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View Music Samples 'Simmons Listen to Melody
Alabama Singing Game
 
Introducing the half note and the ascending interval So/Do.
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  ABAC
  • Rhythm:  beginners: | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti | ta/a |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  So Do Re Mi
  • Intervals:  intermediate:  So/Do, Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do\La
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, half
  • Key Words: persimmons, farming, dancing, square dancing, left, right, circle, do-se-do
  • Combination format available upon request.
 
 
Kindergarten   00-SIMMO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples All the Little Babies Listen to Melody
American Folk Song,
 
Concentrating on intervals between Do and La.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate:  Do Re Mi So La Do - pentatonic scale
  • Intervals:  intermediate:  Do/La, Do\La, La\Mi, La\Do
  • Musical Elements:  sixteenth divisions
  • Key Words:  Baking bread, short'nin' (shortening), babies, doctor, bed, coffee, sick, children, dance, sing, kitchen, skillet, dollars, jail, pigeon wing
Vocabulary Builder! 
 
Kindergarten   00-ALLTH   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples All Who Born in January Listen to Melody
Trinidadian Folk Song
 
Introducing the months of the year and moving to music. 
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  AaBA
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ti ti ti ri ti ri ti ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  So Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals:  intermediate:  Do\So, So/Do, Mi\Do, Do/Mi, So\Mi, Mi/So, Mi\Do
  • Musical Elements:  sixteenth divisions
  • Key Words:  January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
  • Combination format available upon request
 
 
Kindergarten   00-ALLWH   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Alphabet Song Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Introduces letters and sounds of the English Alphabet. 
  • Key:  C Major                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  ABCD                
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ri ti ri ta |                
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So La                
  • Intervals:  intermediate:  Do/So, Re/So                
  • Musical Elements:  sixteenth divisions                
  • Key Words:  letters of the English alphabet                
  • Combination format available upon request
 
Same tune as Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
 
Kindergarten   00-ALPHA   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Are You Sleeping Listen to Melody
Traditional Round
 
Introducing rounds and canons. 
  • Key:  F Major                
  • Time:  4/4                
  • Form:  ABCD                
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ti ti ta/a |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals:  intermediate:  Mi\Do, So\Mi, Do/So, Do\So, So/Do
  • Musical Elements:  multiple part singing
  • Key Words:  singing in parts, 28 Language translations
28 Language translations - Afrikaans, Albanian, Argentinean, Berber, Creole (Haitian), Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, German, Greenlandic, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese.
 
Same tune as Freres Jacques.
 
Kindergarten   00-AREYO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Listen to Melody
Traditional Nursery Rhyme
 
Introducing the ascending P5 (perfect fifth) Do/So.
  • Key:  C Major                
  • Time:  4/4                
  • Form:  ABCD                
  • Rhythm:  advanced:  | ta ti ti ta ti ti| ti ti ta/a |ta ti ti ta/a |                
  • Pitches:  advanced:  Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, C Major                
  • Intervals:  advanced:  Do/So, Do\La, Re/So                
  • Musical Elements:  D.C. al Fine, Fine                
  • Key Words:  nursery rhyme, wool, dame, jerseys, socks, sweater, rug, blanket, Jersey Cow, milk, dog, cat
 
 
Kindergarten   00-BAABA   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Babylon's Fallin' Listen to Melody
Spiritual
 
Excellent for adding music literacy to your church, homeschool, or classroom.
  • Key:  G Major                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  ABaB                
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ta | ta ti ti |                
  • Pitches:  beginners:  Do Re Mi                
  • Intervals:  beginners:  Do/Mi, Mi\Do                
  • Musical Elements:  repeat sign, D.C. al Fine, Fine                
  • Key Words:  Jesus, sacred, Babylon, Bible story, peace, sin                
  • Combination format available upon request
 
 
Kindergarten   00-BABYL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Barnyard Song Listen to Melody
Kentucky Mountain Song
 
Increase memory skills while adding farm animal sounds to music.
  • Key:  C Major                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  ABC                
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ta | ta/ ti |                
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  So Do Re Mi La Do                
  • Intervals:  intermediate:  Do/Mi, So/Do, Do\So                
  • Musical Elements:  pick-up beat, dotted quarter, tied notes                
  • Key Words:  farm animals hen, duck, cat, goose, sheep, cow, horse, farm animal sounds
  • Combination format available upon request
 
 
Kindergarten   00-BARNY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Bell Horses Listen to Melody
English Nursery Rhyme
 
Beginning Orff interval So\Mi practice.
  • Key:  D Major                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  ABaB                
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta ti ti | ti ti ta |                
  • Pitches:  beginners:  So Do Re Mi La Do                
  • Intervals:  beginners:  So\Mi                
  • Musical Elements:  D.C. al Fine, Fine                
  • Key Words:  time of day, measuring time                
  • Combination format available upon request
 
 
Kindergarten   00-BELLH   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Bingo Listen to Melody
Traditional Folk Song
 
