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Excellent for practicing the open 'ee' vowel.
- Key: C Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
- Pitches: beginners: Mi So La Ti Do
- Intervals: intermediate So/Do, Do\So, So\Mi, Mi/So, Ti\So, So/Ti - intervals always return to the beginning pitch
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; pickup beat
- Key Words: sailor, sea, deep, blue, bottom homonyms: sea, see; too, two
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| First Grade 01-ASAIL |
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Introducing the flat third (Me) with the feeling of a minor tonality in a major key.
- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AABbBbAA
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ti ti ti ti | ta ta ta ti ti | ti ta ti ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ti ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Me (flat 3rd)
- Intervals: intermediate: Do\La, (repeats often expressing the feeling of a minor tonality), Me\Do, Do/Me (flat 3rd, minor feeling), La/Do, Do\So
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; fermata, vocal slur, pickup beat, flat 3rd (Me)
- Key Words: rooster, rooster crow, cock-a-doodle, rooster walk, rooster scratching, movement to music, hips, shoulders, knees, head
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| First Grade 01-ALLAR |
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Introducing a dotted quarter before and after an eighth, plus syncopation! Additional verses included in our second grade version.
- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a ta/a | ta/ ti ta/a | ta ta ti ti ti ti | ti ta/ ti ta/ |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi So
- Intervals: intermediate So/Do, Do/Mi, Do\So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Re\Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; repeat, vocal slur, syncopation
- Key Words: sacred, angels, night, day, prayer, spiritual, African American Spiritual, lullaby
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| First Grade 01-ALLNI |
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Uncommon intervals in E minor.
- Key:Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ta ta | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ti ti ta/a |
- Pitches: intermediate: Mi La Ti Do Ri Mi
- Intervals: advanced: Mi/La, So/Ti, La\Mi, Ti\Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, vocal slur, minor tonality, uncommon intervals
- Key Words: patriotism, America, United States, beauty, sing, country
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| First Grade 01-AMERI |
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Challenging rhythms and intervals for Christmas or Easter.
- Key: G Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: Verse: AAAB - Refrain: ABAC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti | ti ta (ti) | t ti ti ti | ti ta ti ri | ta/ ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So
- Intervals: intermediate La/Do, Do\So, Do/Mi, Re\So, Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, So/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, reinforces tonic tried (Do-Mi-So)
- Key Words: sacred, counting to ten, counting backwards from ten, Christmas, Easter, angels, band, Sunday, morning
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| First Grade 01-ANGEL |
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Excellent for introducing minor tonality. Includes questions concerning the minor home pitch.
- Key: D minor
- Time: 3/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta | ta ta ta | ta/a/a |
- Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La, all the pitches of the minor scale
- Intervals: intermediate Mi/La, Fa\Do, Fa\Re, Mi\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter; rest: quarter; tied notes, minor mode, home pitch is the 6th pitch of the major scale: La
- Key Words: seasons of the year, winter, summer, earth science, stars, skies, harvest moon
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| First Grade 01-AUTUM |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" -WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
Add dynamics to this vocabulary builder from the early 1900's.
- Key: G Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: ABCABc
- Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ta ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta/a_a (ti) ti | ta/a_a ti | ta/a_a |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate Mi/La, Fa\Do, Fa\Re, Mi\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, repeat, multiple endings, dynamics: crescendo, decrescendo, mezzo-forte
- Key Words: seasons, autumn, wind, whistle, shout, hurried, bough, whirl, sang, aloud, crowd, lingering, flight, winter, snowman, roar, shook, blankets, earth science
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| First Grade 01-AUTUM2 |
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| Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith © 1918 |
"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - AT HOME
Introducing the marcato (accent mark).
- Key: D Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta | ti/ ri ti ti ti ti ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, all the pitches of the major scale
- Intervals: intermediate So\Do, Do/So, Do/Do ascending octave skip
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: whole; dynamics: forte, mezzo forte, decrescendo, crescendo, accent marks (marcato); tempo: moderato/moderately
- Key Words: sounds of a clock, time for bed, gaily, flock, doll, block, bids, jacket, frock, eyelids, tick-tock, names: Amy, Jamie, Jo, Jock
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| First Grade 01-BEDTI |
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Adding the sixth (La) to the beginning Orff interval So\Mi.
