The text and voicing of Salty Dog
is particularly suited for all-boys groups. A "salty dog" is the seaman's "slanguage"
for a "crusty ole sailor." In the two-part voicing, Part I is written for the singing range of the Male Treble and/or Cambiata I, (A-a, above and below middle C). Part II is written in the comfortable singing range of the early adolescent Baritone (D-d, above and below middle C). In the
three-part voicing, Part I fits the Cambiata I; Part II, Cambiata II; and Part III, early adolescent Baritone.
As with so many of our works, all-boys choirs are
not the only voicings for which this work is suitable. Check the
two-part
or the three-part variable
voicing charts to see the other voicings possibilities.
American Sea Shanty
Arranged by Bob Siltman
Piano Score by Gene Currie
Two-part Variable Voicing
with Piano (CP Catalog #T100304)
Three-part Variable
Voicing with Piano (CP Catalog #U986103)
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