A fun tune for clapping melodic rhythms.
  • Key:  G Major                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  ABCCcD                
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta | ta ti ti |                
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa                
  • Intervals:  intermediate:  So/Do, Do\So, Mi\Do, Fa\Re, Ti\So                
  • Musical Elements:  pickup beat, clapping melodic rhythm                
  • Key Words:  farmer, dog                
  • Combination format available upon request
 
 
Kindergarten   00-BINGO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Bow, Wow, Wow! Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Introducing and reinforcing the tonic triad.
  • Key:  D Major                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  ABCA                
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta |                
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi So La                
  • Intervals:  intermediate:  Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do                
  • Musical Elements:  tonic triad                
  • Key Words:  art (are), thou, dog sounds, lost and found
 
 
Kindergarten   00-BOWSO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Bus, The Listen to Melody
Play Song
 
Reinforcing the ascending tonic triad.  Adding sounds to music.
  • Key:  G Major                
  • Time:  4/4                
  • Form:  ABAC                
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta/a ta/ ti |                
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  So Ti Do Re Mi So                
  • Intervals:  intermediate:  So/Do, Do/So, Re\Ti, Ti\So, Re\So, reinforces tonic:  So\Mi\Do
  • Musical Elements:  pickup beat, dotted quarter note, tonic triad pitchesKey Words:  bus, up, down, people, town, wheels, horn, wipers, signals, motor, babies, parents
  • Combination format available upon request
 
 
Kindergarten   00-BUSTH   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples By'm Bye Listen to Melody
Texas Folk Song
 
Introduces the ritardando and reinforces the descending tonic octave skip, Do\Do.
  • Key:  C Major                
  • Time:  4/4                
  • Form:  ABCDE                
  • Rhythm:  advanced:  | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | ta/a ti ta/ | ta/a/a ta | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So Do
  • Intervals:  advanced:  So/Do, Do\So, So\Mi, Do\Do descending octave
  • Musical Elements:  pickup beat, dotted quarter/half, ritardando, octave
  • Key Words: Counting 1 to 10
 
 
Kindergarten   00-BYMBY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Bye, Baby Bunting Listen to Melody
English Nursery Rhyme
 
Counting eighth notes, feeling 2/4 while reading 6/8, introducing the raised fourth, Fi.
  • Key:  C Major                
  • Time:  6/8                
  • Form:  ABBA                
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ti ta ti | ta ti ta/ |                
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa Fi So La                
  • Intervals:  advanced:  Mi/So, So\Re, Re/Fa, Do/Mi, Mi/La, Re/So
  • Musical Elements:  vocal slur, dotted quarter, raised fourth (Fi), accidental (sharp)
  • Key Words:  family members, father, mother, sister, brother, hunting, silking, milking rabbit, lamb, baby, bunting
 
Bunting:  lightweight worsted wool fabric generically known as tammy, made in the 1800's.
 
Kindergarten   00-BYEBA   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Clap Your Hands Listen to Melody
American Folk Song
 
Practicing a steady beat with body movements; introducing intervals Do/So, So\Do.
  • Key:  F Major                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  ABAB                
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ta| ti ti ti ti |                
  • Pitches:  beginners:  Do Re Mi So                
  • Intervals:  intermediate:  Do/So, Mi\Do, Do\So                
  • Musical Elements:  keeping a stead beat                
  • Key Words: clap, hands, shake, roll.  flap, pat, knees
 
 
Kindergarten   00-CLAPY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Cobbler, Cobbler Listen to Melody
English Nursery Rhyme
 
Introducing eighth notes and chanting words to rhythm patterns.
  • Key:  not pitched                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  by staff:  AAAAAA - by phrase:  AAA                
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |                
  • Pitches:  none
  • Intervals:  none                
  • Musical Elements:  eighth note divisions, form by line; by phrase                
  • Key Words: time of day, rhyming words, cobbler, shoe, half, two, eight, stitch, up, down, crown (money)                
  • Combination format available upon request
 
 
Kindergarten   00-COBBLE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Coral Listen to Melody
Folk Song
 
Excellent after Pitch Warm-up, "Finding Do-Mi-So" in D Major.
  • Key:  D Major                
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  AABC                
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta ti ti | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |                
  • Pitches: beginners:  Do Re Mi So La                
  • Intervals: beginners: descending tonic triad - So\Mi\Do                
  • Musical Elements:  eighth and quarter note rhythms, introducing the half note
  • Key Words: coral colors, insects, sea, earth science, sailor, ground, red, white
 
 
Kindergarten   00-CORAL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Cuckoo, The Listen to Melody
German Folk Song
 
Introducing the dotted quarter note.
  • Key:  F Major                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  ABab - question/answer                
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ti ti | ta/a (rest ti) | ti ti (ti) ti |                
  • Pitches: intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So La                
  • Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Fa/La, Mi\Do                
  • Musical Elements:  dotted quarter note                
  • Key Words: bird song, cuckoo, tree, right/wrong, German Cuckoo Clocks
 
 
Kindergarten   00-CUCKO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Daisy Chain Listen to Melody
Traditional Round
 