- Key: A Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABABaBaBcBcB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ta ti | ta/a | ti ti ta | ti ri ti ri ti ti |
- Pitches: beginners: Mi So La, structured around the fifth pitch (So) of the major scale
- Intervals: beginners: La\Mi, Mi/La, So\Mi, Mi/So
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; syncopation, multiple repeats, call and response
- Key Words: hoe, garden, farming, jugs, pound, yellow, corn, mush, stir, eat, gather, campfire, pots, cooking
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| First Grade 01-BEFOR |
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Introducing sixteenth notes with syncopation.
- Key: E flat Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABAB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ri ti ri ti ti | ti ti ti ti | ri ti ri ta | (syncopation)
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/So, So\Do, Do/Mi, Fa\Re
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; syncopation
- Key Words: Jamaican, London, geography, gold, ring, hyphenated words: hol' (hold), fas' (fast), los' (lost)
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| First Grade 01-BIDDY |
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Introducing rhythm changes for changing verse syllables.
- Key: D Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti | ti ti (ta) | ta_ ti/ ri | ti ti ti ti | (ta) ti ti | ti ti ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Do - structured around the fifth (So) of the major scale
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do\Mi, Do\So, Do\La, So\Mi, Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re\Ti, Ti/Re
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, fermata, tied notes, vocal slur
- Key Words: bid, bade, charming, cherry pie, courting, dimple, chin, quick's (quick as), three, six, seven, twenty-eight, eleven, learning numbers, young, mother, wink, eye, cat
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| First Grade 01-BILLYB |
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Easy intervals and words help to introduce complex rhythms with syncopation.
- Key: E Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: Through Composed
- Rhythm: advanced: | ta ta | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti | ti ri ti ri | ta ti ri (ti) | ta ti (ri) ri | ta ti ri (ri) ri | ti ri (ri) ri ti ri (ri) ri | ti ri (ri) ri ti ti |
- Pitches: beginners: Mi So
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/So
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rests: eighth, sixteenth; running sixteenth notes, syncopation, beginning Orff interval
- Key Words: months of the year, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, cockle shells
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| First Grade 01-BLUEB |
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Diminution (melody is presented in shorter note values than were previously used).
- Key: C Major
- Time: 2/2 (counted in 4/4)
- Form: ABab
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ti ti ti ti | ta/a ta (ta) | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re/Fa, Mi/Do, Do\La, Mi\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter; vocal slur, diminution (opposite of augmentation)
- Key Words: United States geography, Texas, game song, children's game song, bird, window, through, shoulder, tired
- Recorder: advanced: excellent tune to follow the color coded Beginning Recorder Songs.
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Directions:
- All but one student form a circle holding hands with arms held high to make windows.
- All sing "Blueburd.." as the one student flies in and out of the windows.
- All sing ""Choose..." as the one student goes around the circle before choosing a partner.
- They run around the circle, returning to the own window.
- The selected student becomes the new "bluebird."
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| First Grade 01-BLUEBI |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - FAIR DAYS AND STORMY
Challenging intervals with all the pitches of the major scale.
- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: AABC
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ti ti ta | ta/a |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
- Intervals: advanced: So\Mi, Mi\Do, Do/So, La\Re, Re/Ti, Do\So, La\Re, Re/So, So\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; dynamics: mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, crescendo, decrescendo; tempo: con espressione (with expression)
- Key Words: snowman, sturdy, grand, thro' (through), frozen, winter, bold, melting, feeble, shrank, sank, limp, wept, lank; contraction: 'tis (it is)
- Recorder: advanced: upper grades: challenging recorder selection once the Beginning Recorder Songs are mastered
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| First Grade 01-BOLDS |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - AT THE FARM
Introducing intervals Fa\Re and Re\Ti.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABAB
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti | ta (ta) |
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Fa\Re, Mi\Do, Re\Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; tempo: allegretto; dynamics: mezzo forte, crescendo, decrescendo
- Key Words: bell sounds, milkman, cow, bossy, milk, strolling, lane, fresh
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| First Grade 01-BOSSY |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - AT HOME
Octave, ritardando, fermata, accent, a tempo and focusing on the tonic makes this short little tune very educational.
- Key: G Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: AABA
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti (ti) ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Fa\Re, Mi\Do, Re\Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: eighth; rests: eighth; tempo: allegro moderato; accent, poco rit., fermata, a tempo, descending octave skip
- Key Words: brave, character education, hurrah, bumble, tumble, jumps, bumps, grumble
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| First Grade 01-BRAVE |
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Introducing the interval So\Re.
