Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son

After a successful completion of one year,
this old rhyme will assess your student’s
musical knowledge and skills.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England/USA – Nursery Rhyme
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ti (ti) |
| ti ti ti (ri) ri | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti |
| ti ri ti ti ri ti ri | syncopation
Pitches: advanced: So La Ti Do Re Mi So La
Intervals: advanced: Re\So, So/Do, Do/Mi, So/Soascending dominant ocave skip, So\So descending dominant octave skip, La/Do*
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rests: eighth, sixteenth; ascending and descending dominant octave skip
Key Words: world geography: England; 18-century English nursery rhyme, son, pig, eat, beat, crying, street, play, tune

*Practice the ending with the interval So/Do as a reinforcement of the sad feelings associated to the interval La/So, which is more in keeping with the story in the verse.

Tom, Tom, the piper’s son,
Stole a pig, and away did run;
The pig was eat and Tom was beat,
And Tom went crying down the street.

Original Verse

Tom, Tom, the piper’s son,
He learned to play when he was young.
But all the tune that he could play
Was “Over the hills and far away.”

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To Market, To Market

Advanced rhythms using all the pitches of the C Major scale.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: Traditional Rhyme
Key: C Major
Time:6/8
Form: ABAB
Rhythm: advanced: | ti/ ri ti ta/ | syncopation,
| ti/ ri ti ti/ ri ti | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do8\So, Do/So, Do/La, So\Mi
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter
Key Words: farming, market, fat, pig, home, hog, jog

To market, to market to buy a fat pig.
Home again, home again, jiggety jig,
To market, to market to buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

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To London Town

Singing the C Major scale; ascending and descending.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Scale Song
Key: C Major
Time: 3/4
Form: AA
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta/a (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, C Major scale
Intervals: none
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; rests: quarter; ascending/descending C Major scale, notes moving by steps up/down the staff
Key Words: world geography: England; castles, kings, thousands, pray
Recorder: upper grades – intermediate: playing the C Major scale; forward and back; after mastering the beginning five recorder tunes
Keyboard: upper grades – intermediate: playing the C Major scale; forward and back; after mastering the C Major Scale Fingering Chart

1.What is the distance to London Town Pray?
You could not walk there in many a day.

2.

There they have castles and there they have kings;
There they have thousands of wonderful things.

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Tinker, Tailor

Introducing the beginning Orff interval So\Mi/So.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Button Counting Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AAAB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ti ti ta | ta (ta) |
Pitches: beginners: Mi So
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rests: quarter
Key Words: world geography: England; math, addition, 1+1+1=3+1=4, buttons, homonyms: four/for
Keyboard: beginners: two finger exercise for right, left, and two hands together

1.Tinker, tailor,
Soldier, sailor,
Rich man, poor man,
Begger man, thief.

2.

One plus one
Plus one is three
And one more make
Four buttons for me.

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This Old Man

Sixteenth note syncopation while
rhyming the numbers 1 through 10.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti | syncopation, | ti ri ti ri ta | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/So, So\Do, So\Re, Re/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth
Key Words: world geography: England; counting forwards from one (1) to ten (10), rhyming words for numbers 1-10: one/thumb, two/shoe, three/knee, four/door, five/hive, six/sticks, seven/heaven, eight/gate, nine/spine, ten/again; whack

Paddywack was a term used to describe an angry person on the early 1800’s, specifically someone of Irish decent. In the United States the term paddywack has been replaced with paddy whack.

1.

This old man, he played one,
He played knick-knack on my thumb;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

2.

This old man, he played two,
He played knick-knack on my shoe;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

3.

This old man, he played three,
He played knick-knack on my knee;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

4.

This old man, he played four,
He played knick-knack on my door;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

5.

This old man, he played five,
He played knick-knack on my hive;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

6.

This old man, he played six,
He played knick-knack on my sticks;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

7.

This old man, he played seven,
He played knick-knack up in Heaven;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

8.

This old man, he played eight,
He played knick-knack on my gate;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

9.

This old man, he played nine,
He played knick-knack on my spine;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

10.

This old man, he played ten,
He played knick-knack once again;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

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There Was An Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe

Introducing the raised 5th (Si) in a minor tonality.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Nursery Rhyme
Key: G minor – pitched in B flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCA
Rhythm: advanced: | ti/ ri ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation, | ti ri ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta | ti/ ri ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation | ti ti ti ti ta (ta) |
Pitches: advanced: Mi Si La Ti Do Re Mi Fa – raised dominant (F#, Si)
Intervals: advanced: Mi/La, La/Do, Do/Mi, Mi8\Do, Do/Fa, Fa\Re, Ti\Mi, La\Si/La
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted quarter, eighth, dotted eighth, sixteenth, pickup beat, raised 5th (Si), minor tonality, raised dominant imitates the feeling of ending in G Major (happy)
Key Words: world geography: England; family, raising children, broth, bread, wrapped, soundly, bed, family members, spooky, Halloween, All Hallows Eve, sad songs

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread,
Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.

