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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Lift Up Your Voices

Singing a three part round with dynamics; forte, piano. The lyrics explain the round and dynamics.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: France – Alsatian Round
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: rhythm: AAB – pitches: ABC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta/ ti ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a | ta/a ta | ta/a (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi, Do/So, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; dynamics: forte/loud, piano/soft, repeat, three part round, singing in three parts
Key Words: world geography, Alsace, France, voices, dynamics, loud, soft, smoothly, softly, sing along
Recorder: advanced: excellent ensemble recorder/Orff round for upper grades!

**“Lift Up Your Voices”**
Lift up you voices and sing a loud song. Softly and smoothly as we sing along. Join your voices, sing a loud song.

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Life in the Army

Syncopation on the second half of the first beat (& of 1)
and an ascending tonic arpeggio.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB – verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta/ (ti) |
| ti ta ti ti ti ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a (ti) ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: So/Do (P4), Ti\So (m3), So/Re (P5), Do\La (m3), So/Do/Mi(ti)/So8ascending tonic arpeggio (I, G), So8\Mi (m3), Re/So8 (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, tonic arpeggio, verse/refrain
Key Words: USA history, Armed Services, military song, camp song, scout song, biscuits, mighty fine, rolled, killed, friend, coffee, mud, water, tastes, iodine, chicken, drumsticks, beating time, enough, army life, gee me, hey me, I wanna go home
Recorder: intermediate: introducing F sharp, ascending tonic arpeggio

**“Life in the Army”**

		1.	The biscuits in the army they say are mighty fine, But one rolled off the table and killed a friend of mine,
			Refrain:
			Oh, I have had enough of army life, Gee Ma, I wanna go, Hey ma, I got to go, Gee Ma, I wanna go home.
		2.	The coffee in the army they say is mighty fine, It looks like mud and water and tastes like iodine,
			Refrain
		3.	The chicken in the army they say is mighty fine, But once two drumsticks got up and started keeping time,
			Refrain

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Let Us Sing Together

Syncopation: second half of the first and second beats
(& of 1, & of 2), sharped tonic Di, and arpeggios built
on the tonic (Do) F, and the sub-dominate (Fa) C7.

Description

Grade: Fourth
Origin: Czech Republic – Round
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta ta |
| ti ta ti ta/a | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta/a | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Di Re Mi Fa So – raised/sharped tonic Di
Intervals: advanced: Ti/Re, Do/Mi, Mi\So\Do descending tonic arpeggio (F), So/Fa (m7), Fa\Re\Ti\So descending sub-dominate arpeggio (C7), Fa\Re/Fa, Mi\Do, Re\Di, Re\Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; raised tonic Di, tonic arpeggio, sub-dominate arpeggio, minor seventh interval, three part round, singing in parts, syncopation: second half of the first and second beats (& of 1, & of 2)
Key Words: world geography: Czech Republic – formerly Czechoslovakia, singing a three part round, singing together, camp song, joyous, together

**“Let Us Sing Together”**
Let us sing together, Let us sing together, One and all a joyous song. Let us sing together, One and all a joyous song. Let us sing again and again, Let us sing again and again, Let us sing again and again, One and all a joyous song.

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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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Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Lowered/flat dominate (5, Se), natural sign,
and sharp submediant (6, Le – E#=F).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Beth Slater Whitson, Leo Friedman (1910)
Key: G Major
Time: 3/4
Form: chorus: ABaC*
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta | ta ta/a | ta/a/a |
Pitches: advanced: Mi Se So La Le Ti Do Re Mi
Intervals: advanced: Mi/So/Do ascending tonic arpeggio (I, G), Mi\So (M6), So\Se/So (m2),
Ti\Le/Ti (m2), Re\Ti (M3), Ti\So (m3), So/Fa (m7), Mi\La (P5)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter; tied notes, accidentals: flat, natural, sharp
Key Words: USA history, courting song, popular song, Mother’s day, Valentine’s day, sweetheart, whisper, love-light, glowing

*Popular chorus from the early 20th century standard.

**“Let Me Call You Sweetheart”**
Let me call you sweetheart, I’m in love with you. Let me hear you whisper that you love me too. Keep the love-light glowing in your eyes so true. Let me call you sweetheart, I’m in love with you.

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Lemonade

A singing game fostering the independent voice.
Beginning Orff interval So\Mi for voice and keyboard.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA, Singing Game
Key: E Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti | ta ta |
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So
Pitches: beginners: Mi So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; singing alone and with others, beginning vocal interval So\Mi (Orff), excellent beginning song
Key Words: trade, job, geography, voice identification game using beginning Orff interval So\Mi, first song
Keyboard: beginners: two finger exercise for right, left, and two hands together

“Lemonade”


	Call/Solo		Response/All

	Here I Come!		Where from?

	New York.		What’s your trade

	Lemonade.		Give us some!

	Like fun.		Get to work and show us some.

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Lavender’s Blue

Distinguishing between the ascending perfect fifth, Do/So,
and the ascending major sixth, Do/La.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Singing Game
Key: C Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/a/a | ta ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Do/So, Do/La, La\DoDo/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, quarter, eighth; singing an ascending perfect fifth (P5), singing an ascending major sixth (M6)
Key Words: world geography: England; farming, harvesting, blue, green, king, queen, work, plough, cart, thresh, corn, whilst, lavender, ourselves
Keyboard: intermediate: five finger exercise for right, left, and two hands together

“Lavender’s Blue”


	1.	Lavender’s Blue, dilly, dilly, Lavender’s green; When I am king/queen, dilly, dilly, You shall be queen/king.

	2.	Call up your men dilly, dilly, Set them to work, Some to the plough, dilly, dilly, Some to the cart.

	3.	Some to make hay, dilly, dilly, Some to thresh corn, Whilst you and I, dilly, dilly, Keep ourselves warm.

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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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