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CANTATE DOMINO
by Jay Althouse
| Positioning: | Mixed voices: men center. Part I vs. Part II |
| INTRO | Slowly lower head and knees, clasping hands front. |
| MEAS. 5 | Reach both hands up ("touchdown" look), clasp above on "Do" (Vol. 2, 123) and lower down. Repeat. |
| MEN: on repeat, open hands above M11, clasp and lower M12. | |
| MEAS. 13 | Facing stage R, shake low clasp 3X on vocals (Vol. 1, 17). |
| M15: push both jazz hands around face to low clasp on L side in a wave from stage R to L. | |
| M17: reach both up, clasp and slowly lower, drop head and knees. | |
| MEAS. 23 | As before, but do movements on own vocal line. |
| MEAS. 31 | As before, but to L side, wave across from L to R. |
| MEAS. 37 | Circle claps 4X low to high on piano rhythm, end with clasp low. |
| MEAS. 39 | Using accents: GALS shake clasped hands low to the outside 3X then lift downstage hand up and over towards men on "new song." |
| MEN: R hand up (Vol. 2, 1), L up, clasp above, drop slowly on "new song." | |
| MEAS. 43 | Repeat as above, but women fist hand as it lowers on "strong" (Vol. 2, 126). |
| MEAS. 47 | Repeat as before. |
| MEAS. 53 | All lower clasped hands, head and knees. |
| MEAS. 55 | On vocal line, lift up while opening and lifting palms out to side ("preacher" look) with eyes up for 1 meas., drop and clasp on next meas. Repeat. |
| MEAS. 59 | Add on other vocal lines and repeat. |
| MEAS. 63 | Lift R hand to R and look R, repeat L, close into clasp center. |
| M66: lift clasp for 2 meas., lower for 2 meas. | |
| MEAS. 70 | Repeat as before. |
| MEAS. 86 | Shake clasp 2X front on vocal rhythm, lift up on cresc. |
| MEAS. 88 | Pop claps 4X using half note beat to lower R, upper R, upper L and lower L. |
| MEAS. 90 | using piano rhythm, circle claps from low to high 9X. End with clasp above. |
SATB, Level 4.....7700
3-Part Mixed, Level 3.....7701
2-Part/SSA, Level 2.....7717