Includes full access for 1-50 singers. These tracks are sold in batches of 50, so please round up the number of singers in your group to the nearest multiple of 50. Example: 42 singers = Qty. of 50 in your cart.

Because of the cultural content of my music, I manage all aspects of the recording and production of learning tracks of my music, and I am delighted to have Graphite be the distributor of these learning tracks. I take pride in doing my best to make sure that these are representative of me and are “ethically-sourced”. This means that the audio recordings and learning tracks for my own music would be edited and/or recorded by choral musicians who speak the language(s) I set music to, and have the lived experience of the culture which I do my best to honour through my music. These musicians are paid for their time, experience, skill, and artistry. I also commit 10% of income earned from my choral works, learning resources, and workshops on Malaysian-themed choral/vocal/composition/music towards funding Malaysian artists and music educators I collaborate with on current and future artistic & educational initiatives.

All purchases will have a packet of audio tracks (the various part-dominant tracks, full mixed track, pronunciation guide).

About the tracks:

These rehearsal tracks are recordings of my own voice, singing all vocal parts. I have designed them (with the help of my friend in Singapore, Cherie Chai) for the benefit of distant / isolated singing in your personal spaces, and to encourage independent learning. These audio tracks work best with earphones / headphones on.
These tracks would provide the pronunciation, style, and tone that is appropriate for the performance of this piece.
The tracks are professionally mixed so singers are ensured high quality audio recordings to support their learning!

Important licensing & purchasing terms: The purchase of this resource allows your choral organization to distribute it to your singers and staff for their own learning at any time, but not to be duplicated, edited in any way, and/or shared beyond the organization.

Thank you for supporting ethical consumption of self-published music!

Tracy Wong

Composer’s Notes

He Ranglo is an example of a folk song that would be sung and performed as part of a garba or dandiya raas – traditional folk dances from Gujarat, India performed during community celebrations. These folk dances involve coordinated movements in a circular pattern, clapping and stepping (garba) or striking a pair of sticks (dandiyas) to the beat of the music, with the steps and patterns becoming faster and more energetic as the music progresses. Garba and dandiya raas are often performed as part of celebrations of the festival Navratri, as well as any community celebration or gathering throughout Gujarat and beyond.

In He Ranglo, the community has planned a celebration and is calling for Krishna to come join them before the night is past.

-Mishaal Surti

Text

He ranglo
jamyo kalandri ne ghat
chogada tara
ho re chabila tara
ho re rangila tara
rangbheru jue tari vaat
ranglo

He haly haly haly
vahi jaay raat vaat maa ne
mathe padse prabhat

He rangrasiya taro rahdo
mandi ne gaam ne chevade betha

gokul ni goplie
tara hatu toh kaam
badha melya hetha
he tane barke tari
jashoda tari
maat

-Avinash Vyas

TRANSLATION:
O colourful one,
The celebration is happening by the
riverbank,
You who wears a tassel,
You are radiant,
You are beautiful,
Your path is filled with colour.

Softly, the night is passing as we
speak and dawn will soon be here.

O lover of colours, your path
winds through the marketplace and
along the village’s edge,

The people of Gokul left their work
behind.

Your mother, Yashoda, is calling for
you.

$1.00 per set