The Little Shoemaker

Advanced rhythms and intervals will challenge your best readers!

Description

Grade: First
Origin: American, US Traditional
Key: E Flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AaBb
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ta ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ta |
| ta/a/a ti ti | ta ti ti ti ti ta | ta/ ti ta ta |
| ta/a/a (ti) ti | ti ti ta ta/ ti | ti ti ta ta ti ti |
| ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: advanced: Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\So, So/Mi, So\So (descending dominate octave skip), So/Do, Do/La, La\Do, Do/So, So/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; descending dominate octave skip, uncommon intervals
Key Words: shoemaker, house, over the way, wee, sews, hammers, contractions: there’s (there is)

**“The Little Shoemaker”**
There’s a little wee man in a little wee house, Lives over the way you see, And sits at the window and sews all day. Making shoes for you and me. A-rap a-tap tap, A-rap a-tap tap, Hear the hammers tit-tat-tee. A-rap a-tap tap, A-rap a-tap tap, Making shoes for you and me.

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The Little Gardener

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
In the Garden

Introducing poco ritardando and a tempo.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: Aa
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta/a (ta) ta |
| ta/a/a ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi, Mi/So, So\Do, Do/Mi, Mi\La, Do\So, Do/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; tempo: andantino/slightly faster (78-83 BPM), poco ritardando, a tempo, first and second endings, repeat signs, dynamics: crescendo, decrescendo
Key Words: growing plants, gardening, gardener, roots, weeds, might, cool, cloud, sky, quickly, pulled, sprinkled, plants, contractions: flow’r (flower), show’r (shower), brimmin’ (brimming)

**“The Little Gardener”**

		1.	“I wish I had room for my roots!” said the flow’r; “All about them so many weeds crowd! I wish oh I wish there might be a cool show’r, But the sky has not even a cloud.”

		2.	To work in his garden the child quickly ran, And he pulled ev’ry weed from the bed, He sprinkled the plants from his brimmin’ full can; Little flow’r did de know what you said?

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A Little Dancing Song

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Playtime

A short tune with advanced intervals.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti | ta ta | ta (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: advanced: So\Re, Fa\Re, Re/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Re\La, Ti\So, La/Do, Do\So, So/Re, Re/Fa, La\Fa, Mi/So, Do\La
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rests: quarter; tempo: allegro giocoso/fast, quickly and bright, merrily/funny (109-132 BPM), poco ritardando, a tempo, dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, forte/loud, crescendo, decrescendo, horizontal accent: sing/play the note louder
Key Words: play songs, dancing, float, around, follow, music’s (possessive), sound, point, heel, toe, bow, low

**“A Little Dancing Song”**
Now in the dance we’ll float around, Follow the music’s merry sound. Point heal and toe, Bow very low, Dancing and dancing away we go.

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Little Bunny Foo Foo

Discovering variations in the form, syncopation, and
a descending tonic arpeggio.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Traditional: variations on “Down at the Station” and “Alouette“
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: rhythm: AAaB – pitches: ABab
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ta ti ti |
| ti ri ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a |
Pitches: beginners: So Ti Do Re Mi
Intervals: beginners: Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; tonic arpeggio (F – I)
Key Words: Nonsense song, hopping, bunny, animal science, scooping, field mice, goon, hare, rabbit, Easter, through; abbreviations: boppin’ (bopping), ’em (them); contractions: I’ll (I will)

**“Little Bunny Foo Foo”**

	1.	Little Bunny Foo Foo Hopping through the forest, Scooping up the field mice and Boppin’ ’em on the head!(spoken) Down came the Good Fairy, and she said:“Little Bunny Foo Foo I don’t want to see you, Scooping up the field mice and Boppin’ ’em on the head!”(spoken) “I’ll give you three chances, and if you don’t behave I’ll turn you into a goon!”

	2.	Little Bunny Foo Foo Hopping through the forest, Scooping up the field mice and Boppin’ ’em on the head!(spoken) Down came the Good Fairy, and she said:“Little Bunny Foo Foo I don’t want to see you, Scooping up the field mice and Boppin’ ’em on the head!”(spoken) “I’ll give you two more chances, and if you don’t behave I’ll turn you into a goon!”

	3.	Little Bunny Foo Foo Hopping through the forest, Scooping up the field mice and Boppin’ ’em on the head!(spoken) Down came the Good Fairy, and she said:“Little Bunny Foo Foo I don’t want to see you, Scooping up the field mice and Boppin’ ’em on the head!”(spoken) “I’ll give you one more chance, and if you don’t behave I’ll turn you into a goon!”

	4.	Little Bunny Foo Foo Hopping through the forest, Scooping up the field mice and Boppin’ ’em on the head!(spoken) Down came the Good Fairy, and she said:“Little Bunny Foo Foo I don’t want to see you, Scooping up the field mice and Boppin’ ’em on the head!”(spoken) “I gave you three chances, and you didn’t behave. Now I’ll turn you into a goon! POOF!”

