I'm really interested in learning this song, however I don't speak Irish and would love if someone could tell me how to find the words spelt phonetically... I have tried listening to it several times but I dont think I can get the words exactly right??
Marian,
if your still living in kerry then the best way of getting the text phonetically is to ask an irish speaker or teacher to recite it while you write down what you hear. You´ll find the the normal text on the web. And remember, depending on where the singer of the version you have comes from, the pronounciation could vary.
That's pish, cg.f. When I was in a choir years ago we sung all kinds of Latin songs and no one in that choir spoke a word of Latin. We also did songs in Russian, Spanish, Italian....
At uni the choir I was in first year did the Carmina Burana, which has bits in German as well as Latin. Are you saying that our choir director should have scoured a very small college campus for 100 people who were fluent in German and Latin before doing that piece *and* could sing? He wouldn't have found them.
Máire Brennan sings a very nice slow version on one of teh Clannad albums - you might find it easier to pick up the prononciation from this, and in authentic blas Ghaoth Dobhair
Cad é Sin don Té Sin
Cad é Sin don Té Sin
Hi
I'm really interested in learning this song, however I don't speak Irish and would love if someone could tell me how to find the words spelt phonetically... I have tried listening to it several times but I dont think I can get the words exactly right??
# Posted on March 7th 2011 by marian clare
Re: Cad é Sin don Té Sin
Marian,
if your still living in kerry then the best way of getting the text phonetically is to ask an irish speaker or teacher to recite it while you write down what you hear. You´ll find the the normal text on the web. And remember, depending on where the singer of the version you have comes from, the pronounciation could vary.
# Posted on March 7th 2011 by deirjon
Re: Cad é Sin don Té Sin
If you can't find an Irish speaker, you could try this:
http://www.abair.tcd.ie/?page=synthesis&lang=eng
Trinity College's helpful pronunciation page.
# Posted on March 8th 2011 by Innocent Bystander
Re: Cad é Sin don Té Sin
you cant sing an irish song unless you can speak the language....go learn the language first.
# Posted on March 8th 2011 by mise
Re: Cad é Sin don Té Sin
You can sing anything you want as long as it makes you happy.
# Posted on March 8th 2011 by big_tab
Re: Cad é Sin don Té Sin
That's pish, cg.f. When I was in a choir years ago we sung all kinds of Latin songs and no one in that choir spoke a word of Latin. We also did songs in Russian, Spanish, Italian....
At uni the choir I was in first year did the Carmina Burana, which has bits in German as well as Latin. Are you saying that our choir director should have scoured a very small college campus for 100 people who were fluent in German and Latin before doing that piece *and* could sing? He wouldn't have found them.
# Posted on March 8th 2011 by DrSilverSpear
Re: Cad é Sin don Té Sin
Máire Brennan sings a very nice slow version on one of teh Clannad albums - you might find it easier to pick up the prononciation from this, and in authentic blas Ghaoth Dobhair
# Posted on March 8th 2011 by Cian Mhic Cáinte