Wondering

Introducing a minor tonality where the tonic is the 6th (La) of the major scale.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Bohemian Folk Song
Key: D Minor, pitches reflect A Flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AABA
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta ta ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: La/Mi, La/Do, Mi/So
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; minor tonality where La is the tonal center
Key Words: clouds, night, moon, far away, distant, sky, which, you or I, miles away, questions of wonder; abbreviation: silv’ry (silvery)

Video reviewing Solfeggio Format and singing ‘loo’ using the Music Format may be viewed here.

**“Wondering”**

		1.	Where are the clouds that were here last night? Why does the moon give a silv’ry light? Who can tell? Who can say? When will tomorrow be yesterday?

		2.	How far away is the distant sky? How do we know which is you or I? Who can tell? Who can say? How many miles would be far away.

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Who Built the Ark?

Advanced rhythms with syncopation.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ta ti ta (ta) |
| ta ti (ti) ta ti (ti) | ti ta ti ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
| ta ta ta ta | ta ti ta/ (ta) | ti ti ti ta/ (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa – adding Fa to the pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Do\La, So/Mi, So/Fa, So/Do, Do/Mi, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; refrain/verse, syncopation
Key Words: sacred, animals science, Bible stories, Noah, ark, animals, hippopotamus, kangaroo, cats, bumble bee, window, door, hive, elephant, window, door, laughed, monkey, tricks, giraffe, camels, heaven, voyage, one by one, two by two, etc.;
abbreviations: cryin’ (crying), fallin’ (falling); contractions: rain’s (rain is), can’t (cannot)

**“Who Built the Ark?”**

			Refrain

			Who built the ark? Noah, Noah, Who built the ark? Brother Noah built the ark.

		1.	Now didn’t old Noah build the ark? Built it out of a hickory bark. He built it long, both wide and tall, Plenty of room for the large and small.

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		2.	In came the animals two by two, Hippopotamus and kangaroo. In came the animals three by three, Two big cats and a bumble bee.

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		3.	In came the animals four by four, Two through the window and two through the door. In came the animals five by five, The bee came swarming from the hive.

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		4.	In came the animals six by six, The elephant laughed at the monkey’s tricks. In came the animals seven by seven, Giraffes and the camels looking up to heaven.

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		5.	In came the animals eight by eight, Some was on time and the others was late. In came the animals nine by nine, Some was a laughin’ and some were cryin’.

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		6.	In came the animals ten by ten, Time for the voyage to begin. Noah said, “Go shut the door, The rain’s started fallin’ and we can’t take more.”

			Refrain

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Whirlabout

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Playtime

Introducing sixteenths and advanced intervals, sung quickly!

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AABC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti ri |
| ta ti (ti) |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: advanced: descending tonic arpeggio So\Mi\Do, Do/Mi, Do/La, descending V7 arpeggio, La\Fa\Re, Fa\Ti, Ti/Re
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth, tempo: lightly, poco ritardando; dynamics: mezzo piano/medium loud, piano/soft, horizontal accent (sing/play the note a little louder/stronger), crescendo, decrescendo
Key Words: play songs, weather, earth science, windy, whirl, twirl, about, sink down, together

**“Whirlabout”**
Like a leaf or feather In the windy, windy weather, We will whirl about and twirl about, Then all sink down together.

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When We Go to Play

Introducing sixteenth notes, rhythm changes for verse syllables and the interval Fa\Re.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: USA -Play Song
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ri ti ti ri | ti ti ta |
| ti ti ti ti | ta (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Fa\Re
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter
Key Words: play things, toys for play, bat and ball, baseball, bicycles, roller skates, rolling hoops, jumping rope, playing outside

**“When We Go to Play”**

		1.	What shall we take when we go to play, go to play, go to play, What shall we take when we go to play, when we go to play?

		2.	We will take our bat and ball, bat and ball, bat and ball, We will take our bat and ball, when we go to play.

		3.	We will take our bicycles, bicycles, bicycles We will take our bicycles, when we go to play.

		4.	We will take our roller skates, roller skates, roller skates, We will take our roller skates, when we go to play.

		5.	We will take our rolling hoops, rolling hoops, rolling hoops, We will take our rolling hoops, when we go to play.

		6.	We will take our jumping ropes, jumping ropes, jumping ropes, We will take our jumping ropes, when we go to play.

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What Shall We Do On A Rainy Day?

Introducing sixteenth notes.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: USA – Game Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABaC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ri ti ti ri | ti ti ta |
| ta (ta) | ti ti ti ti ri |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Fa\Re, Re/So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter
Key Words: weather, rain, shall, play, book, read, outside, contractions: we’ll (we will), can’t (cannot)

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**“What Shall We Do On A Rainy Day?”**

		1.	What shall we do on a rainy day, rainy day, rainy day? What shall we do on a rainy day when we can’t go out to play?

		2.	We’ll read a book on a rainy day, rainy day, rainy day. We’ll read a book on a rainy day when we can’t go out to play.