Master the location of Do, Mi, So in C Major and practice the descending tonic triad while singing in parts!
  • Key:  C Major Time:  2/4
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate:  Do Mi So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi\Do, Mi/La, Do/So reinforces the descending tonic triad So\Mi\Do
  • Musical Elements:  two part round/canon, singing in parts
  • Key Words: daisy, flowers, Valantines Day
 
 
Kindergarten   00-DAISY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Deedle, Deedle, Dumpling Listen to Melody
Game Song
 
Master Orff's beginning interval with challenging rhythms!
  • Key:  C Major                
  • Time:  4/4                
  • Form:  ABCa                
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |                
  • Pitches: beginners:  Do Mi So La                
  • Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So                
  • Musical Elements:  two part round/canon, singing in parts - reinforces Orff beginning interval So\Mi                
  • Key Words: rhyme, stockings, bed, one, shoe, off, on
 
 
Kindergarten   00-DEEDLE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Down Came a Lady Listen to Melody
American Game Song
 
This simple rhyme will challenge your best readers!
  • Key:  F Major                
  • Time:  4/4                
  • Form:  ABCD                
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ti ti ta ta| ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta (ta rest)|                
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  So La Do Re Mi                
  • Intervals:  intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Re\La, So/Do                
  • Musical Elements:  quarter rest, two measure phrases, question and answer
  • Key Words: rhyme, lady, wife, two, blue
 
 
Kindergarten   00-DOWNC   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Ducklings, The Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Stepping up and down from Do to La.
  • Key:  C Major                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  ABAB                
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta ti ti ta ta| ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta (ta rest)|                
  • Pitches: beginners:  Do Mi So La                
  • Intervals: none                
  • Musical Elements:  quarter note, eighth notes, half notes, introduces cross over fingering for playing scales, stepping up and down the staff                
  • Key Words: rhyming words, ducks, swimming, heads, water, tails                
  • Keyboard: advanced:  introduces cross over fingering for scale patterns
 
 
Kindergarten   00-DUCKL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Engine, Engine Number Nine Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Excellent beginning tune for non-readers!  Introduction to beginning Orff interval, So\Mi.
  • Key:  D Major                
  • Time:  2/4                
  • Form:  AAAA                
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta |                
  • Pitches:  beginners:  Mi So                
  • Intervals:  beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So                
  • Musical Elements:  simple rhythms, introduce/reinforce beginning Orff interval, So\Mi
  • Key Words: rhyming words:  nine, line, track, back - vocabulary:  engine, train, railroad, money
 
Note the tunes resemblance to the sound of a locomotive engine starting slowly.
 
Kindergarten   00-ENGIN   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Five Currant Buns Listen to Melody
English Nursery Rhyme
 
Learning to count backwards can be great fun.
  • Key:  F Major                
  • Time:  4/4                
  • Form:  ABaC                
  • Rhythm:  advanced:  | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti ti (ti rest) ta |                
  • Pitches: advanced:  So La Ti Do Re Mi So                
  • Intervals: advanced: So/Do, Ti/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, So\So (descending octave skip, common ending So La Ti Do.
  • Musical Elements:  eighth rest, descending octave skip So\So                
  • Key Words: counting backwards from five, rhyming words: shop, top, day, away, vocabulary: currant, baker, shop, fat sugar, boy, penny, bought
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Currant - a small dried fruit made from a seedless grape originally grown in the Eastern Mediterranean, widely used in food preparation.
 
Kindergarten   00-FIVEC   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Flower Girl, The Listen to Melody
Old English Round
 
Rounds promote singing and hearing two melodies at the same time while encouraging ensemble participation. Students love them!
  • Key:  F Major       
  • Time:  3/4       
  • Form:  ABAb       
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta/a ti ta|       
  • Pitches: intermediate:  So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So       
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, So\Mi, Mi\Do, ending Do\Ti/Do/Re\Do, reinforces descending tonic So\Mi\Do
  • Musical Elements:  round, canon, singing in parts, hearing two parts, vocal blending, doted quarter note, common ending; dancing quickly over the tonic before finding it again.
  • Key Words: Posies, roses, primroses, cowslips, lilies, flowers, spring
 
 
Kindergarten   00-FLOWE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Follow Me Listen to Melody
French Folk Melody
 
Promote independent singing while practicing a steady beat!
  • Key:  G Major       
  • Time:  4/4       
  • Form:  Aa       
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ti ti ta ti ti |       
  • Pitches: intermediate:  So Do Re Mi       
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Re\So, Mi\Do       
  • Musical Elements:  pickup beat, independent singing, creating movements to the steady beat
  • Key Words: walking in an line, cooperation, singing alone, singing alone
 
 
Kindergarten   00-FOLLO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples For Health and Strength Listen to Melody
Traditional Round
 