- Key: D Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: AaaB
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ri ti | ti ti ta | ti ti (ti) ti | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta |
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/So, So\Re, Mi\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth; ending a phrase on the second (re)
- Key Words: building, brick, house, garden, farming, fare the well, darlin' (darling)
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| First Grade 01-BUILTM |
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Reinforcing La (6) as the tonal center for minor keys.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta\a | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a (ta) | ta/a/a/a |
- Pitches: beginners: La Ti Do Re Mi
- Intervals: beginners: Mi\La, La/Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; minor tonality (sad), sounds happy with a fast tempo
- Key Words: Hanukah (Hanukkah), candles, dance, Jewish holiday celebration, sacred
- Keyboard: beginners: excellent five finger exercise for left hand, right hand, and both hands together.
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Perfect recorder tune, for upper grades who have completed the Beginning Recorder Songs, and for accompaniment with lower grades performance.
Five finger keyboard application.
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| First Grade 01-BURNL |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - FAIR DAYS AND STORMY
Advanced intervals and an excellent vocabulary builder!
- Key: G Major
- Time: 3/8
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti | ti ti ti | ti/ ri ti | ta/ |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: advanced: So/Do, Ti/Re, Do/Mi, Re/Fa, Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Re\La, La/Re, Do/So, So\Re, Do/La
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rests: whole, quarter; tempo: with spirit; dynamics: piano/soft, crescendo, decrescendo, accent, repeat, multiple endings, pickup beat
- Key Words: earth science, seasons, blew, worker, treetops, to and fro, spread, sails, miller, haste, logger, windmill, grind, grain, kites, frolic, aloft; abbreviations: ev'ry (every)
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| First Grade 01-BUSYW |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - PLAYTIME
Uncommon intervals in 3/4 time to allegro grazioso.
- Key: D Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta | ta ta ta | ta/a ta | ta/a (ta) |
- Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Re
- Intervals: advanced: So\Mi, La/Re, Re\Ti, Ti\So, So\Re, Fa\Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter; tempo: allegro grazioso; dynamics: piano/soft, mezzo piano/medium soft, mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo; tie, vocal slur
- Key Words: waltz, dance, earth science, animals, butterfly, airily, merrily, silent, swift, prance, tripping, skipping, nimble
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| First Grade 01-BUTTE |
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Keeping a steady beat and developing the individual voice.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: AaBb
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ta/a |
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So La
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Re/So, Mi\Do, Re/La, La\Do, So\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, movement with a steady beat, singing alone and with others
- Key Words: button, singing games, wander, sharp; abbreviation: ev'rywhere (everywhere)
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GAME INSTRUCTIONS:
Using a single button, one student is surrounded by the class in a circle. The center student closes their eyes as the class sings the tune while passing the button to the student on their right, using a steady beat. At the end of the song all students place their hands behind their backs as if hiding the button. The center student has three chances to pick who has the button. If chosen, the student with the button takes the place of the student in the middle of the circle.
Variation: student with the button sings the third (3rd) line alone.
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| First Grade 01-BUTTO |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - AT THE FARM
Introducing tempo and tempo changes.
- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCCDE
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ta/ ti | ta ti ti | ta ta | ta (ti) ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Re/Do, Ti\So, So/Do, So\Mi, Fa\Re
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; tempo: allegro moderato, poco ritardando (slow tempo), a tempo (resume tempo); 1st and 2nd endings, repeat, pickup beat
- Key Words: farming, raising chickens, biddy hen, animal science, grand air, hen, cackle, queen, egg
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| First Grade 01-CACKL |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - WITH THE BIRDS
Sixteenth rhythms and tempo changes for bird sounds.
- Key: C Major
- Time: 3/8
- Form: AaBCBC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti | ta/ | ti ri ti ri ti ri |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: Fa/La, La\Re, Re/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Fa\Re
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, eighth, sixteenth; tempo: allegro, poco rit. (ritardando); dynamics: piano/soft, mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo
- Key Words: animal science, bird sounds, canary
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| First Grade 01-CANAR |
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Careful |
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| Emilie Paulsson, Eleanor Smith © 1918 |
"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - AT HOME
Mastering the tonic triad with running eighth notes.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: AB
- Rhythm: beginners: running eighth notes
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So, La\Fa/La, So\Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re/So
- Musical Elements: notes: eighth; rests: eighth; pickup beat, tempo: allegro grazioso; accent mark
- Key Words: jingle, character education, newborn baby, tea-party, dishes, dolly, break, child
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Excellent girls chorus selection.
