Africa (SATB Choir) - Arranged by Roger Emerson

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  • Опубликовано: 16 дек 2024

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  • @friendlybiscuit7359
    @friendlybiscuit7359 6 лет назад +123

    I got to preform this in chior. It was one of the most fun songs to sing at the concert!

    • @jennakeith5711
      @jennakeith5711 6 лет назад

      thememewithlowselfesteem omg no fair!

    • @coolgirldsi7184
      @coolgirldsi7184 6 лет назад

      Friendly Biscuit I did sing it too

    • @elliedorough6160
      @elliedorough6160 4 года назад

      Same! It was the last song of my spring concert last year. I really wish I had gotten a video. It was so much fun

    • @damaridavis7278
      @damaridavis7278 3 года назад

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      I was stupid forgot the account password. I love any assistance you can offer me.

    • @liandario7450
      @liandario7450 3 года назад

      @Damari Davis instablaster :)

  • @MsSoundguy
    @MsSoundguy 7 лет назад +134

    It's not how I'd usually pick a piece, but I've ended a fairly miserable week, saw this was new, played it, and before long I started imaging directing our chorus, me weaving side to side, them smiling and beaming, and the audience clapping on 2 and 4. Just one giant high time in the ol' auditorium. Thanks for a wonderful end to a horrible week. This will be highly recommended when it's music committee time.

    • @HalLeonardChoral
      @HalLeonardChoral  7 лет назад +10

      Hope this next week is much better!

    • @LeaLikesIcecream
      @LeaLikesIcecream 7 лет назад +1

      Glad you are not German cause then they'd be clapping on 1 and 3 :D

    • @ashleighwheeler9720
      @ashleighwheeler9720 6 лет назад +1

      Hal Leonard Choral can you do one for come alive from the greatest showman

    • @HalLeonardChoral
      @HalLeonardChoral  6 лет назад +2

      bit.ly/2NUrx6R

    • @ocsmichaelanthony
      @ocsmichaelanthony 5 лет назад

      You just earned my respect from this comment alone. That was BEAUTIFUL.

  • @oldprankster7606
    @oldprankster7606 2 года назад +2

    My over 55 group rehearsed this just before Covid struck. We were never able to perform it. This spring, we are. And boy am I excited. Just love the arrangement.

  • @dominichisplanespotting6574
    @dominichisplanespotting6574 6 лет назад +39

    Wow! Lovely arrangement.

    • @Lost_Pikachu
      @Lost_Pikachu 6 лет назад +2

      it is meant to be acapella with a beat boxer. I did this version in highschool -----> ruclips.net/video/09LQlfMmW7s/видео.html
      Ohhh and they left out the rain sounds

  • @jeejiehann6613
    @jeejiehann6613 Год назад +2

    I hear the drums echoing tonight
    But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
    She's coming in, 12:30 flight
    The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
    I stopped an old man along the way
    Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
    He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
    It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you
    There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
    I bless the rains down in Africa
    Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
    The wild dogs cry out in the night
    As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
    I know that I must do what's right
    As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
    I seek to cure what's deep inside
    Frightened of this thing that I've become
    It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
    There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
    I bless the rains down in Africa
    Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
    Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
    It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
    There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
    I bless the rains down in Africa
    I bless the rains down in Africa
    (I bless the rain)
    I bless the rains down in Africa
    (I bless the rain)
    I bless the rains down in Africa
    I bless the rains down in Africa
    (Ah, gonna take the time)
    Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
    Source: Musixmatch

  • @MarcusB-qr1hk
    @MarcusB-qr1hk 5 лет назад +11

    Wow!! This is the same key and everything! I did this song with my choir in HS. Brings back memories!

  • @sarahdennis3845
    @sarahdennis3845 6 лет назад +6

    We’re doing this song for music feast (something my choir does to raise funds and give the community an opportunity to see our choir) and the theme for this year was 80’s and we’ve broken into song 1000 times when anyone would mention this song so of course my choir teacher found this to be the best fit. Needless to say I don’t think anyone is disappointed that this is our group piece.

