Lost My Gold Ring -

A syncopated singing game fostering the independent voice.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: Jamaica – Children’s Game Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB
Rhythm: intermediate: ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta|
| ti ta ti ta/a | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, So\Do, Do/Mi, Fa\Re
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; eighth notes flaged and beemed, syncopation, independent singing, developing the independent voice, singing alone and with others
Key Words: world geography: Kingston, Jamaican; singing song, game song, gold, ring, hold, again, back, come
Keyboard: beginners: five finger keyboard exercise for the right, left, and two hands together

**“Lost My Gold Ring”**
Biddy, Biddy, hold on, Lost my gold ring. I go to Kingston, Come back again. GAME Children sit in circle, with hands and eyes closed: one takes the ring/stick, walking around tapping the closed hands of the players while singing the first line of the song. While singing: “I go to Kingston,” player places ring/stick in another student’s hand, that student sings, “come back again.” Students guess who has the ring. The correct student becomes the next player.

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