Sample Piece: Sabayang Pagbigkas (Choral Recitation) with actions, voicing guide

    

Sabayang Pagbigkas (Choral

Recitation): Sample Piece 

with actions, and voicing

guide

Piece: Kalayaan by Pat Villafuerte

One of the activities in school that many

students have fortunately participated

in is the Choral Recitation or in Filipino

- Sabayang Pagbigkas. There is beauty 

in listening to a poem spoken together 

by a choir. Many appreciate the various

voice combinations and contrasts of high

/low, fast/slow tempo to bring out the full

meaning of the prose piece used. 

Added interest are the choreography

and costume in addition to the audio 

impact of the performance. It can also 

be done as a classroom activity

for practice in pronunciation

and stress. 

Here is a sample piece for Sabayang 

Pagbigkas with simple actions and

voice variations. You can modify to

to make it more appealing. 

The lines of the poem are numbered. 

 Found below is the guide in the

actions and voicing for your pupils.

Kalayaan by Pat Villafuerte

I

1 Sa Balintawak ay gumising

2 Ang isang sigaw

3 Bumalik ay sagot

4 Na tila alingawngaw

5 Kalayaan

II

6 At sa bawat lugar ay mauulinig

7 Ang dala ay hangin

8 Maysalin na awit

9 Kalayaan

III

10 Narinig namin

11 Doon sa taniman

12 Narinig namin

13 Sa mangangalakal

14 Narinig namin

15 Hanggang doon sa karagatan

16 Kalayaan

IV

17 Lahat ng tao

18  Iisa ang sigaw

19 Kahit ang kapalit 

20 Ay kanilang buhay

21 Kalayaan

V

22 Sa tuktok ng bundok

23 Hanggang sa kapatagan

24 Palakas ng palakas ang 

     mapapakinggan

25 Kalayaan

VI

26 Narinig namin

27 Sa mga hikbi

28 hinagpis

29 at panaghoy

30 Narinig namin

31 Sa mga pulong

32 Di matalunton

33 Kalayaan

Guide

* Assign each participant to which

voice group he/she belongs.

High voice group - above normal 

            speaking voice, tagming nga

            tingog

             - Girls

Medium voice group - normal speaking

               voice - can be mixed (boys 

                and girls)

Low  voice group- below normal speaking

              voice, baho nga tingog  

             -  Boys

Voice Speed - Fast (paspas)

                        Average

                        Slow

Line Number of the Poem with

voice and actions guide

Line Number

* Look at the poem above for text

I

1 - All 3 voice groups, everybody 

        raise right fist

2 - Low voice group:Boys (shout)

3 - High voice group:Girls 

4 - Medium voice group, both hands 

        cup both ears/ibutang ang kamot

         sa dunggan sama sa naminaw), 

        then looking side to side

    * Echo - say after medium group

        Low voice -  say alingawngaw 

        High voice  - say alingawngaw 

5 - All 3 groups, louder pitch, all take

        one step forward, cross both 

        fists (kamot nga gikumo)

        on breast then stretch out arms 

        forward with palms open(bukhad

        ang kamot)

II

6 -  Low

7 & 8 - High ( girls),

         wave right hand overhead

9 - All 3 groups, cross both 

        fists(gikumo ang kamot) on breasts

        (ibutang sa dughan duha ka kumo

         porma ug x) then stretch out arms

        forward with palms open

III

10&11 - Low voice(boys), points to the

                side, half body turning

12&13 - High voice(girls), points to the

              opposite side, half body turning

14&15 - Medium voice,  right hand 

                covers eyes as if looking far

                out to sea

16 - All 3 voices, cross both fists on

                breasts, then stretch out arms 

                forward with palms open

IV

17-  Medium voice 

18 - Low voice (boys), shout

19 - Medium voice, touch breast with

            right fist 2 times

20 - Medium voice, right fist down,

            open palm

21 - All 3 voices say the line together,

         cross both fists on breasts, then

         stretch arms forward with palms

        open

V

22 - High voice, point up with left hand

            open palm, say line fast

23 - Medium voice, point down with

             right hand open palm, say line

             fast

24 - Low voice, cup ears with both 

            hands as if listening, say line fast

 25 - All 3 voices, cross both fists on 

            breasts, then stretch arms forward

            with palms open

VI

26 - Medium voice

27 & 28 - High voice, right arm touching

        forehead

29 -  High voice, right hand with open

        palm on breast

30. 31 & 32 - Low voices (Boys), put

        right hand forward with open palm

32 - Low voice, stress( ipabug-at ang

        tingog sa word nga Di

33 - All 3 voices, shout,

        cross both fists on breasts, then 

        stretch arms forward with palms

        open

*Participants raise their arms up

and hold the hand of those both 

beside them, then bow.

Notes:

- always, to remember always to use

the voice of the voice group you

are assigned in speaking the 

lines of the poem from start to

finish

- practice by voice group:

  1 group for Low(baho or male voice)

  1 group for Medium(normal speaking

    voice)

  1 group for High(tagming or like

    shrieking voice/female voice)

- have participants memorize their

     parts

- daily practice needed, practice

    makes perfect - if not perfect,

    at least you're near there

- practice for entrance and exit

- practice for synchronization of

    movements

- pronounce words correctly

 

My first time with choral recitation,

I had the piece but no idea of the 

actions and voicing. I hope this post

will somehow help as I attempt to

provide material for activities I 

had so much difficulty with in

the past because of lack of 

technology, so unlike the technology

we are enjoying today...

Good Luck! Wish you the best in

your endeavors!

/EAB💗