The water is wide (O waly waly) for SSAATTBB (arr. Boo Lewis) by Public domain melody Sheet Music for Choir at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Public domain melody

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Arranger Boo Lewis

Composer Public domain melody

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 4

Arrangement Choir

Publisher Rebecca de Bruin

Product ID 977393

Genre A Cappella

Instruments Choir

Product Description

This eight part choral arrangement of 'The water is wide' (to the tune O waly waly) was written in August 2013 for a university a cappella group. The melody is mainly in the soprano part, apart from verse 2 where it is taken by the tenors. The arrangement moves from a melody line (which could be sung by a soloist rather than all the sopranos) over 'do do' backing, to a polyphonic second verse, before moving into a homophonic structure with minor splits in the alto and tenor parts and finally full eight part harmony in the fourth verse. The ranges and voice leading do not make this particularly challenging (although there is one high A in the soprano 1 part and the tenor 1 part and 1 low E in the bass part).

Vocal ranges:
Soprano 1: C#4 - A5 (C# above middle C to A above high C)
Soprano 2: C#4 - E5 (C# above middle C to E above high C)
Alto 1 and 2: A3 - C#5 (A below middle C to C# above high C)
Tenor 1: C#3 - A4 (C# below middle C to A above middle C)
Tenor 2: C#3 - F#4 (C# below middle C to F# above middle C)
Bass 1: A2 - A3 (A below low C to A below middle C)
Bass 2: E2 - A3 (E below low C to A below middle C)

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