The Muffin Man

Dotted quarter followed by an eighth syncopation
and the interval So/Do.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Old Rhyme
Key: B flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta/ ti | (x6) syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ta/a (ta) ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi\Do, Ti\So, Re\So
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter
Key Words: world geography: England; muffins, baking, baker, address

**“The Muffin Man”**

		1.	Oh, do you know the muffin man, The muffin man, the muffin man, Oh, do you know the muffin man, Who lives in Drury Lane?

		2.	Oh, yes, I know the muffin man, The muffin man, the muffin man, Oh, yes I know the muffin man, Who lives in Drury Lane.

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Mr. Frog Went Courtin’

Advanced syncopation on the second quarter of the first and second beats (ee of 1 and 2) and the fourth quarter of the second beat, descending vi7 arpeggio (Dm7), and mastering the ascending P4, So/Do.

Description

Grade: Fourth
Origin: USA – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: through composed
Rhythm: advanced*: | ti ti ti ri ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti | ta (ti) ti | syncopation, | ta (ti) ti ri |
syncopation, | ti ti ta | ti ri ti ti ti ri | syncopation
| ti ri ti ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (x5), Mi\Do\La\So8 descending (vi7) arpeggio (Dm7),Do/Mi/So8 ascending tonic (I) arpeggio (F), So\Mi, Do\La
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, syncopation: on the second quarter of the first and second beat (ee of 1, ee of 2), the and of the second beat (& of 2), the fourth quarter of the second beat (uh of 4), vocal slur, quarter beat rhythm variations matching verse syllables
Key Words: USA history, courting song, Mr. Frog, Miss Mouse, hall, knock, loud call, knee, marry me, blushed, hung, head, Uncle Rat, next, rode, town,niece, wedding gown; abbreviation: courtin’ (courting)

* Discover how and where beats are divided/counted, and rhythm chanted, to match the syllables in the fourth verse: “Uncle Rat.”

**“Mr. Frog Went Courtin'”**

	1.	Mr. Frog went courtin’ and he did ride, m-hm. Mr. Frog went courtin’ and he did ride, Sword and pistol by his side, m-hm.
	2.	He rode up to Miss Mousie’s hall, m-hm. He rode up to Miss Mousie’s hall, He gave a loud knock and he gave a loud call. m-hm.
	3.	He took Miss Mousie on his knee, m-hm. He took Miss Mousie on his knee, He said “Miss Mouse will you marry me?” m-hm.
	4.	Miss Mousie blushed and hung her head, m-hm. Miss Mousie blushed and hung her head, “You’ll have to ask Uncle Rat,” she said, m-hm.
	5.	Next day Uncle Rat he rode to town, m-hm. Next day Uncle Rat he rode to town, To get his niece a wedding gown, m-hm.

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Moving On

Partner Songs: “When the Saints Go Marching In”
over “This Train”, with advanced syncopation.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – African American Spirituals
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: top: ABCb – bottom: ABCA
Rhythm: advanced: Top: | ta/a/ ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ta/a (ti) ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ti ti | syncopation,
| ti ta/a/ ti ti | syncopation;
Bottom: | ti ta ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ti ta/a/ (ta) | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Top: Do/Mi (M3), So8\Do (P5), So8\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, G), Do/Mi/So8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I,G);
Bottom: Mi\Do\La descending arpeggio (vi, Em), So/Do (P4), So8\Mi/So8 (m3), Do\La (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beats, tied notes, two part song: partner songs, syncopation, tonic arpeggios, submediant arpeggio
Key Words: USA history, African American history, African American Spiritual, sacred, saints, marching, train, bound, glory, underground railroad
Recorder: advanced: playing two parts: partner songs, cooperative learning

**“Moving On”**
		Melody
	1.	Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in.
		Counter Melody
	2.	This train is bound for glory this train, This train is bound for glory this train, This train is bound for glory this train, If you ride it you must be holy, This train is bound for glory this train.

		Combination of two songs: “When the Saints Go Marching In” “This Train”

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Morning Hymn

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
At Home

Ascending and descending Perfect Fourth (P4), Mi/La and Re\La .