  • @mckenziemcquarry9209
    @mckenziemcquarry9209 Год назад +1

    Literally the sheets music we’re using this vid is a god send.

  • @silviaredmers8559
    @silviaredmers8559 4 года назад +15

    Toll gesungen. Mega Aufnahme!!
    Da geht einem das Herz auf!!
    😊🎶🎵

  • @gamethemovie4918
    @gamethemovie4918 3 года назад +3

    Best chior song I've ever sung and been in.

  • @kidd8013
    @kidd8013 3 года назад +3

    I got to meet roger Emerson at my show choir. He was an amazing person

  • @malikwhite9604
    @malikwhite9604 4 года назад +6

    This song in bass is really cool! Love this song!!

  • @colintalero9028
    @colintalero9028 5 лет назад +96

    I'm a tenor and we're doing this in choir and the high G makes me cry every time 😂😂😂

    • @jadencotts3418
      @jadencotts3418 4 года назад +8

      IKR?!? I'm a Tenor/Bass(Mostly) My 8th Grade choir director is like "Higher Octave B-rody)
      Me: *I'm Trying*

    • @walker3560
      @walker3560 4 года назад +8

      @@lemonshrikecatworthy7964 Falsetto is one hell of a drug.

    • @itzven
      @itzven Год назад +1

      U understand the struggle 🤝

    • @KayMasked
      @KayMasked 7 месяцев назад +1

      Me too 😔😔

  • @peytondemichele
    @peytondemichele 2 года назад +2

    You didn’t know this song too too well and now you know every word because you joined your vocal club at your school.

  • @slenderturtles8091
    @slenderturtles8091 6 лет назад +15

    I love this song

  • @meenameebackbone3944
    @meenameebackbone3944 2 года назад +2

    We started today with this beautiful piece of art. ❤️💃❤️

  • @romanturner6514
    @romanturner6514 6 лет назад +9

    This is great song and just recently actually we sung this with your music and I played the piano and It was amazing. We are going to do it again next year.

  • @temitopefaleti7053
    @temitopefaleti7053 5 лет назад +4

    I heard this for the first time last month from a Hertford junior girls choir and really enjoyed it. 😃

  • @matthewk2175
    @matthewk2175 5 лет назад +3

    We did this for show choir, it was a total blast!

  • @andreaumba3509
    @andreaumba3509 6 лет назад +3

    This sounds wonderful and amazing

  • @lemonshrikecatworthy7964
    @lemonshrikecatworthy7964 4 года назад +3

    Doing this for choir now!

  • @audraroper6232
    @audraroper6232 4 года назад +3

    Omg I love this

  • @Dadzcare2
    @Dadzcare2 5 лет назад +5

    I love Africa by Toto, but haven't enjoyed rehearsing this arrangement of it, so far, but this may help. Useful having the pages turning at the right time.

  • @musicalroze1889
    @musicalroze1889 4 года назад +3

    I performed this last year in Teen Arts chorus. A group of students that were in pop groups for our winter concert. This year we were gonna sing Somebody that I used to know but corona happened.

  • @oneman49instruments
    @oneman49instruments 3 года назад +1

    Wooow!!! Very nice harmonies!!

  • @CamilleNadia
    @CamilleNadia 6 лет назад +3

    This is lovely

  • @vee9024
    @vee9024 5 лет назад +29

    Doing this in choir!

  • @IR088Y
    @IR088Y 3 года назад +4

    This has Surpassed the original fr that little ba da da part the women do adds A MOUNTAIN of enjoyment Im just mad i didnt get to perform it haha

  • @midnightheartwolf9200
    @midnightheartwolf9200 2 года назад +2

    My show choir group and I are currently doing this for a concert coming up, this is one of the easier songs we're working on for an alto in training, I'm originally a soprano, so it's a little hard

  • @yaboimarc3818
    @yaboimarc3818 4 года назад +3

    I did this in choir my senior year

  • @skyebaker1386
    @skyebaker1386 2 года назад +1

    My choir is singing this for our fall concert

  • @robynsmith6974
    @robynsmith6974 5 лет назад +3

    I have always wanted to do this and my wish came true today!😂 Not sure if it's exactly this version but obviously very similar so I am excited.😅