Rounds promote independent and ensemble musical skills. 
  • Key:  F Major       
  • Time:  4/4       
  • Form:  AB       
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta/a/a |       
  • Pitches: intermediate:  So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So       
  • Intervals: beginners: So/So (ascending octave skip)       
  • Musical Elements:  pickup beat, singing in parts, octave, dotted half note, independent singing
  • Key Words: sacred, Lord, prayer round, blessing
 
 
Kindergarten   00-FORHE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Fuzzy Wuzzy Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Introducing the sixth (La) to the beginning Orff interval, So\Mi.
  • Key:  D Major       
  • Time:  2/4       
  • Form:  AAaB       
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta |       
  • Pitches: beginners:  Mi So La       
  • Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So, Mi/La       
  • Musical Elements:  quarter rest, simple rhythms, introducing the sixth (La)       
  • Key Words: rhyming words:  bear, hair, animals
  • Combination format available upon request
 
 
Kindergarten   00-FUZZY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Georgie Porgie Listen to Melody
16th-century English Nursery Rhyme
 
Advanced intervals and the introduction of the raised fifth (Si) will make this a challenge for your best readers.
  • Key:  C Major       
  • Time:  6/8       
  • Form:  ABbB       
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ti ta ti | ta ti ta/ | ti ti ti ta/ |       
  • Pitches: advanced:  Ti Do Re Mi Fa So Si La       
  • Intervals: advanced: Mi/So, Fa/La, La\Re, So\Do, Do/Mi, Re/Fa, Fa\Ti, Ti/Re, La\Si, Si/Ti, So/Do, Do\Mi       
  • Musical Elements:  dotted quarter, raised 5th (Si), uncommon intervals
  • Key Words: pudding, pie, kissed, girls, cry, boys, plays
 
The lyrics to "Georgie Porgie" are thought to refer to the courtier to King James I, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628).
 
Kindergarten   00-GEORGIE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Goosey, Goosey Gander Listen to Melody
Late 16th-century English Nursery Rhyme
 
Introducing divisions for dotted eighth note followed by a sixteenth note.  Challenging intervals will require your best readers.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  ABaC
  • Rhythm:  advanced:  | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta ti/ ri |
  • Pitches: advanced:  Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
  • Intervals: advanced: Mi/So, La/Do, Do\So, So\Mi, Re/Fa\Re, Re\Ti, Mi/La, La\Fa
  • Musical Elements:  dotted eighth, sixteenth note, excellent for introducing a dotted eighth sixteenth division, uncommon intervals
  • Key Words: prayers, wander, up, down, stairs, lady's chamber, old, left, goose, gander
 
 
Kindergarten   00-GOOSE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Green, Green, Green Listen to Melody
German Children's Song
 
Singing alone and with others while learning colors.
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  AaBb (B has a repeating pattern)
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta ti ti | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate:  La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: intermediate: Re\Ti, Do\So, Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re/Fa
  • Musical Elements:  quarter rest, singing alone and with others
  • Key Words: learning colors, green, meeting new friends, student introductions
 
 
Kindergarten   00-GREEN   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Happy River, The Listen to Melody
French Folk Song
 
Stepping up and down the staff and introducing the beginning Orff interval, So\Mi.
A wonderful five finger keyboard exercise for left and right hands.
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  ABAC
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: beginners:  Do Re Mi Fa So, stepping up and down from Do to So, and back
  • Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, beginning Orff interval
  • Musical Elements:  quarter rest, beginning keyboard exercise
  • Key Words: river, singing, flows, nature
  • Keyboard:  beginners:  excellent five finger exercise in both the right and left hands
 
 
Kindergarten   00-HAPPY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Hark, Hark, The Dogs Do Bark Listen to Melody
13th-century Nursery Rhyme
 
Counting eighth notes in 6/8 time.
  • Key:  F Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta/ ta ti | ti ti ti ti ta ti | ta ti ta ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate:  So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Fa\Re, Re\So, So/Do
  • Musical Elements:  dotted quarter, dotted half, 6/8 feeling like 2/4
  • Key Words: strangers, secret codes, town life, hark, the dogs do bark, beggars, town, rags, jags, velvet, gown, Saxon, England; jag - a slash or slit in a garment exposing material of a different color
 
Prior to the 13th century in Saxon, England, during outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague, strangers were looked upon with horror!  Dogs barking alerted the townspeople to strangers in their area, hence the words "Hark, hark the dogs do bark."
 