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: rhythm: AAAA – pitches: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi So La
Intervals: advanced: Mi/La, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Do/Mi, Re\La, Re\Ti, Do/La, La\Ti
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: half; tempo: andantino sostenuto/slightly faster and sustained, vocal slur
Key Words: sacred, children’s hymn, prayer, sky, glowing, golden, sunlight, birds, flowers, morning, hours, lovely, earth, adorning, praise, God, Heaven

**“Morning Hymn”**

		1.	See the sky is glowing, Golden sunlight showing! Walking birds and flowers Greet the morning hours.

		2.	For this lovely morning, All the earth adorning. Praise and thanks be given To our God in Heaven.

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Mother, Mother

Adding the tonal center to the beginning Orff interval.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Jump Rope Song
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta |
Pitches: beginners: Do Mi So
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So, So\Do
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, adding the tonic (Do) to the beginning Orff interval So\Mi
Key Words: playground song, jump-rope song, double dutch, doctor, die, sick, jumping rope, counting one (1) thru…
Keyboard: beginners: three finger exercise for right (1-3-5), left (5-3-1), and two hands together

**“Mother, Mother”**

1.	Mother, Mother I am sick, Call for the doctor quick, quick, quick!

2.	Doctor doctor will I die? Yes, my dear so will I.

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Morning Has Broken – NEW

Practicing the ascending tonic arpeggio and descending tonic triad.

Description

• Grade: Fifth (5)

• Origin: Traditional Gaelic Melody
Words: Eleanor Farjeon

• Key: C Major

• Time: 3/4

• Form: ABCD

• Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta | ta/a/a | ta/ ti ta | syncopation

• Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi So La Ti Do Re

• Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So/Do8 ascending tonic arpeggio, Re\Ti (m3), So\Do (P4), So\Mi\Do descending tonic triad, So\Mi/So (m3), So/Do8 (P4), Do\La (m3), La\Re (P5)

• Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter; tied notes, syncopation, repeated melodic patterns, vocal slurs

• Key Words: Geography: Scotland, Gaelic; morning, blackbird, spoken, praise, sacred, singing, rain, sunlit, heaven, dew, grass, earth science, garden, Eden, fresh, sweetness, elation, completeness, recreation, His feet, God

**“Morning Has Broken”**

	1.	Morning has broken, Like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken, Like the first bird. Praise for the singing, Praise for the morning. Praise for them springing, Fresh from the world.

	2.	Sweet the rain’s new fall, Sunlit from heaven. Like the first dewfall, On the first grass. Praise for the sweetness, Of the wet garden. Sprung in completeness, Where his feet pass.

	3.	Mine is the sunlight, Mine is the morning. Born of the one light, Eden saw play. Praise with elation, Praise ev’ry morning. God’s recreation,

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The More We Get Together

Repeated syncopated rhythm and repeated practice for the descending interval Re\So (P5) and the ascending So/Mi (M6), ending with a combination descending P5 to an ascending So/Do (P4).

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: Germany – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABCB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/ ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta | ta/a ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La (Re pivots to the dominate, note: Re was not sung while stepping down to the tonic, Do)
Intervals: intermediate: Do/So, Mi\Do, So/Mi, So/Do, Re\So (a unique sound, not a ending point)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, melodic modulation between tonic and dominate intervals
Key Words: world geography, Germany, Deutschland, greeting song, camp song, playground song, together, friends, get together, sing, play, share; movement words: snap, clap, hop, skip, dance, shake, wiggle, walk, march, skate, circle game, rhythm instruments

**“The More We Get Together”**

	1.	The more we get together, together, together, The more we get together, the happier we’ll be! For your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends, The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.
	2.	The more we play together, together, together, The more we play together, the happier we’ll be! For your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends, The more we play together, the happier we’ll be.
	3.	The more we share together, together, together, The more we share together, the happier we’ll be! For your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends, The more we share together, the happier we’ll be.
	4.	The more we sing together, together, together, The more we sing together, the happier we’ll be! For your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends, The more we sing together, the happier we’ll be.

