Ding Dong Merrily On High

Contrasting strophic and melismatic singing, melodic
rhythm pattern produces six intervals of a third.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: France/England – Traditional French Tune,
words: George R. Woodward
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: staves: AABC – song: AB, verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ti ti ti ti | ta/a/a ta |
| ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/ ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: m3: La/Do, So8\Mi, Fa\Re, Re\Ti, Do\La; M3: Mi\Do; P5: Do/So
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; repeat signs, syncopation, six minor thirds, repeated melodic rhythm patterns, verse: strophic: singing one syllable per note, refrain: melismatic: singing one syllable over a series of successive notes
Key Words: world geography: France, England; Old English: verily (truly), riv’n (contraction for riven: split), e’en (contraction for even), swungen (swung), sungen (sung), ye (you), rime (rhyme), evetime (evening time); heav’n (heaven), steeple, priest, dutifully, prime, matin (morning), chime, beautifully, singers; Latin: gloria (glory), hosanna (praise/joy), in excelsis (on high)

**“Ding Dong Merrily On High”**

	1.	Ding dong! merrily on high, In heav’n the bells are ringing: Dong dong! verily the sky Is riv’n with angel singing.
		Refrain:
		Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
	2.	E’en so here below, below, Let steeple bells be swungen, And “Io, io, io!” By priest and people sungen.
		Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
	3.	Pray you, dutifully prime Your matin chime, ye ringers; May you beautifully rime Your evetime song, ye singers.
		Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

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Derry Down

A minor tonality, an advanced interval La/So (minor 7th), and a history lesson on the American Revolutionary War.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Song of the American Revolution
Key: D minor – pitched in F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: staves: ABCDE – through composed
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ti ti ti ta ti ri | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/ ta/ | ti ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi So La
Intervals: advanced: La/So, So\Do, Mi/La, So\Re, Mi/La\Mi, Mi\Do, Ti/Re\Ti
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, minor tonality where the 6th (La) is the tonal center
Key Words: American Revolution, song of the American Revolution, war with England, American history, USA history, USA geography, world geography, revolutionary war, Boston, Bostonian, Liberty Tree, chance, town, houses, stores, tumbling, Old England, King Hancock, yaws, fear, swear, doctor, hard pill, brave, reinforcement, pumpkins sweat, drums, rattle, devil, himself, sight, fleet, army, arrive, bleak, island, drive, please, half a score

**“Derry Down”**

	1.	You simple Bostonians, I’d have you beware, Of your Liberty Tree, I would have you take care, For if that we chance to return to the town, Your houses and stores will come tumbling down. Derry down, down, hey derry down.
	2.	If you will not agree to Old England’s laws, I fear that King Hancock will soon get the yaws But he need not fear, for I swear we will, For the want of a doctor give him a hard pill. Derry down, down, hey derry down.
	3.	A brave reinforcement, we soon think to get; Then we will make you poor pumpkins to sweat: Our drums they’ll rattle, and then you will run To the devil himself, from the sight of a gun. Derry down, down, hey derry down.
	4.	Our fleet and our army, they soon will arrive, Then to a bleak island, you shall not us drive. In every house, you shall have three or four, And if that will not please you, you shall have half a score. Derry down, down, hey derry down.

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Deep and Wide

Syncopation on the second half of the second beat, or the “and of two,” with intervals So\Mi/So and Do8\La/Do8. Ending a phrase on the 5th (So).

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ta/a | syncopation
| ta/ ti ta ti ti | syncopation, | ta ta ti ti ti ti |
| ta/a/a/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Re Mi So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi/So, So/Do8, Do8\La/Do8, Re/So, So/Ti
Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth
Key Words: playground song, singing game song, camp song, clapping game song, sacred origins, deep, wide, fountain, flowing

**“Deep and Wide”**

		Deep and wide, deep and wide, There’s a fountain flowing deep and wide. Deep and wide, deep and wide, There’s a fountain flowing deep and wide.
		Singing Game:
		Replace words with a hum until all words are gone.
		Example:
		Hum and wide Hum and wide There’s a fountain flowing hum and wide Hum and wide Hum and wide There’s a fountain flowing hum and wide
		Hum and hum Hum and hum There’s a fountain flowing hum and hum Hum and hum Hum and hum There’s a fountain flowing hum and hum

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The Derby Ram

Mastering the 6/8 rhythm ta ti ta ti, practicing the intervals La/Do and Do\La, with an ascending tonic arpeggio.