  • @stella.mp3
    @stella.mp3 6 лет назад +3

    We're doing this this year and in live it sound so amazing that I want to cry whenever we sing it

  • @crazisinger4008
    @crazisinger4008 5 лет назад +4

    This is a cool arrangement 🤩

  • @anncarrell2676
    @anncarrell2676 5 лет назад +6

    I’m doing this for my choir concert

  • @javialexarias
    @javialexarias Год назад

    Wowo, really is amazing!

  • @bar_LeeChangBeom
    @bar_LeeChangBeom 3 года назад +1

    solo
    0:26
    0:39
    0:49
    1:01
    1:45
    1:57

  • @isadoravasquez3719
    @isadoravasquez3719 6 лет назад +3

    Oh my lorddd I would kill to perform this with my choir

  • @coolgirldsi7184
    @coolgirldsi7184 6 лет назад +8

    I do this for choir festival

  • @katiewandstrat811
    @katiewandstrat811 5 лет назад +4

    We are doing this for choir.

  • @matthewmeno5279
    @matthewmeno5279 2 года назад +1

    Can you do Jump for my love by the Pointer sisters? Also, Missing you by John waite? I'll be waiting to hear it! Let me know if you can! I can't waite to hear your rendission of it.

  • @pikazardtnt6544
    @pikazardtnt6544 5 лет назад +2

    I did a solo part for this song so fun!^^

  • @chris.stephens34
    @chris.stephens34 4 года назад +6

    Y'all's next video should be Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson arr. Ed Lojeski.

  • @meltdown_6435
    @meltdown_6435 6 лет назад +6

    Doing this for choir :D

  • @ilovelolsurprise3419
    @ilovelolsurprise3419 2 года назад +1

    My 8th grade choir has to perform this in the winter

  • @jennakeith5711
    @jennakeith5711 6 лет назад +119

    I want to do this for choir so badly 😂😂😂
    Edit: we might get to! We're trying to convince our director

    • @sophiazogry9823
      @sophiazogry9823 5 лет назад +1

      Jenna Keith lmao me and my choir are doing it for our pop show😂😂

    • @ethanriver2660
      @ethanriver2660 5 лет назад +2

      We are doing this song in our choir for our spring concert!

    • @themusicoftillee
      @themusicoftillee 5 лет назад +1

      we are doing it now lol!

    • @lu.cas1213
      @lu.cas1213 5 лет назад

      Ethan River so is our choir!

    • @gamethemovie4918
      @gamethemovie4918 5 лет назад

      We did it.

  • @jessieoneby9428
    @jessieoneby9428 5 лет назад +4

    Im singing this in Choir

  • @heatherwalden678
    @heatherwalden678 7 лет назад +8

    Hi

  • @amandagalster5442
    @amandagalster5442 5 лет назад +2

    3:10

  • @josephlindenberg8387
    @josephlindenberg8387 3 года назад +1

    2:51 uhhh 😳😳

  • @compyslayer4492
    @compyslayer4492 5 лет назад +15

    When you find a great song for pop show for choir realizes it's over three minutes. 😢

    • @ladyviola2685
      @ladyviola2685 5 лет назад +2

      When you find this song but realize you're only a soprano and alto choir 😢

  • @hillaryh27
    @hillaryh27 5 лет назад +3

    I love this song! One small thing is that y’all messed up on the lyrics. Y’all said “Hurry boy it’s waiting there for you” instead of “Hurry boy she’s waiting there for you” the last time.

    • @imcool1574
      @imcool1574 5 лет назад

      I noticed that when we did this at school

    • @PlumGurly
      @PlumGurly 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah, the original changes from one to the other. In the beginning, the baritone soloist (David Paich, one of the writers) is ambiguous about what he's talking about, whether the country or his potential lover, but in the end, he's more decided, hence changing from it's to she.

  • @skyebaker1386
    @skyebaker1386 2 года назад +1

    Are there practice tracks to this song?

