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View Music Samples A Big Fish Listen to Melody
United States - Spiritual
 
Syncopation, dotted rhythms, and exploring how the 4th (Fa) changes the feeling of the melody when sung in the chorus.
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ti ti | ta ta ta/ ti | ta/a ti ta/ | ta/a/a (ta)| ta ta/a/a | ta/a/a ti ti | ta ta/a/a | ta ta ta ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So, adding the fourth (Fa) to the pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi/So tonic arpeggio, So\So dominate octave skip
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, syncopation
  • Key Words: spiritual, sacred, bible stories: Jonah and the Whale, African American, yonder, swallowed
 
 
Second Grade   02-ABIGF   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Alleluia, Amen Listen to Melody
United States Traditional Round
 
Two part round includes a major scale stepping up the staff.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do\Fa, Fa\Re, Re/So, So\Mi
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; two (2) part round, major scale stepping up the staff
  • Key Words: sacred, alleluia, amen, praising, giving thanks, blessing
  • Recorder: intermediate: upper grades; excellent tune following the Beginning Recorder Songs for practicing the ascending C major scale
  • Keyboard: intermediate: upper grades; excellent for practicing the ascending C major scale.
 
 
Second Grade   02-ALLEL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples All Night, All Day Listen to Melody
USA - African American Spiritual
 
Challenge students to sing refrain and verses together in two parts. Have each section alternate between the verse and refrain for the most fun!
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: refrain: ABAC - verse: ABAC
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ta/a | ta/ ti | ta ta | ti/ ri ti ti | ti ta/ | ti ti ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Do\La, La/Do, Do/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Re\Ti
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth; refrain/verse, D.C. al Fine (da capo al fine/repeat from beginning to fine) Fine (finish/end), intervals of a third, mastering the intervals Do\La/Do, singing in parts, common ending: Re\Ti/Do
  • Key Words: sacred, African American history month, spiritual, evening prayer, bedtime prayer, Angels, Lord, watching, sleep, lay, wake, pray
 
 
Second Grade   02-ALLNI   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Alouette Listen to Melody
French Canadian Folk Song
 
Contrasting dotted quarter/eighth with dotted eighth/sixteenth, and singing the ascending and descending dominate octave skip.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: AaBCAa
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ta/ ti ta ta | ta/a/a/a | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ta | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta/a | ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri ta | ti/ ri ta ti/ ri ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do\So, So/Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, Do/So, So\So descending dominate octave skip, So/So ascending dominate octave skip
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; refrain/verse, D.C. al Fine (da capo al fine/repeat from beginning to fine) Fine (finish/end), ascending/descending dominate octave skip, stepping down from La\So
  • Key Words: French, foreign language, alouette (lark), tete (head), bec (beak), yeux (eyes), cou (neck), ailes (wings), pattes (feet), queue (tail), dos (back)
 
 
Second Grade   02-ALLOU   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Angel Band Listen to Melody
USA - African American Spiritual
 
Introducing dotted quarter followed by eighth, sixteenth notes, and mastering the ascending intervals La/Do and Do/Mi.
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: verse: AAAB - refrain: ABAC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti | ti ta (ti) | ti ta ti ri | ta/ ti | ti ti ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So La - pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: La/Do, Do\So, Do/Mi, Re\So, Mi\Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth;rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, verse/refrain, double bar-line
  • Key Words: sacred, spiritual, angels, counting forward one to ten and backwards ten to one, Sunday, morning, band; abbreviation: sev'n (seven)
 
 
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View Music Samples Big Bunch, a Little Bunch Listen to Melody
Bahamian Folk Song
 
Introducing syncopation while mastering the intervals of the tonic arpeggio.