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| First Grade 01-CAREF |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - IN THE GARDEN
Descending tonic octave skip in a very slow tune.
- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta | ta/a/a (ta) | ta/a/a/a |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Re, Do/Fa, Mi/La, So/Do, Do\Do (ascending octave skip)
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter; tempo: quietly; dynamics: piano/soft, pianissimo/very soft, forte/loud, crescendo, decrescendo; repeat sign
- Key Words: roly-poly, caterpillar, spun, blanket, slept, wakening, by and by, beauty, butterfly, animal science
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| First Grade 01-CATERP |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - TIMES AND SEASONS
Singing the sounds of a chiming clock with a marcato tempo.
- Key: A Flat Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: ABABAB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | (ta) ta ta | ta/a/a | ta ta/a | ta ta ta |
- Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi, Do\So, So/Do, Mi\Do, Re\Do, So/Re
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, quarter; rests: quarter; tempo: lento/slowly, moderato/moderate; vertical accent mark (housetop)
- Key Words: vocal sounds for clock chimes, telling time, quarter hour, half hour, chime, half past, fled, tow'r (tower)
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Vertical Accent: Marcato (also called the "housetop") sing/play more forcefully and usually shorter than the horizontal accent.
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| First Grade 01-CHIME |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - WITH THE BIRDS
Excellent for introducing 6/8 meter.
- Key: G Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: AaBAaBC
- Rhythm: intermediate: ti | ta ti ta ti | (6 | 1/2 3 4/5 6 |) | ta/a ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Re, So\Do, Do/Mi, Do\So, So/Mi, Mi\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; tempo: moderato; dynamics: piano/soft, crescendo, decrescendo; pickup beat, horizontal accent mark
- Key Words: animal science, Mother's day, Father's Day, swallow, chirp, bird sounds, art, o're (over), children, repeat
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Horizontal Accent: "accent mark" - sing/play the note louder.
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| First Grade 01-CHIRP |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - IN THE GARDEN
Each format includes instructional questions for greater understanding.
- Key: D Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ta/a ti ti | ta ti ta_ti ti | ta/a (ti) (ti) |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re
- Intervals: intermediate:So\Mi, Fa/Do, Do\Mi, Fa\Re, Mi\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; tempo: allegretto; dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo; fermata, repeat, tied notes
- Key Words: gardening, earth science, pansy, lily, tulip, flow'rs (flowers), choice
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| First Grade 01-CHOOS |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - TIMES AND SEASONS
Intermediate level Christmas tune.
- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/_a |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: intermediate:So/Do, Do\La, La\Fa, Mi/So, So\Mi, Fa\Re
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; tempo: merrily; dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo, tie
- Key Words: sacred, Christmas, holiday songs, Christmas tree, Santa Claus, sleigh, piled, toys, candies, leaf, feather, windy weather, whirl, twirl, sink
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| First Grade 01-CHRIST |
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Stepping down the dominate octave So\So.
- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AAB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti/ ri ta ta | ta ta ta/a | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ta ta/a |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: intermediate:Mi\Do, Re\So, So/Do, Do/Mi, Fa\Re
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth; three part round
- Key Words: sacred, prayer, gather, sing, heart, spirit
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| First Grade 01-COMEL |
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Rhythm format includes questions for greater comprehension.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ta/a | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta | ta ti ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: La Do Re Mi So La
- Intervals: intermediate:Do/Mi, Mi\So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Do\La, La/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth
- Key Words: geography, forty-one, cliffs, panther, bear, fox
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| First Grade 01-CUMBE |
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Dove Talk |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - WITH THE BIRDS
Excellent for developing the independent voice, girl and boy, and extending the vocal range.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCA
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: intermediate:So\Mi, Mi\Do, Do\La, So/Re, Do/Fa, So/Do, Do\La
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; tempo: andante espressivo/73-77 BPM with expression, poco ritardando/slightly slower; dynamics: piano/soft, pianissimo/very soft, crescendo, decrescendo
- Key Words: vocal bird sounds, animal science, mate, dove
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| First Grade 01-DOVET |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - PLAYTIME
Developing the independent voice while practicing dynamic levels.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: AABC
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ti (ti) ta/a |
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re/La
- Musical Elements: notes: half, eighth; rests: eighth; tempo: allegretto/moderately quick (98-109 BPM); dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, piano/soft, crescendo, independent singing
- Key Words: echo, near, hear, children, merry, join, children's singing song, echo song, voice identification
- Keyboard: intermediate: extending a five finger exercise by changing hand positions for the third line, changing back for the fourth line
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| First Grade 01-ECHOP |
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Create an echo game of your own.
