Rabaul Calling! (Focus on Specific Vocal Techniques)
Key:
(L1): Lead Vocal
(L2): Second Lead/Harmony Vocal
(B): Backing Vocals/Choir
(G): Group/Shouts/Hype Man
(Verse 1: Roots Reggae)
(L1) Fine afternoon, we sail out, Seadler Bay (Smooth relax singing)
(L1) Oh, Manus Island, mi lusim yu (I’m leaving you) (Octave Doubling)
(B) (Manus Island, solwara silip) (Unison chanting)
[Chorus 1: Roots Reggae]
(L1) Rabaul calling! Hear the engine roar! (Octave Doubling)
(L2) Rabaul calling! (Harmonized duet with L1)
(B) (Calling, calling! Far from shore!) (Unison chanting)
(L1) Bismarck Sea is deep and wide (Smooth relax singing)
(G) (Jah Guide!) (Unison chanting - Sharp, short delivery)
(L1) Heading to Rabaul Town tonight! (Smooth relax singing)
[Verse 2: Pop Reggae] (Bouncier, cleaner guitar, prominent keyboard bubble)
(L1) Got the phone, called my family goodbye (Smooth relax singing)
(L2) (Say goodbye!) (Question/Answer - L2 poses the echo like a question)
(L1) Walk the deck, to the cabin, time to rest (Smooth relax singing)
(L1) The engine roar and the wave it splashes white (Octave Doubling)
(L1) I look out and see Koronat Island canoes waving (Question/Answer - L1 asks rhetorically)
(G) (Wave hello!) (Unison chanting)
(L1) Traveling to the night hours we go (Smooth relax singing)
(B) (To Rabaul! Home in a week’s time!) (Round singing - A brief, staggered vocal echo)
(L1) "I'll be home in a week time" (Dramatic Dialogue - Delivered with conversational realism)
[Chorus 2: Pop Reggae]
(L1) Rabaul calling! Hear the engine roar! (Lead Vocal Double with L2 - Octave Doubling for thickness)
(L1 + L2) (Rabaul calling!) (Overlaps - Call response)
(B) (Oh, the Solwara silip so-re!) (Round singing)
(L1) Bismarck Sea is deep and wide (Smooth relax singing)
(L1) Heading to Rabaul Town tonight! (Octave Doubling)
(Verse 3: Island Reggae) (Ukulele/Mandolin feel, light percussion, very melodic)
(L1) Past Mokerang, towards Pak Island we glide (Smooth relax singing)
(B) (Pak Island in the night) (Descant Harmony - A high, flowing melody over L1)
(L1) Shining bright, the Southern Cross in the sky (Smooth relax singing)
(L1) Sailin' to Patuwam... (Yodelling - A short, traditional PNG-style vocal break)
(L1) I see the shore, and the fire is burning bright, yeah (Smooth relax singing)
(G) (Fire burn! Fire burn!) (Unison chanting - Energetic delivery)
(L1) Burning the coconut plantation, heading on (Counterpoint - L1's melody contrasts with a simple B-line simultaneously)
(L1) Towards Nauna Island, place of the yellow fin tuna (Smooth relax singing)
(L1) Away from Manus Island, my island blo mi (Octave Doubling)
(B) (Away from Manus! Solwara silip!) (Overlaps- Call response - L1 sings, B answers quickly)
Chorus 3: Island Reggae (Climactic, full vocal harmony)
(L1) Rabaul calling! Hear the engine roar! (Octave Doubling)
(L2) (Rabaul calling!) (Harmonized duet - Close Harmony with L1)
(B) (Oh, the Solwara silip so-re!) (Descant Harmony - Building the climactic