  • Key: E Flat Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABAB
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ti | ti ti ta | ta ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: beginners: Mi/So, Mi\Do, So\Mi, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; intervals of the tonic arpeggio, syncopation
  • Key Words: Bahamas, geography, Caribbean, lard-stand, bunch, wagon team, Valentine's Day, bunch, stand, darling, roses
 
 
Second Grade   02-BIGBU   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Blow the Man Down Listen to Melody
Sea Chanty
 
Tonic and dominate 7th arpeggios with dotted eighth and sixteenth note rhythms.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti/ ri ti ti ti ti | ta/ ta/ | ti/ ri ta ti | ti ti ti ta/ | ti/ ri ti ta ti ri |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: advanced: Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, La\Fa, Fa\Re, So\Fa\Re\Ti descending dominate 7th arpeggio, Ti/Re/Fa ascending dominate 7th arpeggio, Re/La (perfect 5th)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth, feeling duple meter in 6/8 time, pickup beat
  • Key Words: sailing songs, parts of a ship, geography, Black Ball Lines, fellows, trim, preparing, aft (rear), poop (roof of the rear cabin), tinker, tailor, sights, shoemaker, sailors, aboard; contractions: you'll (you will), I'll (I will), there's (there is)
 
The Black Ballers were fast ships of the American Black Ball Line which sailed between New York, USA and Liverpool, England in the second half of the nineteenth century (1800's). When a sailor was blown down he was knocked to the ground. Blow the Man Down is a song about the unfair treatment of sailors aboard these ships.
 
Second Grade   02-BLOWT   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Christmas Is Coming Listen to Melody
English Folk Song
 
Tonic and dominate octave skips, syncopation, and tonic arpeggios will challenge you best readers.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCaBC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta (ta) | ti/ ri ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ta ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
  • Intervals: advanced: Do\So, So/Do, Do\Do descending tonic octave skip, Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, Do/Do ascending tonic octave skip, Do\So\Mi ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; tonic and dominate octave skips, tonic arpeggios, syncopation, vocal slur
  • Key Words: sacred, holiday season, Christmas, giving season, God, goose, penny, please, getting; possessive: man's, contractions: ha'penny (half penny), haven't (have not)
 
 
Second Grade   02-CHRIS   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Circle 'Round the Zero Listen to Melody
Traditional American Playground Song
 
Extending the vocal range with a circle game song.

  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti ti ti (ta) | ta ta ti ti (ta) |
  • Pitches: intermediate: La Do Re Mi So La Do - pentatonic scale, more than an octave range
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do8, Do8\So, So\Mi, Mi/Do, Do\La, La/Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, each fourth beat is a quarter rest
  • Key Words: playground song, circle game, front, back, side, zero; abbreviations: 'round (around), lovin' (loving)
 
 
Second Grade   02-CIRCL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Do Your Ears Hang Low? Listen to Melody
United States - Traditional
 
Third staff is a variation of the first staff using more notes of lesser value.
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Formrhythm: ABCD - pitches: ABaC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ti ti | ta/a ta/a | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | ti ti ti ri ti ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Mi Fa So La Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: beginners: Do\Mi, So\Mi, Mi/So/Do tonic arpeggio, Mi\Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, arpeggio, phrase variations
  • Key Words: nonsense song, ears, hang, wobble, to and fro, tie, knot, bow, toss, shoulder, Continental soldier; abbreviation: 'em (them)
 
 
Second Grade   02-DOYOU   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Early One Morning Listen to Melody
England - English Folk Song
 
Arpeggios extend the vocal range and challenge pitch accuracy before stepping down the major scale to rest.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: AaBC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta | ta/a |
  • Pitches: advanced: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
  • Intervals: advanced: Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, La\Fa, Fa\Re, Ti/Re, La\Fa\Re\Ti descending thirds, Re\So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/So/Do complete ascending tonic arpeggio
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; arpeggios, stepping down the major scale, extending the vocal range                               
  • Key Words: England, earth science, changing seasons, morning, risen, gaily, south, blowing, growing, herald, Spring, autumn, afternoon, setting, pipe a song, farewell, cold
 
 
Second Grade   02-EARLYO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Eh Soom Boo Kawaya Listen to Melody
Nigerian Song
 
Excellent introduction to syncopation!
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: AABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ti ta ta | ti ta ti ta (ti) ti | ta/a ta/a |
  • Pitches: beginners: So Ti Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: beginners: So/Do, Do\La
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; syncopation, pickup beat li>Key Words: Nigeria, geography, tribal chant
 
