Study Aids for Choirs

FREE

• www.choralia.net. Lyrics “sung” by electronically synthesized voices in three levels (single vocal part + metronome clicks, all parts with one emphasized, all parts equal volume). You may vary the tempo of the examples. To hear the sound files, you must download a free “Myriad Music” plug-in. With an additional free “Myriad Melody Player” you may also vary the transposition and stereo right/left positioning of the voices). Approx. 200 titles
• Choral Public Domain Library. Extensive editions of scores for 2000 composers with accompanying midi files, 10,000+ texts, 2,300+ translations.
• Midi files (synthesized pitches, no words) for individual parts and full choral blend.
  • www.cyberbass.com. 600+ individual movements and larger works.
  • choraltech.us/midilist.htm. 500+ individual movements and larger works.
  • www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk. 400+ individual movements and larger works with carols and hymns
  • www.chorusrehearsal.co.uk/partsongs/partsongs.php. 30 partsongs (scores are also provided in multiple formats).
• Midi files (synthesized pitches, no words, full choral version only)
  • gasilvis.net. 400+ titles, synthesized piano sound.
  • www.couleurvocale.nl/midi1.htm. 400+ titles, synthesized brass sound
  • www.cyberbass.com/Content/Great_Midi_Sites.htm. List of smaller midi sites for choral and other classical music
• Directory of 500 choral websites offering live choral audio recordings: www.hearchoirs.net.
• Directory of Choral teacher/director/singer Resource Pages: www.fva.net/for-directors/ctr/.

FOR SALE – real voices

• rehearsalarts.com. Choral part CD sung by Boston-area voice teachers and professionals singing over full performances of music with selected hard passages slowed and correct foreign language pronunciation modeled. 30 major works. Average price per CD = $21.
• www.choraline.com. CD/mp3 recording including spoken cues (rehearsal and bar numbers) with each voice represented by a different instrument (sop/flute, alto/oboe, horn/tenor, bass/bassoon) with accompaniment (usually organ), and the ability to control the volume balance of individual voice parts. 120+ major works. Average price for CD/mp3 = $12.50/$18.80.
• www.partpredominant.com. Choral part CD recordings with actual singers. Approx. 1,000 titles (mostly octavos, including treble repertoire). Average price for Master CD/Audio Files - $19.95.

FOR SALE – synthesized or fully instrumental

• www.partability.co.uk. Practice CDs made to order (new works and compilation CD of many short works) with each voice represented by a different instrument with accompaniment placed in the center, the emphasized voice on the right, and the other voices on the left. No minimum order for works already in their catalogue; minimum order of 50 CDs (or credit toward those not needed) for new works only. 50 major works, 250+ smaller works, specializing in British and German works. Average price per full CD = $16.
• www.notebash.freeserve.co.uk. Single part emphasized over other parts on CDs produced by a British choral society. 25 major works. Average price per CD for individual voice part = $15.
• www.chorusrehearsal.co.uk/choralworks.php. Single part (synthesized pitches, no words) emphasized over choral parts on CDs. 23 major works. Average price per CD for individual voice part = $15.
• www.noteperfect.net. CDs and mp3s for single choral part work and for solos from major oratorios. 300+ titles. Average price for individual part or solo = $10 for mp3/$22 for CD.
• www.4part.webs.com. Single part (synthesized pitches, no words) emphasized over choral parts on CDs. 100 titles (most are shorter works and single choral movements). 24-hour turnaround time for requests not in catalogue. Average price per individual title = $10 for mp3/$15 for CD/new works for $3 per page with a minimum charge of $10.