- Key: D Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta ta |ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | ta/ ti ta/a_|
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
- Intervals: intermediate:Mi/So, So\Mi, La/Do, Do\La, Ti\So, So/Do, Do\So
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; fermata; rhythm pattern of 1st staff repeated a fourth (4th) higher on the second staff
- Key Words: echo, hear, good-day, rain, calling, falling, stop, near, though
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| First Grade 01-ECHOT |
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Introducing 6/8 time with dotted quarter rests.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: ABaA
- Rhythm: intermediate: |ta ti ta ti | ta/ ta ti | ta/ (ta/) | ta/ ta/ |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: intermediate:Mi/So, So\Mi, La/Do, Do\La, Ti\So, So/Do, Do\So
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: dotted quarter
- Key Words: spider, water spout, science, fine hand motor movements
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Also known as: "Itsy Bitsy Spider"
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| First Grade 01-EENCY |
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An Easter egg hunt in 3/4 time.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta/a ti ti | ta/a |
- Pitches: beginners: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate:So\Mi, Fa\Re, Re/La, Fa\Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat
- Key Words: Easter song, hunting eggs, hidden, perhaps, ground, yellow, red, blue, green, names of pitches within the song, conductor
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| First Grade 01-EGGHU |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - At Home
A children's prayer said before bedtime.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a |
- Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Mi/La, La\Fa, Re/So, Re\La
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter; tempo: andante con moto/walking pace with motion (73-77 BPM), pickup beat; dynamics: mezzo piano/medium soft, crescendo, decrescendo
- Key Words: sacred, prayer, children's prayer, earth science, heav'nly (heavenly), flow'rs (flowers), morning, God (Father), safety
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| First Grade 01-EVENI |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - PLAYTIME
Introducing 3/8 time.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/8
- Form: ABC
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti | ti ti ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do\So, So\Mi, Fa\Re, Mi\Do, Do/Fa, Re/Fa, So\Ti, Ti/Re
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; tempo: allegro grazioso/fast, gracefully (109-132 BPM), poco ritardando; dynamics: mezzo piano/medium soft, mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo
- Key Words: play songs, fairy, make-believe, sprightly, lightly, folk, flow'ry (flowery), heather, merrily, together, dance
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| First Grade 01-FAIRY |
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Reinforcing intervals of the tonic triad.
- Key: F Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: AABA
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ta/_a ti | ta/_a (ti) | ta/ ta ti |
- Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; pickup beat, tied notes
- Key Words: farming, Germany, singing game, animals
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Game Instructions: Nine children join hands and dance around the farmer, who stands in the center of the circle as they sing. At the end of the first verse, the farmer chooses his wife, who joins him inside the circle. At the end of the next verse, the wife takes a child, another child is chosen to stand in the middle until the last verse when everyone is in the circle except the cheese, who stands alone. If you have more than 10 children, you will have more than one Cheese at the end. The teacher can randomly pick one to be the Farmer in the next round.
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| First Grade 01-FARMER |
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Introducing the dotted half note while practicing intervals of the tonic triad.- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta/a/a | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a (ta) |
- Pitches: beginners: So La Do Mi So - pentatonic scale
- Intervals: beginners:Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do\La, So/Do, Mi/So, So\Mi\Do ascending tonic arpeggio
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter
- Key Words: singing game, fishing pole, going fishing, fish-hook, fish-line, fish bait, cricket, outdoor life, country life
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| First Grade 01-FISHPO |
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Introducing the descending interval Do\So, the ascending interval So/Do, and, the descending dominate arpeggio So\Mi\Do\So.