Kindergarten   00-HARKH   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Have You Ever Been to London Listen to Melody
Old Folk Tune
 
Same tune as "John Brown Had a Little Indian."
  • Key:  F Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  AaAB
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate:  So Ti Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Re\Ti, Ti/Re, Ti\So, So/Do, reinforces:  tonic and dominate
  • Musical Elements:  Repeat sign, half, quarter, eighth notes, half rest
  • Key Words: counting forward and backwards from 1 to 10 and back to 1
 
 
Kindergarten   00-HAVEY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Here We Sit Listen to Melody
Singing Game
 
A singing game to foster your student's independent voice. Excellent for beginning Orff interval So\Mi.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  ABBC
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta |
  • Pitches: beginners:  Mi So
  • Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So
  • Musical Elements:  singing alone, beginning vocal interval So\Mi
  • Key Words: voice identification game using beginning Orff interval So\Mi, space, wide, hide, first song, student introductions
 
 
Kindergarten   00-HEREW   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Hey Diddle Diddle Listen to Melody
19th-century English Nursery Rhyme
 
Introducing a vocal slur and a tied notes.
  • Key:  F Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/a/ ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate:  So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: So\Re, Re\Ti, Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Mi\So
  • Musical Elements:  6/8 time, eighth rest, dotted quarter, tied notes (tie = plus sign (+) in math), vocal slur
  • Key Words: cat, fiddle, cow, jumped, moon, dog, sport, dish, ran spoon, laughed
 
 
Kindergarten   00-HEYDI   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Hickory, Dickory, Dock Listen to Melody
Nursery Rhyme
 
Introducing the dotted quarter note.
  • Key:  C Major - Modality:  beginning on the 3rd (Mi) in the Phrygian Mode before ending in the Major Mode on Do.
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta | ti ta ti ta ti ta ti ta/ |
  • Pitches: intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/La, Do\La, La\Mi, La\Do
  • Musical Elements:  6/8, eighth rest, dotted quarter
  • Key Words: telling time, animals, hours, bird, dog, bear, bee, hive, hen, pecked, fiddle-sticks, cat, horse, cake, cow, danced, pig, oinked, duck, quacked, heavens, mouse, noon
 
 
Kindergarten   00-HICKO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Higgledy, Piggledy, My Black Hen Listen to Melody
Nursery Rhyme
 
Counting 6/8 time and feeling 2 beats.
  • Key:  F Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABBA
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ti ta/ | ta ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate:  Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, Fa\Re, So\Mi, La\Mi
  • Musical Elements:  dotted quarter, eighth rest, vocal slur, 6/8 = 2 dotted quarter notes
  • Key Words: black, hen, laying eggs, farming, gentlemen, nine, ten, non-sense words
 
 
Kindergarten   00-HIGGL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Hippety Hop Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
The sound of skipping to a steady beat.
  • Key:  F Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABCB
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ti ta ti | ta/ ta/ |
  • Pitches: intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: So\Do, Mi\Do, La\Re, Re/Fa
  • Musical Elements:  6/8, dotted quarter, skipping a steady beat
  • Key Words: dance tune, barber shop, candy - in the past a barber shop also sold candy.
  • Combination format available upon request
 
 
Kindergarten   00-HIPPE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Hop Old Squirrel Listen to Melody
Virginia Folk Song
 
Introducing the first three pitches of the scale.
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  ABAb
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ta |
  • Pitches: beginners:  Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi
  • Musical Elements:  quarter rest, stepping from Mi down to Do.
  • Key Words: squirrel, non-sense words, hop a steady beat to the music
  • Keyboard:  beginners:  three finger exercise in left, right, and both hands together
  • Recorder:  beginners:  excellent follow up to first beginning recorder tune
  • Combination format available upon request.
 
 
Kindergarten   00-HOPOL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Hot Cross Buns Listen to Melody
English Folk Song
 
Each format includes questions about the musical elements of this tune. Promotes student observation and retention.
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  AABA
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta ta | ti ti ti ti | ta (ta) |
  • Pitches: beginners:  Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi
  • Musical Elements:  discovering form in music, quarter note/rest, eight note
  • Key Words: pastries, penny, one, two, fresh, sweet, sons, daughters, baking, cooking
  • Keyboard:  beginning:  three finger exercise in left, right, and both hands together
  • Combination format available upon request.
 
Discovering form in music.
 
Kindergarten   00-HOTCR   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Humpty Dumpty Listen to Melody
Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme
 
Introducing the dotted quarter note in 6/8 time.
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  AABB
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta ti ta ti | ti ti ti ta/ |
  • Pitches: beginners:  Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi, Mi/So, Mi/La, Do/Fa, Fa\Do
  • Musical Elements:  division of a dotted quarter note (3 ti's), 6/8 time:  eighth note receives one beat
  • Key Words: rhyming words, wall, fall, King's men, horses, together
 
 
Kindergarten   00-HUMPT   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Hush Little Baby Listen to Melody
Southern U.S. Folk Song
 
Melodic rhythm changes with each verse.
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  AB
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | - changes with verses
  • Pitches: beginners:  So Do Re Mi Fa
  • Intervals: beginners: So/Mi, Re\So, So/Re
  • Musical Elements:  half note, interval of a fourth, ending a phrase on the 2nd, converting quarter notes to two eighth notes for verse syllable changes
  • Key Words: mocking bird, diamonds, rocking chair, billy goat, looking glass, cart, bull, dog, horse
  • Combination format available upon request.
 
 
Kindergarten   00-HUSHL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples I'm A Little Tea Pot Listen to Melody
Nursery Rhyme
 
Distinguishing between intervals Do\La and Do\So.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  ABAB
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta | ta/ ti ti ti ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do\La/Do, Do\So
  • Musical Elements:  dotted quarter note
  • Key Words: cooking, boiling water, steam, short, stout, pour, tea-cups, kettle, whistle
 
Last verse is popular in Great Britain.
 