		The moral of the story is: HARE TODAY, GOON TOMORROW

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Lightly Row

Adding to the beginning Orff interval and transferring vocal skills to the keyboard.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: American, US Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AaBa
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti | ta/a |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Fa\Re, Do/Mi/So (tonic arpeggio)
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth
Key Words: play song, glassy, waves, smoothly, glide, silent, tide, wind, weather, mingled, harmony, sing, float, boat, contraction: o’er (over)
Keyboard: beginners: perfect five finger exercise for left, right, and two hands together

“Lightly Row”

Lightly row, lightly row, o’er the glassy waves we go,
Smoothly glide, smoothly glide on the silent tide.
Let the wind and weather be mingled with our harmony.
Sing and float, sing and float in our little boat.

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The Lighthouse

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
By the Sea

Singing the tonic octave skip, ascending and descending, Do to Do.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: D Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AABAAB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi So La Ti Do Re
Intervals: advanced: So/Do, Do\La, La/Do, Re\So, So/La, Do\Do (descending octave skip), Do/Do (ascending octave skip), Do/Mi
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; tempo: allegretto con moto/moderately quick, with motion; dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, forte/loud, crescendo, decrescendo, horizontal accent:
accent mark, play the note louder
Key Words: lighthouse, beaming, shinning, bright, clear, danger, sailor, waves, darkest, night, guides, aright, sailing, boating, contraction: o’er (over)

**“The Lighthouse”**
Beaming, shining bright and clear, The lighthouse tells of danger near. “Sailor! Sailor! rocks are here!” O’er the waves, thro’ darkest night! The sailor guides his boat aright. “Lighthouse! Lighthouse! thanks for light!”

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Let Us Chase the Squirrel – NEW

Adding the second (Re) to the tonic triad and practicing the ascending minor third Mi/So.

Description

Grade: First (1)
Origin: North Carolina Game Song, United States
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ta (ta)
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So
Intervals: beginners: Mi/So (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rests: quarter; running eighth notes, ascending minor third
Key Words: geography: United States North Carolina, game song, squirrel, climb, catch, up/down, tree, game song, animals, contraction: hick’ry (hickory)

**“Let Us Chase the Squirrel”**

	1.	Let us chase the squirrel, Up the hick’ry, down the hick’ry. Let us chase the squirrel Up the hick’ry tree!

	2.	If you want to catch him, Up the hick’ry, down the hick’ry. If you want to catch him, Learn to climb a tree!

GAME

Version One: Facing students join hands to form tree. Each tree has a student representing a squirrel in their limbs, one lone squirrel is not in the trees. Students sing the song and raise their arms at the end. All squirrels run to another tree before the limbs fall. Their will be one squirrel left out each time.

Version Two: Students form a circle with one student on the outside holding a scarf/tail. All students sing while the squirrel circles tapping another student and dropping his tail at the end of the song. Chosen student and squirrel run in opposite directions to claim the open spot. Winner joins the singing circle and the game continues.

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Laugh, Ha, Ha!

Introducing the descending (1\5, Do\So) and ascending (5/1, So/Do) perfect fourth.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: USA – Traditional Round
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ta/a | ti ti ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: Do\So, So/Do, descending (1\5, Do\So) and ascending (5/1, So/Do) perfect fourth
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; round/canon, perfect fourth from the 5th to 1, or So/Do
Key Words: round/canon, merry, jest, laugh, last, best
Recorder: beginners: excellent sixth (6th) recorder tune, following the five (5) color coded Beginning Recorder Songs – intermediate: excellent for beginning ensemble

**“Laugh, Ha, Ha!”**
Laugh, ha, ha! Here’s a merry jest; But if you will laugh last, You will laugh best.

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La Cucaracha

Introducing syncopation!

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Mexican Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: ti ti ti | ta ti ( 3 4 & | 1 2)
| ta ti ti ti ti | ta ta/a | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ta/a | ta/ |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Mi\So, So/Ti, Ti/Re, Re/So
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, Latin rhythm
Key Words: Mexico, geography, cockroach, scampering, across, Latin rhythm

**“La Cucaracha”**
English version: La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha, He’s a merry little bug. La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha, Scampering across the floor. Spanish: La cucaracha, La cucaracha, Ya no puede caminar. Porque no tiene, Porque le falta, Una pata para andar. Translation: The cockroach, The cockroach, Can’t walk anymore. Because he’s lacking, Because he doesn’t have, A foot with which to walk.

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Kum Ba Yah

Introducing the dotted quarter/sixteenth rhythm and syncopation with the eighth/dotted quarter.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Traditional African Song – round/canon
Key: D Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ta ti ti | ta/a ta |
| ta ta/ ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La (adding the 4th (Fa) to the pentatonic scale)
Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Do, Mi\Do (mastering tonic intervals)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, singing in parts, round/canon
Key Words: “Kum Ba Yah” means “Come By Hear,” sacred, Lord, singing, civil rights song, non-violent protest song

**“Kum Ba Yah”**

		1.	Kum ba yah, my lord, Kum ba yah! Kum ba yah, my lord, Kum ba yah! Kum ba yah, my lord, Kum ba yah. O, Lord, Kum ba yah!

		2.	Someone’s singing, Lord, Kum ba yah! Someone’s singing, Lord, Kum ba yah! Someone’s singing, Lord, Kum ba yah! O, Lord, Kum ba yah!

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1st Grade