 
Second Grade   02-EHSOO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Ev'rybody's Welcome Listen to Melody
Tennessee Folk Song
 
Skipping dotted eighth rhythms contrasted with straight eighths.
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri t/ ri | ta ti ti | ta ta | ta/a |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So - pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do\So, So/Do, Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do/So, So\Mi, Mi/So, So\Do, Do\La, So/So ascending dominate octave skip
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; vocal slur, ascending dominate octave skip; note: last staff is a combination of the third and second staves
  • Key Words: sacred/secular, welcome song, Tennessee, hallelujah; abbreviation: ev'rybody's (everybody is)
 
 
Second Grade   02-EVRYB   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Giddy Up, Little Horses Listen to Melody
USA - Tennessee Folk Song
 
Introducing syncopation, the dotted quarter, and a modality shift from Phrygian centered around the third (Mi) to Major where one (Do) is home (tonic).
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 3/4
  • Form: ABaC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta | ti ta/ ta | syncopation, | ta (ta) ti ti |
  • Pitches: beginners: Mi So La Do Re Mi - pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Do\La, So\Mi, Mi/So, La/Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, vocal slur, syncopation; melody begins centered around the third (Mi), Phrygian mode, where the tonic is Em, evoking a feeling of sadness during the first three phrases before ending on the true tonic (Do)
  • Key Words: music modes, Phrygian mode, moving west, country life, horses, hungry, eat, hay, pony, darling, feed, belongings, ride, lonely, cabin, home, courting song; contraction: ain't (are not)
 
 
Second Grade   02-GIDDY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Giddy Up, Little Horses Listen to Melody
USA - Tennessee Folk Song
 
Introducing syncopation, the dotted quarter, and a modality shift from Phrygian centered around the third (Mi) to Major where one (Do) is home (tonic).
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 3/4
  • Form: ABaC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta | ti ta/ ta | syncopation, | ta (ta) ti ti |
  • Pitches: beginners: Mi So La Do Re Mi - pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Do\La, So\Mi, Mi/So, La/Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, vocal slur, syncopation; melody begins centered around the third (Mi), Phrygian mode, where the tonic is Em, evoking a feeling of sadness during the first three phrases before ending on the true tonic (Do)
  • Key Words: music modes, Phrygian mode, moving west, country life, horses, hungry, eat, hay, pony, darling, feed, belongings, ride, lonely, cabin, home, courting song; contraction: ain't (are not)
 
 
Second Grade   02-GIGGY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Going Over the Sea Listen to Melody
Canadian Street Song
 
Mastering the tonic arpeggio with advanced rhythms.
    Key: G Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: AaBb (w/coda)
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ta ti | ta ti ta/ | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/ (ta) ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ta ti | ta (ti) ta ti | ta/ ta ti | ta/ (ta) ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do\So, Mi\So, Re\So only interval not in the tonic arpeggio
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, staves three and four composed of the tonic arpeggio in second position (5-1-3) (So-Do-Mi)
  • Key Words: counting song, rhyming words for counting one to ten: bun, shoe, tree, door, jive, sticks, eleven, skate, line, again, math, crossing the sea, jumped, aboard, sailor-man, ship, standing at attention, soldier; possessive: sailor-man's
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Second Grade   02-GOING   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Good Morning, Merry Sunshine Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Introducing the raised 4th (Fi), challenging intervals, and longer phrases for greater breath support.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABCc
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ta ti | syncopation, |ta/ ti | ti ri ti ri ti ti |
  • Pitches: advanced: Ti Do Re Mi Fa Fi So La - Introducing the raised 4th (Fi)
  • Intervals: advanced: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Ti/Re, Re/Fa, Fa\Ti, Fa\Re, Do/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Re/So, So\Mi, Mi/So, Re/So
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat
  • Key Words: earth science, movement of the sun, movements of the moon, stars, sunshine, shined, ceased, playing, staying, East, waken, birds and bees
 
 
Second Grade   02-GOODM   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Great Grandad Listen to Melody
American Cowboy Song
 