- Key: G Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ti ti ta | ta/a | ta ti ti |
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- Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: beginners: Mi\Do, Do\So, So/Do, So\Mi\Do\So descending dominate arpeggio: So\Mi\Do\So
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; notes: quarter, eighth; tied notes
- Key Words: Thanksgiving, holiday, cooking, chef, turkey, hiding; abbreviation: couldn't (could not)
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| First Grade 01-FIVEF |
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Introducing a dotted quarter in 6/8; including ritardando, fermata, and a new interval So\Re.- Key: G Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: AaBbAa
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ti ti ti ta ti | ti ti ti ta/ | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: beginners:Mi\Do, So\Re
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; ritardando, fermata
- Key Words: lullaby, France, sleep, brother, mother, tenderly, evening, Pierrot (a stock comic character of old French pantomime usually having a whitened face and wearing loose white clothes)
- Keyboard: intermediate: excellent five finger exercise for left/right and two hands at the same time
- Recorder: intermediate: wonderful exercise for mastering left hand pitches, following the color coded Beginning Recorder Songs
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Pierrot: a stock comic character of old French pantomime usually having a whitened face and wearing loose white clothes.
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| First Grade 01-FRENCH |
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Traditional round in 32 languages!- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a | | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate:Mi\Do, So\Mi, Do/So, Do\So, So/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; 2,3,or 4 part round, singing in parts
- Key Words: singing in parts, singing a round, singing a canon, geography, world languages
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| First Grade 01-FRERE |
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Halloween is perfect for the Dorian mode!- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ta ta/a |
ta ta_ ti ti ti ti | ta/a/a ti ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do Re
- Intervals: intermediate: Re/Fa, Fa/La, La/Re, Do\La
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; dorian modality, fermata, poco ritardando, singing in parts
- Key Words: Halloween, ghost, bones, skeleton, scary songs, Dorian modality
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Round: Each part begins when the previous part begins the second staff. Very challenging with the added poco ritardandoand fermata.
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| First Grade 01-GHOST |
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Excellent transitional piece from vocal to keyboard.- Key: G Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: |ta ti ti | ta ta | ti ti ta |
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: beginners: Re/Fa, Do/So, Mi\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, grace note (a musical note printed in small type and not counted in rhythm)
- Key Words: goose, aunt, feather, bed, died, mill pond, head, goslings, goslin's (goslings), scratch, bread, crying, gander, weeping
- Keyboard: beginners: wonderful five finger exercise for left, right, and two hands together
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| First Grade 01-GOTELL |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - FAIR DAYS AND STORMY
Introducing the descending interval La\Ti.- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AaB
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: Fa/La, La\Ti, Do/Mi, Do/La, Fa\Re, Re\La
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; tempo: allegretto giocoso/moderately quick, merrily/funny; dynamics: forte/loud, crescendo, decrescendo
- Key Words: weather, earth science, yellow, sunbeams, noisy, raindrops, snowflakes, float, fly, wind, roaring, rain, snow, joy
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| First Grade 01-GOODW |
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A three part round in 3/4 time stepping down from La to Do.- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: ABC
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta/a ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/La, Mi\Do, Do\So, So/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; stepping down from 6 (La) to 1 (Do), singing in parts, round/canon
- Key Words: round, canon, lullaby, goodnight, sweet, sleep, silence, surround, slumber, deep
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| First Grade 01-GOODN |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - PLAYTIME
Although quite short, advanced intervals, including a descending tonic octave skip, will challenge your best voices!- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 3/8
- Form: rhythm: ABAB - pitches: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti | ti/ ri ti | ta/ |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: advenced: Do/Mi, Mi/So, Do\Do (descending tonic octave), So/Do, Do\La, La\Fa, So/Mi, Mi\Do, Re/Fa, Fa/La
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; tempo: andantino/slightly faster (78-83 BPM); dynamics: piano/soft, mezzo forte/medium loud, forte/loud, crescendo, decrescendo
- Key Words: gardening, gardener, earth science, plant growth, flower growth, stately, sedately, quite, ladies, ago, greet, moving, forward, row
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| First Grade 01-GRAND |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - WITH THE BIRDS
Each verse builds on the previous to expand the musical memory.- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 3/8
- Form: Aa Aa ABa ABAa ABBAa
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti | ta ti | ta (ti) | (ta) ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
