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PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The Words of the Stand

The rehearsal room, the first tune: from the top, one chorus each, then all together, a chorus is thirty-two bars, and you don't count out loud, on four, one two one two three four, stop, that was a funeral, not a swing, once more, slower, not slower, lighter, let's go, off we go.

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Lesson 2 · The Words of the Stand

Russian · 30 minutes

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The basement rehearsal room near Sokolniki, the first tune of the evening; Lyokha calls it, Tolik counts it in. The band and Sam say the friendly you.

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С головы.s ga-la-VYfrom the top, word for word from the head
С головы. По квадрату каждый, потом все вместе.s ga-la-VY. pa kvad-RA-tu KAZH-dy, pa-TOM FSYE VMYES-tye.From the top. One chorus each, then all together.
Квадрат это тридцать два такта?kvad-RAT E-ta TREED-tsat DVA TAK-ta?A chorus is thirty-two bars?
Тридцать два. И вслух не считай.TREED-tsat DVA. i FSLUKH nye shchi-TAY.Thirty-two. And you don't count out loud.
На четыре: раз, два, раз-два-три-четыре.na chi-TY-ri: RAS, DVA, RAS-DVA-TREE-chi-TY-ri.On four: one, two, one two three four.
Стоп. Сэмыч, это были похороны, а не свинг.STOP. SE-mych, E-ta BY-li PO-kha-ra-ny, a nye SVEENG.Stop. Semych, that was a funeral, not a swing.
Ещё раз, медленнее?yi-SHCHO RAS, MYED-lin-ni-ye?Once more, slower?
Поехали!pa-YE-kha-li!Let's go!
Не медленнее, а легче. Давай.nye MYED-lin-ni-ye, a LYEKH-che. da-VAY.Not slower, lighter. Let's go.
Погнали!pag-NA-li!Off we go!