Introducing sixteenth notes. Adding Fa to the pentatonic scale.
  • Key: D Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ri | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti | ti ri ti ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La - introducing the 4th (Fa) to the pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/La, Mi/So, So\Do, Mi/La, Re/So
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth
  • Key Words: cowboy, Western USA, Grandad, barred, wagon tongue, rough, dangers, wilderness, slept, hunted, coonskin, grub, frying pan, knife, suite, wore; possessive: man's, hyphenated word: twenty-one
 
 
Second Grade   02-GREAT   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples The Hunting Horn Listen to Melody
Traditional Round
 
Excellent round for advanced primary readers learning to sing in parts. The use of fermatas in each phrase challenges the students ability to stay together during the round.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: rhythm: AABC - pitches: ABCD
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta/ | ta ti ri ti ta | syncopation, | ta ti ta ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, Mi/Do, Do8\So, So/Do8, Do8\Mi, Do8\La only interval not associated with the tonic arpeggio
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; four part round, multiple fermatas, melody ends on the fifth of the scale (So)
  • Key Words: four part round, canon, fox hunting, echo, morn, horn, cheerily, merrily, hark, hill and dale
 
 
Second Grade   02-HUNTI   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Hush My Baby Listen to Melody
USA - Mississippi Lullaby
 
Unusual beginning on the second (Re), practicing the intervals So\Re and So\Mi, before finding the tonic (Do).
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: rhythm: ABCDAB - pitches: ABabAB
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta/ ti | ta ta ta/a | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ti ti ti ta/ | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta ti ta/ | syncopation
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals: beginners: Mi/So, So\Re, So\Mi
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; dynamics: pianissimo/very soft; ritardando, fermata, syncopation
  • Key Words: United States geography, Mississippi, lullaby, hush, by and by, bring, baby, candy kitty, puppy dog, maybe, cry; contraction: daddy's (daddy is), don't (do not)
 
 
Second Grade   02-HUSHM   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples In the Window Listen to Melody
Hebrew Folk Song
 
Introducing the minor tonality, where the sixth (La) becomes the tonal center.
  • Key: G minor - pitches in B Flat Major
  • Time: 3/4
  • Form: AaBC
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ta ti ti | ti ti ta/a | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Mi La Ti Do Re Mi
  • Rhythm: advanced: Mi/Do (m6th), La/Do (m3rd), Do\La (m3rd), La/Mi (P5th), Mi\La (P5th), La\Mi (P4th), Ti/Mi (P4th)
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; minor tonality
  • Key Words: Hanukkah, menorah, window, glow, newly, fallen, candle, night, seasonal, Jewish Holiday, minor tonality, minor key, fast tempo minor songs sound festive/happy
 
 
Second Grade   02-INTHE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples John the Rabbit Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Comparing straight rhythms to dotted rhythms. Beginning phrases on the second half of the second beat.
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: AaBBbbCCDE
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti ti | ti ti (ti) ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti | ti ti (ti) ti | ti ti ri ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Rhythm: intermediate: call: So/Do, Mi\Do, Do\La, So/So dominate octave skip entrance, Do/So, Do\So entrance; response: no intervals
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, call and response
  • Key Words: Easter, holiday, seasonal, seasons, spring garden, farming, farmer, growing plants, vegetables, rabbit, habit, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, Fall, cotton; contractions: ain't (am not), gonna (going to)
 
 
Second Grade   02-JOHNT   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Lone Star Trail Listen to Melody
American Cowboy Song
 
Mastering the intervals of the tonic chord. How does adding the passing tones Fa (4th) and the Re (2nd) to the end change the feeling of the tune.
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABbC
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ta ti ti | ta/a |
  • Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi Fa So - adding the 4th (Fa) to the pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Mi\So, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\So descending dominate octave skip
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied note, descending dominate octave skip, ascending tonic arpeggio
  • Key Words: cowboy life, western, Texas, Lone Star State, Lone Star Trail, trail, punching cattle, yippy, daylight, moon, shining, bright, bacon, beans, prairie, hay, cowboy food; abbreviations: morn (morning), punchin' (punching); contraction: wouldn't (would not)
 
