Divided We Fall ft. Da Da Singers

a cappella, mixed choir SATB, wordless vocalise, scat syllables, no instruments, voices only, deep male voices prominent, rich bass section, strong tenor section, Swingle Singers style, voice as instrument [Description] 16 human singers performing a slow, sorrowful adagio using vocalise syllables instead of lyrics — 4 sopranos, 4 altos, 4 tenors, 4 basses, No instruments of any kind — voices only, singing syllables in the Swingle Singers tradition, The bass and tenor sections lead and dominate the texture, The piece opens with basses alone on a low sustained "doom" — rich, dark, resonant, like a cello section, Tenors enter next on warm sustained "dah" and "doh, " Altos join with "doo" and "dah, " Sopranos enter last and float quietly above on soft "loo" and "ah, " never overpowering the men, Long sustained syllables rather than rapid articulation — this is an adagio, not an allegro, in the style of Barber's Adagio for Strings