Description

Grade: Fourth
Origin: England – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: AA, verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ta ti | ta/a ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: La/Do, Do\La, So/Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; tied notes, pickup beat, arpeggio, syncopation
Key Words: world geography, Derby, England, sheep herding, sheep farming, wool, finest, fed, hay, drug (verb), believe, hauled, farmer’s market, weighed, ten thousand, pounds, parts of a ram (sheep): wool, horns; reached, moon, butcher, February, June; contraction: it’s (it is), don’t (do not), you’ll (you will); possessives: summer’s, ram’s

**“The Derby Ram”**

	1.	As I went down to Derby town, All on a summer’s day, It’s there I saw the finest ram, That’s ever fed on hay.
		Refrain:
		And if you don’t believe me, And think I tell a lie, Just you go down to Derby, And you’ll see the same as I.
	2.	The wool upon the ram’s back It drug to the ground, I hauled it to the market, And it weighed ten thousand pounds.
		Refrain
	3.	The horns upon this ram’s head They reached to the moon, The butcher went up on February, And never got back till June.
		Refrain

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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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De Colores

Singing two part harmony in thirds, lowered leading tone (7, Te, B flat), long phrases and long tied notes will foster breath support for voice and recorder.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Mexico – Traditional
Key: C Major
Time: 3/4
Form: rhythm: AAABB – pitches:ABCDd
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a/a_|_a/a ta | (_=tie)
| ta ta/a_|_a ta ta | ta ta ta | ta ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/a/a_|_a/a/a_|_a/a/a_|_a (ta) (ta) | long ties
Pitches: advanced: melody: Re Mi Fa So La Te Ti Do – lowered/flat leading tone (7, Te, B flat), blue note
harmony: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: advanced: melody: Mi/So (m3), Re/Fa (m3), Fa/La (M3), La/Te\La (m2), So/Ti (P4)
harmony: Do/Mi (M3), Ti/Re (m3), Re/Fa (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, first and second endings, repeat signs, harmony in thirds, singing in parts, tied notes, long phrases foster breath control/support
Key Words: world geography: Mexico; Fiesta, Cinco de Mayo, language: Spanish; celebration song, colors, song of colors, springtime, seasonal colors, colors of birds, feather colors, happy, colors of the filed, colors of the rainbow
Recorder: advanced: introducing B flat, playing in thirds, playing in harmony, reading two part harmony, playing alone and with others, duet

“De Colores”

De colores, de colores
Se visten los campos en la primavera.
De colores, de colores
Son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera.
De colores, de colores
Es el arco iris que vemos lucir.

Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.
Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.

English

The colors, the colors
The fields dress in the springtime.
The colors, the colors
The birds that come from outside.
The colors, the colors
Is the rainbow we see shinning.

And so the great love
For many colors makes me happy.
And so the great love
For many colors makes me happy..

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Deck the Hall

Syncopation on the second half of the second and fourth beat and introducing the raised/sharped fourth (Fi).

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: Wales, United Kingdom – Welsh Carol
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: rhythm: AABA – pitches: AABa
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta/a | ti ti ta ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa Fi So La Ti Do – sharped fourth (Fi)
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Fa\Re, So\Re, Mi/Fi sharped 4th – melody moves primarily by steps
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; syncopation, raised fourth (Fi), sharp
Key Words: holiday, seasonal, Christmas, December, New Year’s, carol, world geography, Untied Kingdom, Wales, Welsh, old carol, deck, hall, holly, boughs, season, jolly, gay apparel, ancient, yuletide, blazing, Yule, Yule Log, strike, harp, chorus, merry, measure, yuletide, treasure, passes, hail, lads, lasses, joyous, together, heedless, weather, caroling

**“Deck the Hall”**

		1.	Deck the hall with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la, ‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la, Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la la la la, la la la, Troll the ancient yuletide carol, Fa la la la la, la la la la.
		2.	See the blazing Yule before us. Fa la la la la, la la la la, Strike the harp and join the chorus. Fa la la la la, la la la la, Follow me in merry measure. Fa la la la la la, la la la, While I tell of Yuletide treasure. Fa la la la la, la la la la.
		3.	Fast away the old year passes. Fa la la la la, la la la la, Hail the new ye lads and lasses Fa la la la la, la la la la, Sing we joyous all together. Fa la la la la la, la la la, Heedless of the wind and weather. Fa la la la la, la la la la.