 
Second Grade   02-LONES   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Long-Legged Sailor Listen to Melody
USA - Game Chant
 
Introducing the fermata with a challenging 'hand jive.'
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABAB
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi, Mi\Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, multiple fermatas
  • Key Words: game song, none-sense song, sailor, meet, met, long, short, knock-kneed, bow-legged, cross-legged
  • Recorder: beginners: grades 3-5, first  Beginning Recorder Song - for setting up recorder center/station and teaching the first recorder song see: Lesson Plan
  • KeyBoard: beginners: excellent three finger exercise for left, right, and two hands at once
 
 
Second Grade   02-LONGL   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Looby Loo Listen to Melody
English Singing Game
 
Practicing tonic intervals, stepping down from the 6th (La) to the tonic (Do), and stepping up with syncopation.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABCD (4 measure phrases) ABA (8 measure phrases)
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/a/a | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta/_a ti | ta ti ta ti | ta (ti) ta/ |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals:  intermediate : Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do/So, So/Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; tied notes, refrain/verse, D.C. al Fine, Fine
  • Key Words: learning left and right, physical science, parts of the body, hand, foot, Saturday, whole self, body, shake, turn about
 
 
Second Grade   02-LOOBY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Old Molly Hare Listen to Melody
USA - American Folk Song
 
Introducing the dotted quarter note.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti | ta/ ti | ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals:  intermediate : Fa\Re, Re/So, Mi\Do, Do/Fa, Ti\So
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; verse/refrain, vocal slur
  • Key Words: Easter, farming, gardening, life of a rabbit, rabbit food, hare, cotton, through, tear, apples, pear, nibbling, garden, prickly pear, briar, haystack, bear, picking; hyphonated: a-shooting
 
 
Second Grade   02-OLDMO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Old Round Listen to Melody
Composer Unknown
 
EXCELLENT first round selection, using only the intervals of the tonic triad, where the lyrics explain the process.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Mi So Do
  • Intervals:  intermediate : Do/Mi, Mi/So, So/Do\So, So\Mi, Mi\Do - skipping up, then down, the tonic triad
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; three (3) part round
  • Key Words: text explains what is happening when singing a round, catch, start, hear, say, saying, on (go on), together
  • Recorder: intermediate: excellent for practicing the intervals to the tonic, following the  Beginning Recorder Songs
 
 
Second Grade   02-OLDRO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples The Old Sow's Hide Listen to Melody
USA - Folk Song
 
Mastering the intervals of the tonic arpeggio.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm:  intermediate : | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta ta ta/a | ti ti ta ti ti ta | ti ti ta ta/a | ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | ta ta ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta/a |      
  • Pitches:  intermediate : So Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Mi, So\Re, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi, Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio 1st position, So/Do/Mi ascending tonic arpeggio 1st position, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth
  • Key Words: farming, pig farming, sow, hide, cushion, measles, spring, feet, pickled pig's feet, meat, bacon, tail, whip, sail; possessive: sow's
 
 
Second Grade   02-OLDSO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Our Band Listen to Melody
Italian Song
 
Mastering the ascending interval So/Do and descending interval So\Do.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: AABBB
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta/ ta ti | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/_a ti | ta/ ta/ | ti ti ti ta/ |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi - adding the 7th (Ti) to a pentatonic scale
  • Intervals:  intermediate : So/Do, Do\So, Re\So
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; tied notes, pickup beat, horizontal accent (sing/play the note a little louder/stronger), repeat signs (3 times), mastering the ascending and descending perfect fourth (P4) as the dominate to the tonic and the tonic to the dominate
  • Key Words: band instruments, drums, trombone, trumpet (add more as you wish), instrument sounds
 
 
Second Grade   02-OURBA   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Over My Head Listen to Melody
USA - African American Spiritual
 
Cut time, 2/2, counted in 4/4, including tied phrases and syncopation, for voice, recorder and keyboard.
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 2/2
  • Form: AAAB
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a/a/a_|_a ti ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta (ta) (ta) ta | ta/a ta ta |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi
  • Intervals:  beginners : Do/Mi, Mi\Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, cut time 2/2, tied notes
  • Key Words: sacred, spiritual, African American History Month, head, music, angels, Jesus, God
  • Recorder: beginners: upper grades; excellent practice following the first (1st) Beginning Recorder Song, Long Legged Sailor..
  • Keyboard: beginners: excellent three finger exercise for the left, right, and two hands together.
 
