Five Currant Buns

Extended range, descending dominant octave skip,
and a common ending.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Nursery Rhyme
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABaC
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta ta ta ta |
| ti ti ti ti ti (ti) ta | ti ti ta ta (ta) | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
Pitches: advanced: So La Ti Do Re Mi So
Intervals: advanced: So/Do, Ti/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, So\So descending dominant octave skip, common ending So La Ti Do
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter descending octave skip So\So
Key Words: world geography: England; counting backwards from five, rhyming words: shop, top, day, away, vocabulary: currant, baker, shop, fat sugar, boy, penny, bought

Currant – a small dried fruit made from a seedless grape originally grown in the eastern Mediterranean region, widely used on cooking.

“Five Currant Buns”


1.	FIVE currant buns in the baker’s shop, Round and fat with sugar on the top. A long came a boy with a penny one day, Bought a currant bun and took it away.
2.	FOUR current buns in a baker’s shop Round and fat with sugar on the top. A long came a girl with a penny one day, Bought a currant bun and took it away.
3.	THREE current buns in a baker’s shop Round and fat with sugar on the top. A long came a boy with a penny one day, Bought a currant bun and took it away.
4.	TWO current buns in a baker’s shop Round and fat with sugar on the top. A long came a girl with a penny one day, Bought a currant bun and took it away.
5.	ONE current bun in a baker’s shop Round and fat with sugar on the top. A long came a boy with a penny one day, Bought a currant bun and took it away.

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Engine, Engine, Number Nine

Excellent beginning tune for non-readers!
Excellent for beginning Orff interval So\Mi.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: D Major
Time: 2/4
Form: rhythm: AAAA – pitches: AAAb
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta |
Pitches: beginners: Mi So
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; simple rhythms, introduce/reinforce beginning Orff interval, So\Mi
Key Words: rhyming words: nine, line, track, back – vocabulary: engine, train, railroad, money
Keyboard: beginners: two finger exercise for the right, left, and, two hands together

**“Engine, Engine, Number Nine”**
Engine, engine number nine, Going down the railroad line! If the train goes off the track, Will I get my money back?

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The Ducklings

Stepping up and down the staff from Do to La.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABAB
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ta/a |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: none
Musical Elements: quarter note, eighth notes, half note; 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 in right, left, and two hands together

**“The Ducklings”**
See the little ducklings Swimming here and there. Heads are in the water, Tails are in the air.

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Down Came a Lady

This simple rhyme will challenge your best readers.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Game Song
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) |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Re\La, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rests: quarter; two measure phrases, question and answer
Key Words: rhyme, lady, wife, two, blue

**“Down Came a Lady”**
Down cam a lady, Down came two, Down came old Daniel’s wife And she was dressed in blue.

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Deedle, Deedle, Dumpling

Practicing Orff’s beginning interval with changing rhythms.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Game Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCa
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
| ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta ti ti |
Pitches: beginners: Mi So La
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; two part round/canon, singing in parts – reinforces Orff beginning interval So\Mi
Key Words: world geography: England; rhyme, stockings, bed, one, shoe, off, on

**“Deedle, Deedle, Dumpling”**
Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my song John, Went to bed with his stockings on; One shoe off and one shoe on, Deedle, Deedle, dumpling, my song John.

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Daisy Chain

Master the location of Do, Mi, So in C Major while
introducing the descending tonic arpeggio So\Mi\Do.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Traditional Round
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Mi So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Mi/La, Do/So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; two part round/canon, singing in parts
Key Words: daisy, flowers, Valentines Day

**“Daisy Chain”**
Chain, chain, daisy chain. All the pretty flowers. One for you, and one for me, And one for Jenny Bowers

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The Cuckoo

Introducing the dotted quarter note, flagged and beamed eighths.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: German Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABab – question/answer
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ta/a (ti) |
| ti ti (ti) ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Fa/La, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth, question/answer
Key Words: world geography: Germany; bird song, cuckoo, tree, right/wrong, German Cuckoo clocks

**“The Cuckoo”**
Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Don’t try and hide from me; Cuckoo! Cuckoo! I see you in the tree. Cuckoo! Cuckoo! It’s such an easy song; Cuckoo! Cuckoo! It’s hard to get it wrong.

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Coral

Discovering the tonic arpeggio, excellent after Pitch Warm-up “Finding Do-Mi-So” in D Major.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Folk Song
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 – pentatonic scale
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi\Do, descending tonic arpeggio
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; eighth and quarter note rhythms, introducing the half note
Key Words: earth science, coral colors, insects, sea, sailor, ground, red, white, ocean life

**“Coral”**
O sailor come ashore. What have you brought for me? Red coral, white coral, coral from the sea. Did not take it from the ground, Nor pick it from a tree; Little insects made it in the stormy, stormy sea.

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Cobbler, Cobbler

Introducing half beats with eighth note divisions.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Nursery Rhyme
Key: Non-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: notes: quarter, eighth; eighth note divisions, form by line; by phrase
Key Words: world geography: England; time of day, rhyming words, cobbler, shoe, half, two, eight, stitch, up, down, crown (money)

Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe.
Get it done by half past two
Half past two is much too late!
Get it done by half past eight.
Stitch it up, and stitch it down,
And I’ll give you half a crown.

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Clap Your Hands

Practicing a steady beat with body movements,
introducing the perfect fifth (P5) Do/So.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ti ti ta| ti ti ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So
Intervals: intermediate: Do/So, Mi\Do, Do\So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; clapping steady beat
Key Words: clap, hands, shake, roll, flap, pat, knees

**“Clap Your Hands”**

		1.	Clap, clap, clap your hands, Clap your hands together. Clap, clap, clap your hands, Clap your hands together.

		2.	Shake, shake, shake your hands, Shake you hands together. Shake, shake, shake your hands, Shake your hands together.

		3.	Roll, roll, roll your hands, Roll your hands together. Roll, roll, roll your hands, Role your hands together.

		4.	Flap, flap, flap your hands, Flap your hands together. Flap, flap, flap your hands, Flap your hands together.

		5.	Pat, pat, pat your knees, Pat your hands together. Pat, pat, pat your hands, Pat your hands together.

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Kindergarten