SAB Choir, Piano and Claves
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SEA-022-03 Winner of the Euphonia! Choral Composition Competition If You Can Walk You Can Dance (If You Can Talk You Can Sing) Zimbabwean proverb SAB choir, piano and claves Elizabeth Alexander Seafarer Press “If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing.” Zimbabwean proverb NOTE TO THE CLAVES PLAYER: The claves part in this song, which is played during the chorus, consists of a repeating two-measure ostinato pattern. It may either be played like this: Or with the measures reversed, like this: You may wish to alternate between these two pattern variations each time you begin a new chorus of the song! * If you have bass and marimba players available, they may join in during the sections marked "CLAVES," playing the pianist's left and right hand parts, respectively. Commissioned by Farmington (Connecticutt) High School Friends of Music, in honor of Scott Campbell, Teacher of the Year If you can walk you can dance (If you can talk you can sing) Zimbabwean Proverb Elizabeth Alexander (h = 80) With gentle marcato and precise rhythmic energy Piano f sempre senza pedale 5 Seafarersmoothly, sempre Press legato 8 mp S If you can walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. If you can smoothly, sempre legato mp For perusal only, A you betcha! If you can walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. If you can smoothly, sempre legato mp B If you can walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. If you can CLAVES mp Seafarer Press SEA-022-03 Copyright 2001 by Elizabeth Alexander All Rights Reserved. 3 13 S walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing, If you can A walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing, If you can B walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing, If you can 17 S walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. If you can A walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. If you can B walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. If you can Seafarer Press For perusal only, 21 you betcha! S walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. A walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. B walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. NO CLAVES 4 25 mp S If you can talk you can sing, if you can mp A If you can walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing, if you can mp B yes, you can dance, if you can mp 29 S walk then you can dance, A walk then you can dance, mp B Seafarerwalk then you Presscan dance, If you can p For perusal only, you betcha! 33 mp S If you can mp A If you can B walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. CLAVES mp 5 37 S walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. A walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. (CLAVES) NO CLAVES 41 (mp ) S yes, you can dance, yes, you can (mp ) A If you can talk you can sing, yes, you can (mp ) B If you can walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing, yes, you can Seafarer Press f 45 For perusal only, S you betcha! sing, oh you can sing, oh you can sing, oh you can sing, oh you can sing, f A sing, oh you can sing, oh you can sing, oh you can sing, oh you can sing, B sing, f 6 49 snap fingers: S snap fingers: A un poco marcato mp B If you, if you walk, If you walk, then you can dance, You can dance. 53 S A B If you, if you walk, If you walk, then you can dance, You can dance. 57 mp marcato SeafarerS Press If you can, can talk, you can sing, you can, mp marcato A If Foryou perusal can, only, can talk, you can sing, you can, you betcha! B If you, if you walk, If you walk, then you can dance, You can dance. 61 S If you can, can talk, you can sing, you can, A If you can, can talk, you can sing, you can, B If you, if you walk, If you walk, then you can dance, You can dance. 7 65 mf S yes, you can dance, If you can mf A If you can walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing, If you can mf B If you can talk you can sing, If you can (NO CLAVES) mf mp 69 mp Solo and you can Seafarer Press mp Solo then you can sing, p subito For perusal only, S walk, then you you betcha!can dance, talk, then you can sing, p subito A walk, then you can dance, talk, then you can sing, p subito B walk, then you can dance, talk, then you can sing, p subito 8 73 Solo dance, Solo yes, you can sing, S walk, then you can dance, talk, then you can sing, A walk, then you can dance, talk, then you can sing, B walk, then you can dance, talk, then you can sing, 76 f Solo If you can walk, then you can dance, Seafarer Press f Solo If you can walk, then you can dance, f * For perusal only, S youIf youbetcha! can walk, then you can dance, f * A If you can walk, then you can dance, f * B If you can walk, then you can dance, f * Note: The material in these three measures was not in the original printing of this piece. 9 79 f 83 86 mp S If you can walk you can dance, If you can talk you can sing. If you can mp A .