Kindergarten   00-IMALI   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples If You're Happy Listen to Melody
Singing Game
 
Intermediate intervals with a beginners pace.
  • Key:  F Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  AABA
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta (ta) (ta) ti ti | running eighth notes
  • Pitches: beginners:  So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
  • Intervals: beginners: So/Do, Do\So, So/Re, Fa\La, La\Mi
  • Musical Elements:  pickup beat, steady beat,
  • Key Words: Clapping, stomping, shouting, memory game, your/you're
  • Combination format available upon request.
 
 
Kindergarten   00-IFYOU   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Jack and Jill Listen to Melody
18th-century English Nursery Rhyme
 
Challenging intervals for the very young.
  • Key:  F Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABAb
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ti ta ti | ta/ ta (ti) |
  • Pitches: advanced:  Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: advanced: Do\So, So/Do, So/Mi, Fa/Re, Re\Fa, Mi/Do\Mi, Re/La, So\Ti, Ti/Re
  • Musical Elements:  dotted quarter note, eighth rest, counting eighth notes, uncommon intervals
  • Key Words: vocabulary builder: hill, fetch, pail, water, fell, up, down, broke, crown, tumbling, home, trot, fast, caper, bed, head, covered, vinegar, brown, paper
May we suggest Three Songs About Jack, as part of your next program?
(Jack and Jill, Jack Be Nimble, Jack Sprat) 

First published in the 1760s in John Newbery's Mother Goose's Melody.
 
Kindergarten   00-JACKA   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Jack Be Nimble Listen to Melody
English Nursery Rhyme
 
Excellent for inroducing 6/8 time!
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  AB
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ti ta ti | ta ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, uncommon interval So/Ti, uses all the pitches of C major scale
  • Intervals:  intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, uncommon interval So/Ti, uses all the pitches of C major scale
  • Musical Elements:  eighth notes, flagged and beemed, eighth rest, excellent introduction to 6/8 time
  • Key Words: nimble, jump, high, low, over, toe
May we suggest Three Songs About Jack, as part of your next program?
(Jack and Jill, Jack Be Nimble, Jack Sprat) 

Rhyme dates from around 1815.
 
Kindergarten   00-JACKB   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Jack Sprat Listen to Melody
English Nursery Rhyme
 
The rhyme helps master the complex rhythms quickly.   Introducing the raised fourth, Fi.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  advanced:  | ti/ ri ti ti | ta ti/ ri | ti ti ti/ ri | ti/ ti ti/ ri |
  • Pitches:  advanced:  Do Re Mi Fa Fi So La Ti Do - introduces the raised fourth (Fi)   
  • Intervals:  advanced: Do\So, Do/Mi, So\Do, Do/La, Ti\Mi, Do\La, La\Mi,   
  • Musical Elements:  dotted rhythms, divisions of sixteenths, raised fourth - Fi
  • Key Words: fat, lean, between, betwixt, platter, licked, wife
May we suggest Three Songs About Jack, as part of your next program?
(Jack and Jill, Jack Be Nimble, Jack Sprat) 

The name Jack Sprat dates from the sixteenth century and was often used by people of small stature. The text originates from an English Proverb known in the mid-seventeenth century.
 
Kindergarten   00-JACKS   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Jenny Jones Listen to Melody
American Folk Song,
 
Perfect after reading Pitch Warm-up Finding Do-Mi-So! Promotes singing alone and with others while walking and dancing to a steady beat.
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABaC (repeated)
  • Rhythm:  advanced:  | ta ti ta ti | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta/ |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  So La Ti Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals:  advanced: So/Do, Do/Mi/So, So\Mi\Do, Re\Ti, Ti\So, Re\So, So/Mi, reinforces the tonic triad
  • Musical Elements:  pickup beat, dotted quarter, tied note, vocal slur, singing alone and with others, repeat sign, counting eighth notes, walking/dancing with steady beat
  • Key Words: greeting song, game song, washing, starching, ironing, sweeping, dead
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Kindergarten   00-JENNY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Jesus Loves Me Listen to Melody
Hymn by Susan Warner
Music by William Batcheldor Bradbury
 
One of the most popular children's hymns introduces dotted rhythms easily.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  ABAC, chorus: ABAC
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ti/ ri | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta | ta ti ti ti ta/ |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi So La Do
  • Intervals:  intermediate: So\Mi Mi\Do Mi/So, La/Do\La, Do/Mi, So\Do
  • Musical Elements:  notes: half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, dotted quarter, dotted eighth, four measure phrases
  • Key Words: sacred, children's hymn, character education, Jesus's story, bible, weak, strong, children, bad, light, love, friend, give, live, heaven, sin, sad, ill, sin, died, bled, henceforth
 
 
Kindergarten   00-JESUS   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Johnny Works With One Hammer Listen to Melody
American Singing Game
 
Adding the second (Re) to the tonic triad pitches.
  • Key:  F Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  ABAC
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta/a ta ta | ta ta ta ta | ta/a (ta/a) |
  • Pitches:  beginners:  Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals:  beginners: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Do, Re/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do (reinforces tonic triad)   
  • Musical Elements:  quarter note, half note, half rest
  • Key Words: counting to five (5), hammer, work, one, two, three, four
  • Keyboard: intermediate:  Excellent five finger exercise for the left and right hand.
  • Combination format available upon request.
 
