Performed by Sara, this was on her 4th studio album and hit 23 in the top 40's list. She said in interviews that she thinks "there's so much honor and integrity and beauty in being able to be who you are, it's important to be brave because by doing that you also give others permmision to do the same". Here is a link to the official video of Brave
When you listen to your part track, use your headphones or set you left speaker on high and the right speaker on low to hear your part dominant. You can also just use your left earbud to hear your part.
You've Got a Friend In Me
This fun song is the theme song for Disney/Pixar's animated film "Toy Story". It's been used in most of the sequels. Written by Randy Newman and arranaged by Dan Wessler, this song has been performed by many artists, it's a favorite for everyone and has such a great message about being BFF's. Here is a link to one of the videos of You've Got a Friend in Me. There are several you can listen to!
When you listen to your part track, use your headphones or set you left speaker on high and the right speaker on low to hear your part dominant. You can also just use your left earbud to hear your part.
Learn the moves to this song! Here is the YouTube video with Melodee and Chera. This is mirrored, so follow what we do. If you get confused, remember that Melodee and Chera are wearing gloves on their right hands!
Memories
We will perform this song with the members of Alaska Sound Celebration as the closing song for our show. We are using alternate words for this song, so pay attention to the music and modify when you are practicing with the learning tracks:
- "dreams" instead of "drinks"
- "close" instead of "toast"
- "your voice" instead of "a glass"
This song was written by Adam Levine and the members of Maroon 5, and arranged by Sheryl Neal. It is based on Pachelbel's "Canon in D Major". Here are links to the Maroon 5 video and a recording of Pachelbel's Canon in D. Can you hear the basis for Memories?