 
Second Grade   02-OVERM   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Pizza, Pizza, Daddy-O Listen to Melody
USA - African American Jump-Rope Song
 
Mastering the beginning Orff interval So\Mi. Centered around the 3rd (Mi) - Phrygian mode, before arriving at the tonic (Do) on the last pitch.
  • Key: D Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABbbbb
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ti ta ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti-ti-ti ta ta | triplet, | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta ta | ti (ti) ta ta ta |
  • Pitches: beginners: Mi So La Do
  • Intervals:  intermediate : So\Mi, Mi/La, Mi/So, So/Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, eighth triplet; rest: quarter, eighth; triplet, tied notes, syncopation, Phrygian mode centered around the third (Mi) sounding sad
  • Key Words: African American History Month, playground songs, jump-rope song, Phrygian mode, boyfriend, pizza, rope, twist; abbreviation: 'cause (because); hyphenated: daddy-o
 
 
Second Grade   02-PIZZA   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Pop Goes the Weasel Listen to Melody
England - 17th Century English Rhyme
 
Skipping in 6/8 time with a quarter followed by an eighth.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABCD (4 measures) AB (8 measures)
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/ ta ti | ti (ti) (ti) ta ti | ta/ ta/ |
  • Pitches: advanced: So Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re - wide range
  • Intervals: advanced: Mi/So, So\Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio, So/Do, Do/La, La\Re, Re/Fa, Do/Do ascending octave skip, Do\La, Ti\So, So/Do8, Ti/Re8, Re8\Ti
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; descending tonic arpeggio, ascending tonic octave skip, extending the vocal range
  • Key Words: nursery rhyme, cobbler, bench, chased, weasel, monkey, thought, sigh, patience, by and by, nickel, spool, thread, sewing, regal; contractions; I've (I have), 'twas (it was); possessive: cobbler's
 
A seemingly nonsense rhyme with many interpretations. In the United States, the first verse represents children working in the fabric shops prior to the industrial revolution; chasing yarn balls.
 
Second Grade   02-POPGO   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Ridding in the Buggy Listen to Melody
South Carolina Folk Song
 
Dotted quarters and eighths will challenge your best readers.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: AB
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ri ti ri ti ri ti | ti/ ri ti ti |syncopation, | ta/ ri ti (ti) | ti/ ri ti ti ri | ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/ (ti) | ta (ta) |   
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So La Do - pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, Do\La, La\Mi, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth, syncopation
  • Key Words: USA geography, buggy, ridding, morn, darling
 
 
Second Grade   02-RIDIN   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Rocky Mountain Listen to Melody
USA - Appalachian Folk Song
 
Introducing the 6th (La) to the tonic arpeggio.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Formrhythm: AABB - pitches: ABCc - song: AB (verse/refrain)
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta (ta) | ta ta |   
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So La - pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, La\Mi
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; verse/refrain, tonic arpeggio
  • Key Words: USA geography, earth science, Appalachians, rocky, mountain, stormy, ocean, hide, sunny, valley, low, soft and low, remember; contraction: you're (you are)
  • KeyBoard: intermediate: upper grades - practicing the tonic arpeggio; left, right and two hands together
 
 
Second Grade   02-ROCKY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Sandy Land Listen to Melody
USA - Texas Folk Song
 
Introducing syncopation for voice and keyboard.
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Formrhythm: AAAB - pitches: AaAB
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ri ti ri ti/ ri ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation   
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals: beginners: Mi/So, So\Mi, Do/Mi
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, syncopation
  • Key Words: USA geography, Texas, sandy land, farming, taters (potatoes), sweet potatoes, dig, raise, make a living, fare you well, ladies
  • KeyBoard: intermediate: upper grades: excellent five finger exercise; left, right, and two hands together
 