 
Kindergarten   00-JOHNN   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Lavender's Blue Listen to Melody
Old English Singing Game
 
Distinguishing between Do/So and Do/La.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  3/4
  • Form:  ABAC
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/a/a | ta ta ta |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals:  intermediate: Do/So (P5th, ascending perfect fifth), Do/La (M6th, ascending Major sixth) La\Do Do/Fa (P4, ascending perfect fourth)
  • Musical Elements:  dotted half note, singing a perfect fourth and fifth, and a Major sixth
  • Key Words: blue, green, king, queen, work, plough, cart, thresh, corn, whilst, farming, lavender
 
 
Kindergarten   00-LAVEND   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Lemonade Listen to Melody
American Singing Game
 
Perfect as a beginning song to your year.  Fostering independent singing while introducing the beginning interval So\Mi.
  • Key:  E Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ta |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Mi So
  • Intervals:  intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/So
  • Musical Elements:  quarter note, eighth notes,singing alone and with others, beginning vocal interval So\Mi (Orff), excellent beginning song
  • Key Words: trade, job, geography, voice identification game using beginning Orff interval So\Mi, first song, work
  • Combination format available upon request.
 
Developing an independent voice using the Orff beginning interval, So\Mi.
 
Kindergarten   00-LEMON   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Little Bo-Peep Listen to Melody
English Nursery Rhyme
 
Introducing the dotted quarter note, using all the pitches of the major scale, counting eighth notes, and uncommon intervals make this a challenge for intermediate readers.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  intermedaite:  | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/ ta/ | ta ti ta/ |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
  • Intervals:  intermediate: So/Do, Do\Mi, Mi/Ti, So\Re, So\Mi, Mi/La
  • Musical Elements:  6/8 time, counting eighth notes, dotted quarter note, uncommon intervals
  • Key Words: sheep.  nursery rhymes, wagging, dreamt, bleating, fleeting, crook, determined, they'd, stray, meadow, espied, hillocks, shepherdess, sheep farming, bleeding heart, 'em (them)
 
Intermediate intervals using all the pitches of the major scale
 
Kindergarten   00-LITTL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Little Boy Blue Listen to Melody
19th-century English Nursery Rhyme
 
Advanced rhythms, pitches, and intervals will challenge you best readers!
  • Key:  F Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  advanced:  | ti ti ti ti (ti) ti | ti/ ri ti ti/ ri ti | ti/ ri ti ti ti ri |
  • Pitches:  advanced:  So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals:  advanced: So/Do, Do\La, So/Mi, Do/So, So\Mi\Do, La/Fa, Fa\Re, Ti\So
  • Musical Elements:  counting eighth notes, dotted quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth notes, eighth rest
  • Key Words: farming, village, boy, blue, horn, sheep, meadow, cow, corn, haystack
 
 
Kindergarten   00-LITTLEB   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Little Jack Horner Listen to Melody
English/US Nursery Rhyme
 
Tied notes and uncommon intervals, Ti/Mi, Ti/La, for advanced readers.
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABAC
  • Rhythm:  advanced:  | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/_a (ti) ti |
  • Pitches:  advanced:  So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals:  advanced: So/Do, La/Re, Ti/Mi, Ti/La, Fa\La
  • Musical Elements:  counting eighth notes, dotted quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth notes, eighth rest
  • Key Words: Christmas, sacred, corner, eating, pie, thumb, plum, self-esteem
 
The first publication date for "Little Jack Horner" is 1725.
 
Kindergarten   00-LITTLEJ   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Little Miss Muffet Listen to Melody
Nursery Rhyme
 
Beginning on the fourth and introducing the raised tonic, Di.
  • Key:  F Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABCB
  • Rhythm:  advanced:  | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/_a ti |
  • Pitches:  advanced:  Ti Do Di Re Mi Fa So, raised tonic Di
  • Intervals:  advanced: Fa\Re, Mi\Do, Do/Fa, Re\Di/Re, Re/So, So\Mi
  • Musical Elements:  dotted quarter, tied notes, eighth rest, counting eighth notes, running eighth notes
  • Key Words: tuffet, curds, whey, spider, frightened
 
tuffet - piece of furniture used as a footstool or low seat.
curds - soft, white substance formed when milk sours, used as the basis for cheese.
whey - the watery part of milk that remains after the formation of curds.
 