  • @BeluDong
    @BeluDong 8 месяцев назад

    I'm a tenor and it is to freaking hard

  • @RedNekLvr22
    @RedNekLvr22 4 года назад +2

    I don't know if Mr. Emerson will ever see this, but...
    Mr. Emerson, I adore your arrangement of "Africa", but I always have one big question every time I hear this. Do the Tenors have the melody in the chorus? I can't figure that one out. It sounds like it, but I'm never sure. Sorry for my ignorance, but I never could figure out the melody line when I heard Toto originally do it. Someone help me!!
    Hal Leonard Choral, feel free to chime in also, thanks!

    • @HalLeonardChoral
      @HalLeonardChoral  4 года назад +1

      We would say that the Sopranos most closely follow the Bobby Kimball line of the original (in which he sings alone for the first four bars), but the chorus then becomes so brilliantly dense, you could make an argument the melody jumps around after that point.

    • @RedNekLvr22
      @RedNekLvr22 4 года назад

      @@HalLeonardChoral Thanks for the response. As I previously said, I never could pinpoint the exact melody in the original version. Maybe the very strong Tenor section (that's never a bad thing) in this demo recording fools me a little, but boy, while I don't doubt your analysis, it just seems to feel more like the natural melody is in the Tenor line, but you're right I do remember those first four bars of the chorus being as you describe, but I also think the melody jumps around after that.

  • @dirkfroese7082
    @dirkfroese7082 6 месяцев назад

    2:52

  • @SchindlerDucy
    @SchindlerDucy 4 года назад +1

    0:33 too low for me

    • @BagelFrog
      @BagelFrog 4 года назад +1

      All day Gaming clearly not a bass then

  • @Toothpick76
    @Toothpick76 5 лет назад +2

    Do do do do do do do bahhhh

  • @romanturner6514
    @romanturner6514 6 лет назад +2

    what key is this in?

    • @jainamacdonald3464
      @jainamacdonald3464 6 лет назад +2

      It switches between C major and Bb major throughout the piece

    • @bmh4d0k3n
      @bmh4d0k3n 6 лет назад +1

      Eb Lydian

    • @Anna-uy6fr
      @Anna-uy6fr 5 лет назад +1

      Oh there’s so many😂there’s like 5-6 different key changes I’m pretty sure, I just finished Solfedge on this piece

    • @helloitsme7058
      @helloitsme7058 4 года назад

      Jaina Macdonald is it only C major Bb major or is there other keys??

  • @marypratt8692
    @marypratt8692 5 лет назад +4

    Doing this for choir and somehow got myself stuck singing the scatters...
    Help

  • @uwdsg4259
    @uwdsg4259 5 лет назад +3

    Stranger things this somehow played when barb was getting taken away from the demogorgan

    • @uwdsg4259
      @uwdsg4259 5 лет назад

      I’m doing in this choir

  • @ginadavis5187
    @ginadavis5187 6 лет назад +2

    ;)

  • @SqRTofShawol
    @SqRTofShawol 5 лет назад +3

    The first time I knew of Africa is actually though choir! And then after that I learnt that it was a meme song😂

  • @danlerman6734
    @danlerman6734 4 года назад +2

    Wonder if any other linden kids are watching this

  • @jamesragen947
    @jamesragen947 5 лет назад +2

    Why is this in my recommended

  • @huitonin
    @huitonin 4 года назад +3

    We sang this song in my choir last year and it was a big shit show lmao

  • @macccs
    @macccs 6 лет назад +4

    I don't want to be the one person who picks apart this arrangement, because don't get me wrong its amazing, but you've completely butchered the ending! The drum patterns in the end is missing a drum fill, and theres an entire repeat missing, not to mention the amazing solo that goes with it. if it weren't for that, I would being love with this tune. Another thing, at the beginning of each chorus, the beats are off, when they say "- a lot to drag me away-", they're coming in late and adding an extra beat, totally ruining the flow.

  • @kn5583
    @kn5583 5 лет назад +3

    Doing this in choir!!!