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Ten in the Bed

Practicing the tonic arpeggio and the perfect fourth So/Do\So,
while counting backwards from ten to one.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA -Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABa
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ta |
| ta ta ti ti ta | ta ta (ta) ta | ta ta (ta) ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Mi So
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do\So, So\Mi\Dodescending tonic arpeggio
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, quarter beat; rests: quarter; percussion quarter note; pickup beat, repeat sign, feeling the downbeat of one as rhythm patterns change
Key Words: counting backwards from ten (10) to one
(1), bed, roll, over, goodnight song, little
Recorder: intermediate: playing in F major, descending tonic arpeggio
Keyboard: intermediate: descending tonic arpeggio

**“Ten in the Bed”**

	1.	There were ten in a bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over” So they all rolled over, and one fell out.

	2.	There were nine in a bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over” So they all rolled over, and one fell out.

	3.	There were eight in a bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over” So they all rolled over, and one fell out.

	4.	There were seven in a bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over” So they all rolled over, and one fell out.

	5.	There were six in a bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over” So they all rolled over, and one fell out.

	6.	There were five in a bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over” So they all rolled over, and one fell out.

	7.	There were four in a bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over” So they all rolled over, and one fell out.

	8.	There were three in a bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over” So they all rolled over, and one fell out.

	9.	There were two in a bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over” So they all rolled over, and one fell out.

	10.	There was one in a bed and the little one said, “Good night!”

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Sweet Potatoes

Advanced syncopated rhythms, uncommon intervals; including the octave skip, while mastering the perfect fourth Do\So/Do.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA, Louisiana, Creole Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: advanced: | ta/ ti ta ta | (ta) ti ti ta ta |
| ta ti ti ta ta | ta/a (ta/a) |
Pitches: advanced: So Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: advanced: So\Re, Re/Fa, Mi\Do, Do\So, So\So descending dominant octave skip, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eight; syncopation, silent first beat, uncommon intervals to begin the tune, octave skip
Key Words: USA geography: Louisiana; Creole, dinner before bedtime, cook, mamma, pillow, sleep, sweet potatoes, supper, heads, pillow, smart, touch, bed

**“Sweet Potatoes”**

		1.	Soon as we all cook sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes. Soon as we all cook sweet potatoes, Eat ’em while they’re hot.

		2.	Soon as supper’s gone, Mamma calls us, Mamma calls us, Mamma calls us. Soon as supper’s gone, Mamma calls us, Get along to bed.

		3.	Soon’s we touch our heads to the pillow, to the pillow, to the pillow. Soon’s we touch our heads to the pillow, Go to sleep right smart.

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Sweetly Sings the Donkey

Three part round with an ascending and
descending dominant octave skip.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: Traditional English Round
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AAB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
| ti ti ti ti ta (ta) | ti ti ti ti ta (ti) ti |
| ta (ti) ti ta (ti) ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: advanced: Mi\Do, Do/Mi, So\Mi, So\Do, So/So\So, (dominant octave skip, ascending/descending)
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; three part round, singing in parts, harmony
Key Words: donkey, donkey sounds, feed, day, break, morning animal calls

Sweetly sings the donkey at the break of day;
If you do not feed him this is what he’ll say,
“Hee Haw, Hee Haw, Hee Haw, Hee Haw!”

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Strawberry Jam

Introducing the major 6th (Do/La, Mi/Do8), tonic arpeggio,
and an extended range.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Southern Play Song
Key: E Flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta/a | ta ta ta ta |
| ta ti ti ti ti ta | ta ta ta/a | ti ti ti ti ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi So La Ti Do – (no subdominant, 4, Fa)
Intervals: intermediate: Do/La (M6), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, Eb), Mi/Do (M6), So\Do (P5), Mi\Do (M3), Do\La (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, two double bar lines, tonic arpeggio, two major sixth, repeat sign
Key Words: USA history, jump rope song, playground song, Southern United States, saying the alphabet, learning the alphabet, jam, garden, cream of tartar, learning colors: red, blue, pick, yellow, green, white, orange, purple; abbreviation: ‘nitial (initial)

**“Strawberry Jam”**

	1.	Strawberry jam, cream of tartum, Give me the ‘nitial of you sweetheart-um A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

	2.	Strawberry jam, cream of tartar. Tell me the colors in your garden. Red and blue and pink and white, orange, purple, yellow and green. Red and blue and pink and white, orange, purple, yellow and green.

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Kindergarten