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Forward

I remember

Oboete-iru

Your warm hand.

Anata-no Atataka-na Te-wo

I remember

Oboete-iru

Your kind voice.

Anata-no Yasash Koe-wo

I remember

Oboete-iru

Your honest eyes and quiet prayer.

Anata-no Massungu-na Manazashi-to Sizuka-na Inori-wo

When I close my eyes

Me-wo Tojire-ba

I recall the time we spent together,

Anata-to Sungoshi-ta Toki-no Koto-wo

And the time we sang together.

Anata-to Tomo-ni Utatta-koto-wo Omoi-dasu

The end of music is not our farewell.

Onngaku-no Owari-nga Anata-tono Wakare-dewa-nai

As music lives again,

Onngaku-nga Mata Yomingaeru-yni

So will you live again and again in my memory.

Nando-demo Nando-demo Anata-wo Omoi-das

I remember

Oboete-iru

A dream you cherished.

Anata-no Taisetsu-na Yume-wo

I remember

Oboete-iru

A smile you beamed at tomorrow.

Anata-no Ashita-ni Muketa Engao-wo

With memories of you in my heart,

Anata-tono Omoide-wo Mune-ni

One step at a time, I walk forward.

Ippo Ippo Mae-e

Embracing every day s happiness and sadness,

Mainichi-no Yorokobi-to Kanashimi-wo Dakishime-nangara

One step at a time, I walk forward.

Ippo Ippo Mae-e

Ippo Ippo Mae-e

One step at a time, I walk forward.

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(Mae-e)

for Utao NIPPON Project

SSAA version

Mae-e (Forward)

Text and Music by Kentaro Sato (Ken-P)

5/2, 2011
- to the Victims of the 2011 3/11 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan -

Piano is optional.
Can be performed with other ensemble versions.

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A - na - ta - wo O

mo

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da

so.

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ru,

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Yo - ro - ko - bi - to
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Ken-Ps Japanese Pronunciation Guide with IPA for Singers by Kentaro Sato (Ken-P)

There are 5 vowels in the Japanese language and they are alphabetized as A E I O and U. Consecutive vowels belong to
separate syllables, and there is virtually no diphthong when it comes to music.
x

Singing Japanese A is always Open A [$] as in fa

ather. You may use [] in softer passage.

Singing Japanese E is always Open E [(] as in fe

etch. Do not use [e].

Singing Japanese I is always Close I [L] as in feeet. However, it can be modified toward Open I [,], when it provide
unified vowel sounds, or in softer passage.

Singing Japanese O is always Close O [R] as in fo

oe. Do not use diphthong like [o8].

Singing Japanese U is always Close U [X] as in foood. However, it can be modified toward Open U [8] as in fooot, if it
provides ease of pronunciation for singers in upper resister and/or forte passages.

Japanese N [Q] often makes an independent syllable.

2. Consonants

[E]

BY

[EM]

CH

[W]

DVLQ(b
boy)

[Q]

nod)
(n

NG

[1]

(son
ng)

*or [W6] as in (ccheese)

NGY

[1M]

[G]

(d
dot)

NY

[QM]

(n
new)

[I]

(ffood)

[S]

(p
pot)

FY

[fj]

(ffew)

PY

[SM]

(p
puke)

[J]

(g
gut)

[5]RU>`]

Japanese R is flipped R

GY

[JM]

(g
gas)

RY

[5M@RU[`M@

[K]

(h
hit)

[V]

(ssing/tosss)

HY

[&]

*or >KM@DVLQ(h
human)

SH

[]

*or [6@DVLQ(sshed)

[d]

*or [d=@DVLQ(jjet)

[W]

(ttea)

[N]

(k
king)

TS

[WV]

(letts)

KY

[NM]

(ccute)

[Y]

(v
victory)

[O]

(lleap)

[Z]

water)
(w

[P]

(m
mall)

[M]

(y
you)

MY

[PM@

mute)
(m

[d]]

(zzebra))

F L and V are only used for foreign-origin words.

If NG [1] and NGY [1M] (aka Bidakuon) are difficult to produce, it is acceptable to use G [J] for NG and GY [JM] for
NGY.

One MAY NOT use English R [], Rolled R [U] nor German/French R [^] for Japanese flipped R, but MAY use L [O] if
s/he cannot produce [5]RU>`].

Doubled consonants (EX. a-ttta, a-ccchi and i-ssse-i) indicate small stops between proceeding vowels. In my music, they
can be sung without doubled consonants (EX. a-ta, a-chi and i-se-i) because they are already articulated by rests or

staccatos. So please do observe and execute such rests and staccatos correctly.

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1. Vowels