- Intervals: advanced: Fa\Re, Re/La, So\Mi, Mi/So, Do/Mi, Re\Ti, So/Do, Re/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; tempo: allegretto grazioso/moderately quick, gracefully (98-109 BPM); dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, piano/soft, forte/loud, decrescendo; pickup beat, horizontal accent mark (play the note louder)
- Key Words: earth science, meadow, leafy, nest, speckled, birds, flying, sweet, heard, eggs, song, music
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| First Grade 01-GREEN |
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Mastering the beginning Orff interval plus a perfect fifth.- Key: C Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABABABC
- Rhythm: intermediate: ti | ti ti ( & | 1 &) | ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti | ti ta ti | ta/a |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti
- Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So, So/Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, tied notes, echo song, beginning Orff interval
- Key Words: echo song, hello, happy, sing, good, together, greeting song
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| First Grade 01-HELLO |
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Extending the pentatonic range.- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: rhythm: AAAB - pitches: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta/a |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La
- Intervals: beginners: Mi/So, So\Do, Do\La, So/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: half, eighth, extending the vocal range, pentatonic pitches
- Key Words: mule, nonsense song
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| First Grade 01-HOLDM |
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Adding the 4th (Fa) to the pentatonic scale.- Key: D Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi/La, Fa\Re, Do/So (perfect fifth)
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; repeat sign, mastering the tonic intervals, introducing the perfect fifth
- Key Words: Yiddish, Hebrew, jewish folk song, fishes, pair, dishes, wonder, quite, puppies, guppies, foxes, parrots, carrots, snakes, cakes, bunnies, funnies, squirrels, goats, boats
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| First Grade 01-IVEAP |
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Introducing sixteenth notes.- Key: D Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCD refrain/verse
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ri | ti ti ta | ti ti ri ti ri ti |
- Pitches<: beginners: Do Re Mi So La
- Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; ending a phrase on the 2nd (Re), reinforcing the tonic triad (Do/Mi/So)
- Key Words: learning your colors, country song, Kentucky folk song, creek, red, blue, green, gold, behold, gingerbread, sweeter, prettiest, contractions: you've (you have), can't (cannot); abbreviation: somethin' (something)
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| Kindergarten 01-IDARE |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - TIMES AND SEASONS
Introducing Legato - smoothly connected.- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: Aa
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta ta |
| ta/a/a ta | ta/ ti ta ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi La So
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Do, Do/Mi, Mi\La, La/Fa, Fa\Re, Fa\Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; tempo: legato/smoothly and connected; dynamics: piano/soft, crescendo, decrescendo, repeat signs, pickup beat, multiple endings
- Key Words: sacred, Christmas, holiday songs, Bethlehem, stable, cattle, precious, Christ-child, oxen, gazing, wandered, overhead, shepherds, hillside, wise men, flame, blessed, earth, mirth
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| First Grade 01-INTHE |
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Mastering the Orff interval So\Mi with diminution.- Key: C Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: Aa
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti ri ti ti ti ti ri | ti ri ti ti ti ri ta ti |
- Pitches: beginners: Mi So La
- Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/La, Mi/So
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, diminution: the motif's note values are shortened
- Key Words: nursery rhyme, raining, pouring, snoring, bumped, morning, contraction: couldn't (could not)
- Recorder: beginners: one of the color coded Beginning Recorder Songs
- Keyboard: beginners: excellent three finger exercise for left, right and two hands together
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| First Grade 01-ITSRA |
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Introducing the dotted quarter/sixteenth rhythm and syncopation with the eighth/dotted quarter.- Key: D Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ta ti ti | ta/a ta | ta ta/ ti ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La (adding the 4th (Fa) to the pentatonic scale)
- Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Do, Mi\Do (practicing intervals of the tonic triad)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, singing in parts, round/canon
- Key Words: Kum Ba Yah translates Come By Hear, sacred, Lord, singing, civil rights song, non-violent protest song, camp song; abbreviation: someone's (someone is)
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| First Grade 01-KUMBA |
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Introducing syncopation.- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: intermediate: ti ti ti | ta ti ( 3 4 & | 1 2) | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ta/a | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ta/a | ta/ |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Mi\So, So/Ti, Ti/Re, Re/So
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, Latin rhythm
- Key Words: Mexico, geography, cockroach, scampering, across, Latin rhythm
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| First Grade 01-LACUC |
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Introducing the descending (1\5, Do\So) and ascending (5/1, So/Do) perfect fourth while singing a four part round.- Key: G Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABAC
- 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; four part round, 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 or; intermediate: as a beginning ensemble selection
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| First Grade 01-LAUGH |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - BY THE SEA
Singing the tonic octave skip, ascending and descending, Do to Do.- 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: intermediate: 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)
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| First Grade 01-LIGHTH |
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Adding to the beginning Orff interval and transfering vocal skills to the keyboard.- 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
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| First Grade 01-LIGHTL |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - PLAYTIME
A short tune with fourteen (14) familiar and unfamiliar intervals.- Key: G Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti | ta ta | ta (ta) |
- Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: advanced: So\Re, Fa\Re, Re/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Re\La, Ti\So, La/Do, Do\So, So/Re, Re/Fa, La\Fa, Mi/So, Do\La
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rests: quarter; tempo: allegro giocoso/fast, quickly and bright, merrily/funny (109-132 BPM), poco ritardando, a tempo, dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, forte/loud, crescendo, decrescendo, horizontal accent: sing/play the note louder
- Key Words: play songs, dancing, float, around, follow, music's (possessive), sound, point, heel, toe, bow, low
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| First Grade 01-LITTLED |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - IN THE GARDEN
Introducing poco ritardando and a tempo.- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: Aa
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta/a (ta) ta | ta/a/a ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La ti Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi, Mi/So, So\Do, Do/Mi, Mi\La, Do\So, Do/Fa
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; tempo: andantino/slightly faster (78-83 BPM), poco ritardando, a tempo, first and second endings, repeat signs, dynamics: crescendo, decrescendo
- Key Words: growing plants, gardening, gardener, roots, weeds, might, cool, cloud, sky, quickly, pulled, sprinkled, plants, abbreviations: flow'r (flower), show'r (shower), brimmin' (brimming)
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| First Grade 01-LITTLG |
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Advanced rhythms (with syncopation) and tonic intervals (including a descending dominate octave skip) will challenge your best readers.- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AaBb
- Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ta ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ta | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a ti ti | ta ti ti ti ti ta | ta/ ti ta ta | ta/a/a (ti) ti | ti ti ta ta/ ti | ti ti ta ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta/ ti | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ta | ta/ ti ta ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: advanced: Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\So, So/Mi, So\So (descending dominate octave skip), So/Do, Do/La, La\Do, Do/So, So/Fa
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; descending dominate octave skip, uncommon intervals
- Key Words: shoemaker, house, over the way, wee, sews, hammers, contractions: there's (there is)
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| First Grade 01-LITTLE |
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Dancing around the dominate 5th (So) before skipping home to the tonic 1 (Do).- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti ti ti ti ta | ti ti ta ti ti ta | ta ta ti \ta |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Re, Re/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth; tied notes, centered around the 5th (So) until the last note
- Key Words: geography, Great Britain, England, London, play song, play ground song, science, metals, iron, silver, gold, salutation: my fair lady, Tower of London, arch, arch bridge
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Game instructions:
- Two students join hands high to form an arch bridge.
- The remaining students march under the bridge while singing the first verse.
- At the last word, the arms of the bridge are lowered to capture the student passing under the bridge.
- The captured students are kept in an area known as "Tower of London."
- When the last student is caught, the bridge chases all students to capture the students who will build the next bridge.
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| First Grade 01-LONDON |
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"Songs of a Little Child's Day" - AT THE FARM
Short, fun, and quite challenging, with tonic octave leaps before stepping down the tonic octave and adding the lowered 7th (Te).- Key: D Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AaBCD
- Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti/ ri ta ta | ti/ ri ta ta ta | ta ti/ ri ta (ta) | ta ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta (ta) | ti/ ri ti/ ri ti ti ti (ti) |
- Pitches: advanced: Do Re Mi Fa So La Te Ti Do Re
- Intervals: advanced: Do\Do descending tonic octave leap, Mi\Do, Do/Do ascending tonic octave leap, La\Fa, Fa/La, Do\La, La/Re, Do\Do descending tonic octave by steps
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth; lowered 7th (Te), tempo: pomposo/grand dignified, dynamics: forte/loud, mezzo forte/medium loud, fortissimo/very loud, decrescedo; poco ritardando, fermata, ad libitum (make-up cockle), horizontal accent (sing/play note a little louder)
- Key Words: barnyard, farming, strutting, struts, proud, to and fro, farmyard, farmer, chickens, chicken coop
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| First Grade 01-LORDL |
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