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Death of the Robin

Syncopation, dotted rhythms, and noting the difference
the 4th (Fa) makes when sung in the chorus.

Description

Grade: Third (3)
Origin: Appalachian Folk Song
Key: D minor
Time: 4/4
Form: Rhythm: AABC – Pitches:ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a ta ti ti | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a/a | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: La Do Re Mi La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\La (P5), La/La ascending octave skip, La\Mi (P4), Mi\Do (M3), La/Do (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; rests: none; running eighth notes, minor tonality, ascending octave skip on the 6th pitch (La)
Key Words: geography: United States: Appalachian Mountains, lessons on dying and death, funeral, planning a funeral: death, die, grave, preacher, clergy, spade, hoe, chain; song, harp, animals: sparrow, fly, crow, cane, lark; contraction: fun’rel (funeral)

**“A Big Fish”**
Was a big fish and his name was Whale. A few days and a few days. Swallowed Jonah head and tail And I’m going home. I’ve got a home up yonder, A few days and a few days. I’ve got a home up yonder, And I’m going home.

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Danny Boy NEW

Syncopated rhythms, descending tonic triad and arpeggio, and three intervals of a minor third.

Description

• Grade: Fifth (5)

• Origin: Old Irish Air – Words: Fred E Weatherly

• Key: C Major

• Time: 4/4

• Form: ABCD

• Pitches: advanced: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi – extended range

• Intervals:intermediate: Mi/La (P4), So\Mi (m3), La/Do (m3), Do/Mi (M3), So\Mi\Do descending tonic triad, Re\Ti (m3), So/Mi8 (M6), Do\La/Do (m3), Do\So\Mi\Do ascending tonic arpeggio,

• Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; syncopated rhythms, descending tonic arpeggio, descending tonic triad, three intervals of a minor third, melody moves primarily by steps

• Key Words: Geography: Ireland, Irish air, ballad, “Londonderry Air”, bagpipes, glen, bide, meadow, hushed, flowers dying, kneel, “Ave”, tread, grave, contractions: ye’ll (you will), Ave (Ave Maria) I’ll (I will), ‘tis (it is), flow’rs (flowers), possessive: summer’s

**“Danny Boy”**

	Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling, From glen to glen, and down the mountain side. The summer’s gone, and all the flow’rs dying, ‘Tis you, it’s you must go and I must bide.

	But come you back when summer’s in the meadow, Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow, ‘Tis I’ll be there in sunshine or in shadow, Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so!

	But if you come, and all the flow’res are dying, And I am dead, as dead I well may be, Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying, And kneel and say an “Avé” there for me;

	And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me, And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be, For you will bend and tell me that you love me, And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!

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Dale, Dale, Dale

Time signature change: 4/4 to 2/4 to 4/4, tonic arpeggios, three perfect fourths (P4), and a diminished fourth (d4).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Mexico – Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4 – 2/4 – 4/4, two time changes
Form: phrases: AaBBbB – song AB
Rhythm: intermediate: 4/4: | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a/ (ti) | 2/4: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta |
| ta/a | 4/4: | ta/a/ (ti) (ta) (pickup beat) |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Se So La Ti Do – lowered/flat dominate (5, Se)
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So/Do8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I, C), Do8\La (m3), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, C), Re/So\Re (P4), Re/Se (diminished fourth, d4), Mi/La (P4), Ti\So (M3), So/Do8 (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, time signature change (feels like a tempo increase), lowered/flat dominate (Se, G flat)
Key Words: world geography: Mexico; Piñata Song, party song, dale, pierdas, porque, camino, diste, una, dos, tres, tiempo, acabó, lose, aim, path, once, twice, three, times, finished; contraction: don’t (do not), birthday song, Cinco de Mayo celebration song, fiesta song
Recorder: advanced: introducing G flat

“Dale, Dale, Dale”

“The Piñata Song”

Spanish:

Dale, dale, dale,
No pierdas el tino;
Porque si lo pierdes
Pierdes el camino.Ya le diste una,
Ya le diste dos;
Ya le diste tres,
y tu tiempo se acabó.

English:

Go, go, go,
Don’t lose your aim;
Because if you lose it
You will lose the path.You hit it once
You hit it twice
You hit it three times
And your time is finished.

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