	Alternative movement words (verbs): snap, clap, hop, skip, dance, shake, wiggle, walk, march, skate, – excellent circle game for movement and/or rhythm instruments

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(On) Moonlight Bay

Accidentals: sharp, flat, natural; syncopation,
with advanced pitches and intervals.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – words: Edward Madden, music: Percy Wenrich – 1912
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: phrases: ABAC*
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta | syncopation,
| ta/a/a/a_|_ta ta ti ta/ | syncopation (_=tie),
| ta/a (ta/a) | (ta) ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta/a ta/a |
Pitches: advanced: So Si La Do Ra Re Ri Mi Fa Fi – raised/sharp dominate (5, Si), lowered/flat supertonic (2, Ra), raised/sharp supertonic (2, Ri), raised/natural subdominant (4, Fi)
Intervals: advanced: Mi\Ri/Mi (m2), Mi\So (M6), So/Si/La (chromatic m2’s), La/Fa (M6), Mi/Fi\Mi (M2), Re\Ra/Re (m2), So/Do (P4), Re\So/Re (P5), Mi\Do (M3)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beats, syncopation, accidentals: sharp supertonic (2, Ri), flat supertonic (2, Ra), sharped dominate (5, Si), natural subdominant (4, Fi); tied notes, chromatic movement
Key Words: USA history, courting song, sailing, voices ringing, stolen my heart, seemed, “Love’s Old Sweet Song”; abbreviation: ‘way (away); contraction: don’t (do not), possessive: love’s
Recorder: advanced: introducing C#, G#, Gb, and Bb, syncopation, accidentals: natural, sharp, flat

*Chorus from the popular early twentieth century song.

**“(On) Moonlight Bay”**
We were sailing along On Moonlight Bay We could hear the voices ringing They seemed to say: “You have stolen my heart” “Now don’t go ‘way!” As we sang “Love’s Old Sweet Song” On Moonlight Bay

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Molly Malone

Syncopation on the second half of the first beat (& of 1),
melodic rhythm patterns, and a chorus melody
composed from parts of the verse melody.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Ireland – Traditional, circa. 1883
Key: G Major
Time: 3/4
Form: phrases: ABA/B (third phrase is a combination of A and B) song: AB – verse/chorus
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ti ta/ ta | syncopation, | ta ta ta | ta/a ta |
| ti ta/ ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: So/Do (P4), Do/Mi\Do (M3), Re/Fa\Re (m3), Re\So (P5), Mi/So (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, verse/chorus, melodic rhythm patterns, two double barlines; composition: chorus is composed of music from the first and last line of the verse
Key Words: world geography: Dublin, Ireland; folk tales, USA holiday: St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween; wheeled, wheelbarrow, broad, narrow, cockles (saltwater clams), mussels (fresh/saltwater clams), fishmonger (fisherman/fisherwoman), wonder, died, alive, father, mother, through, fever, ghosts, streets; abbreviation: ’twas (it was)
Recorder: intermediate: syncopation on the second half of the first beat (& of 1)

“Molly Malone”
also known as
“Cockles and Mussels”

	1.	In Dublin’s fair city, where girls are so pretty, Was there that I found here sweet Molly Malone. She wheeled a wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow, Singing, “Cockles and mussels, a-live, alive ho!”
		Chorus:
		“Alive, alive ho! Alive, alive ho!” Singing, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive ho.”
	2.	She was a fishmonger, but sure ’twas no wonder, For so were her father and mother before, And they wheeled their wheelbarrow, through streets broad and narrow, Singing, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive ho!”
		Chorus
	3.	She died of a fever, and no one could save her, And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone; Now her ghost wheels her wheelbarrow, through streets broad and narrow, Singing, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive ho!”
		Chorus

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Mister Rabbit

Mastering the intervals of the tonic arpeggio while practicing syncopation, including a sixteenth note.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABC – call/response/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti (ti) ti | syncopation, | ta (ta) | ti ta/ | syncopation,
| ti ta (ti) | ta/ ti | syncopation, | ri ti/ ta | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So La
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi\Do, So\Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, eighth, pickup beat, call/response, phrase ending with rest on fourth or 2nd half of fourth beat
Key Words: USA African American history, play song, playground song, game song, gardening, farmer, farming animals, rabbit, rabbit ears, soul, cabbage patch, rabbit tail; abbreviation: ev’ry (every), goin’ (going); contraction: they’re (they are)

**“Mister Rabbit”**

		Call:
		“Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit, your ears mighty long!”
		Response:
		“Yes, indeed, they’re put on wrong.”
		Refrain:
		Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine. Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.
		Call:
		“Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit, your in my cabbage patch!”
		Response:
		“Yes, indeed, I won’t come back.”
		Refrain:
		Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine. Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.
		Call:	:
		“Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit, your tail’s mighty white!”
		Response:
		“Yes, indeed, I’m goin’ out of sight.”
		Refrain:
		Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine. Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.

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