Kindergarten   00-LITTLEM   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Little Tommy Tinker Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Concentrating on the tonic triad and the interval Do\So.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | ta ti ti ti ti ta | ta/a/a (ta) |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi So Do
  • Intervals:  intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, Do\So, So\Mi, So/Do
  • Musical Elements:  dotted half note, vocal slur, singing in parts, reinforces descending interval Do\So
  • Key Words: clinker (hot ash or cinder)
 
 
Kindergarten   00-LITTLE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Little Tommy Tucker Listen to Melody
Nursery Rhyme
 
Introducing the raised fifth, Si.  Advanced pitches and intervals.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  6/8
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
  • Pitches:  advanced:  Do Re Mi Fa So Si La Ti Do Re Mi, sharped 5th, Si
  • Intervals:  advanced: So/Do, Do\Mi, Do/Mi(8), Do\La, So\Re/So, So\Mi\Do, Do/La, Si/Do, La\Fa, Mi/Do, So\Do
  • Musical Elements:  quarter note, eighth note, quarter rest, uncommon intervals, 2 measure rhythm patterns, vocal slur
  • Key Words: bread, butter, cut, knife, married, wife, orphans, begging, poor
 
The phrase "Little Tommy Tucker" was a colloquial term used to describe orphans.  Singing for his supper refers to begging.
 
Kindergarten   00-LITTLET   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples London's Burning Listen to Melody
Traditional English Round
 
Singing in two parts.  Introducing the descending octave So\So.
  • Key:  G Major
  • Time:  3/4
  • Form:  ABCA
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ta ta ti ti | ta/a ta | ta/a ti ti |
  • Pitches:  advanced:  So Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals:  advanced: So/Do, Do\So, Mi/So, So\So (descending dominate octave)
  • Musical Elements:  pickup beat, singing in 2 parts, notes:  quarter, half, eighth
  • Key Words:  London, England, geography, fire engine, putting out fires, fetch, fireman
 
 
Kindergarten   00-LONDON   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Lost My Gold Ring Listen to Melody
Jamaican Children's Song
 
Promoting an independent voice.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  AB (by measure ABCD)
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta| ti ta ti ta/a |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals:  intermediate: So\Mi, So\Do, Do/Mi, Fa\Re
  • Musical Elements:  syncopation, notes:  half, quarter, eighth, independent singing
  • Key Words: game song, Kingston, Jamaican
  • Keyboard:  intermediate:  Excellent five finger exercise for the left and right hand.
 
 
Kindergarten   00-LOSTM   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Lucy Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Introducing the sharp sixth, Li.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  4/4
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta ta ta ta | ta/a (ta) ta |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  Mi Fa So La Li Ti Do, raised 6th (Li)
  • Intervals:  intermediate: Do\So, Mi/So, So/Do, Ti\So, So/Ti
  • Musical Elements:  notes:  half, quarter, quarter rest, sharp
  • Key Words: hand jive tune, doctor, nurse, alligator, purse, throat, bathtub, swim
 
 
Kindergarten   00-LUCY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Lucy Locket Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Excellent follow-up to the beginning Orff interval, So\Mi.
  • Key:  D Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  ABAB
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ti ti ti ti | ta ta |
  • Pitches:  beginners:  Mi So La
  • Intervals:  beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So
  • Musical Elements:  notes:  quarter, eighth, beginning Orff interval
  • Key Words: nursery rhyme, locket, penny, lost, found, ribbon
 
 
Kindergarten   00-LUCYL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Mary Had a Little Lamb Listen to Melody
19th-century North American Nursery Rhyme
 
Introducing the dotted eighth and sixteenth notes.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  ABAC
  • Rhythm:  intermediate:  | ti/ ri ti ti |
  • Pitches:  beginners:  Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals:  beginners: Mi\So/Mi
  • Musical Elements:  dotted eighth notes, sixteenth notes, quarter notes, excellent for building from the beginning Orff interval, So\Mi to the modal center, Do
  • Key Words: school days, farming, character education, fleece, white, snow, school, rule, laugh, play, eager, children, cry, teacher
  • Keyboard:  intermediate:  Excellent five finger exercise for the left and right hand.
 
A true story about children in Sterling, MA, USA, the original rhyme was first published by Sarah Josepha Hale on May 24, 1830. The rhyme was also the very first words recorded in the history of recorded sound by Thomas Edison.
 
Kindergarten   00-MARYH   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Mary Wore a Red Dress Listen to Melody
Virginia Folk Song
 
Introducing a vocal slur and intermediate intervals.
  • Key:  C Major
  • Time:  2/4
  • Form:  ABCD
  • Rhythm:  beginners:  | ta ti ti |
  • Pitches:  intermediate:  So La Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals:  intermediate: La/Do, Mi/So, So\Re, Mi\Do, Do\La
  • Musical Elements:  vocal slurs, notes: quarter, beamed eights, quarter rest, clapping a stead beat
  • Key Words: colors, clothing, dress, hat, shoes, red bird
 
Easily adapts to a children's game using each student's name, clothing, hats, and shoes of different colors; where all students clap during the chorus.
 
Kindergarten   00-MARYW   Each format is $0.99