		3.	What shall we do on a sunny day, sunny day, sunny day? What shall we do on a sunny day when we can go out and play?

		4.	We’ll play outside on a sunny day, sunny day, sunny day. We’ll play outside on a sunny day when we can go out and play.

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We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Melody goes up a whole step for first three phrases.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: England – Traditional Carol
Key: G Major
Time: 3/4
Form: rhythm: AAAB – pitches: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ta ta |
| ta ta ti ti | ta (ta) ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, La/Re, Ti\So, So/Mi, Do\La, La/Re, Re\Ti
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, uncommon interval: La/Re, common ending Re\Ti/Do
Key Words: sacred, holiday, seasonal, Christmas, New Year, old English end of the year tradition, figs, figgy, pudding, cup, good cheer, until, some; contraction: won’t (will not)

**“We Wish You a Merry Christmas”**

		1.	We wish you a merry Christmas; We wish you a merry Christmas; We wish you a merry Christmas, And a happy New Year.

		2.	Oh, bring us some figgy pudding; Oh, bring us some figgy pudding; Oh, bring us some figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.

		3.	We won’t go until we get some; We won’t go until we get some; We won’t go until we get some, so bring some right here!

		4.	We wish you a merry Christmas; We wish you a merry Christmas; We wish you a merry Christmas, And a happy New Year.

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We’re Riding Our Bicycles

Introducing the dotted quarter in 6/8 time and mastering the beginning Orff/Kodaly interval So\Mi.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Children’s Song
Key: D Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABAB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | running eighth notes, | ti ti ti ta/ |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/So, So/Do, Do/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, running eighth notes
Key Words: contrast: round and around, riding, bicycles, contraction: we’re (we are)

**“We’re Riding Our Bicycles”**
We’re riding our bicycles, riding our bicycles, Round and around, round and around. We’re riding our bicycles, riding our bicycles, Round and around, round and around.

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Welcome to Spring

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Times and Seasons

Introducing poco ritardando and a tempo.

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Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABA
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
| ta/a ta ti ti | ta/a/a (ta) | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Do\La, So/Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Do, Do/Fa, Mi\Do, Do/La, So\Mi, Fa\Re, Re\La
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; tempo: con spirito/with spirit, poco ritardando, a tempo; dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo
Key Words: seasons, earth science, weather patterns, Spring, March, April, May, breezy, fair, merry, lovely, time; abbreviations: show’ry (showery), flow’ry (flowery); possessive: Winter’s

**“Welcome to Spring”**
Welcome the merry time of Spring, March, April, May. March so breezy, April show’ry, Lovely May so fair and flow’ry; Welcome the merry time of Spring, Winter’s away.

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The Weather Vane

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Times and Seasons

Mastering the ascending and descending tonic intervals Do/Mi\Do (Major 3rd), and Do/So\Do (Perfect 5th).

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: E Flat Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti | ti/ ri ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do/So, So\Do, Fa\Re, So\Mi
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, multiple endings, tempo: moderato/moderately (86-97 BPM), horizontal accent (sing/play pitch a little louder/stronger), repeat signs
Key Words: earth science, wind directions, weather vane, weatherman, sock vane, steeple, weather vane, upon, people, showing, blowing, compass directions, North, East, South, West
Recorder: advanced: upper grades, upon completing the Beginning Recorder Songs

**“The Weather Vane”**
Look up, look up, good people! For high upon the steeple The weather vane has turned again! ‘Tis pointing North and showing That North Wind now is blowing. Look up, look up, good people! For high upon the steeple The weather vane has turned again! ‘Tis pointing East and showing That East Wind now is blowing. Look up, look up, good people! For high upon the steeple The weather vane has turned again! ‘Tis pointing West and showing That West Wind now is blowing. Look up, look up, good people! For high upon the steeple The weather vane has turned again! ‘Tis pointing South and showing That South Wind now is blowing.

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We Are Little Candles

Stepping down the staff while singing the major scale. Upper grades transfer reading skills to keyboard and recorder.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Traditional
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: rhythm: ABAB – pitches: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta (ta ta/a) |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Musical Elements: notes: quarter; rests: half, quarter; stepping down the descending major scale
Key Words: Hanukkah, holiday, menorah, candles, flames, dance, play, growing, smaller, melt, watch
Recorder: intermediate: excellent sixth (6th) tunefor upper grades, following the Beginning Recorder Songs, challenge students to perform the tune: forwards and backwards
Keyboard: advanced: upper grades, excellent tune after completing the C Major Scale Fingering Chart