These are links to YouTube examples, except where I have done some teach tracks, in whch case they are links to the teach tracks and the Youtube example
This page last updated 22/2/25 - Dambusters
There are teach tracks for this on youtube, but they have reproduced the music as written instead of adding a "swing" They are OK for learning the notes, but you maight want to practice against a real performance that gives you the swing that this song needs.
Here you will find links to the youtube videos, followed by the audio that I have extracted from the video - might be easier to practice to. Below that are each of the practice parts along with a slowed down version of the perfomance - hope that is useful. Once you know what notes to sing, you can try singing to the performance slowed down - there one performance at 120bpm, which is the speed to the practice tracks, and one perfomance at 143bpm, which is about halfway towards the real performance's speed of around 163bpm - or faster!
I did this one after our joint rehearsal on 22nd Feb. Watch the tune - we think we know it, but not everyone got it right this morning. I've put a gap in for you to take a breath at "our story part" and also a pause at "Bri-tons". Most of the song is in unison but the last few bars break into 7 parts - the Sopranos 1&2 and Tenors 1&2 are singing the same notes an octave apart, while the Altos share their notes with Bass 1
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