 
Second Grade   02-SANDY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Sarasponda Listen to Melody
Attributed: Dutch Folk Song
 
Syncopated rhythms, a tonic arpeggio, and an octave skip.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Formby staff:AABCBC - song: ABB
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | ta/ ti ta (ti) ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta (ti) ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta |   
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
  • Intervals: advanced: Do/Mi/So ascending arpeggio, Do/Do ascending tonic octave skip, Do\La, So\Do, Fa\Re, So\Re, Re/Fa
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, repeat signs, tonic arpeggio, tonic octave skip, syncopation
  • Key Words: nonsense song, imitating the sound of a spinning wheel, spinning yarn
 
 
Second Grade   02-SARAS   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Shoo, Fly Listen to Melody
USA - Folk Song
 
Practicing syncopation in four rhythm patterns with advanced intervals.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABA
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti/ ri ta | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti | ta/ ti | ti ti ri ti ti | syncopation   
  • Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: advanced: Mi\Do, Fa\Re, Re\Ti, Re/So, So/Mi, Mi\So, So/Re, Re/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; fermata, syncopation
  • Key Words: nonsense song, shoo, fly, morning, star, bother, belong, somebody; contraction: don't (do not)
 
 
Second Grade   02-SHOOF   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Sing Ivy Listen to Melody
England - Traditional
 
Introducing the dotted quarter, the descending dominate octave skip (So\So), and farming vocabulary from England.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABAC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ta ti | ta ti ti ti | ta/ ta ti |      
  • Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Do/So, So\Mi, So\So descending dominate octave skip
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, octave skip
  • Key Words: world geography, earth science, England farming, holly, whistle, ivy, ploughed, morning, rams horn, sowed, peppercorn, bramble brush, reaped, penknife, barn, threshed, goose quill, mill, miller; contraction: he'd (he would)
 
 
Second Grade   02-SINGI   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Skin and Bones Listen to Melody
USA - Kentucky Folk Song
 
A minor tonality where the 6th (La) is the tonal center in its relative Major.
  • Key: A minor - pitched for C Major And: D minor - pitched for F Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: A (through composed)
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta/ | ta/ ta ti |      
  • Pitches: beginners: La Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: intermediate: La/Do, Do\La, Re\La, La/Mi
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, minor tonality
  • Key Words: Halloween, spooky songs, All Hallows Eve, All Saints Eve, scary songs, skin, bones, graveyard, broom; contractions: she'd (she would), hyphenated/abbreviation: a-lyin' (a lying)
  • KeyBoard: intermediate: five finger exercise, left, right, and two hands together
 
 
Second Grade   02-SKINA   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Skip to My Lou Listen to Melody
USA - Western Play Song
 
Developing the independent voice. Skipping to the steady beat.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Formverse: AaAB - refrain: AaAB - song:  AB (verse/refrain)
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ti ti ta | ta ta ta/a | ta ti ti ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ta ti ti ta/a |      
  • Pitches:  intermediate : Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Re, Re\Ti, Ti/Re, Re/Fa
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; verse/refrain
  • Key Words: United States geography, Western Unite States, Texas, play song, dance song, playground song, early square dance song, buttermilk, flies, partner, cream, jar, prettier, another, Texas, two by two, jay bird, off to; contractions: what'll (what will), I'll (I will), bird'll (bird will), cat's (cat is), can't (cannot); abbreviation: darlin' (darling)
  • KeyBoard: intermediate: upper grades, five finger exercise; left, right, and two hands together
 
 
Second Grade   02-SKIPT   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Stoopin' on the Window Listen to Melody
USA - African American Singing Game
 
Introducing the descending interval Do\La, sounding sad, with syncopation and dynamics.
  • Key: D Major
  • Time: 2/2 (cut time)
  • Formstaff: AaBBBB - song:  AB
  • Rhythm:  intermediate : | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ti ta/a/ | syncopation, | ta ti ta/ (ti) ti | syncopation      
  • Pitches:  beginners : So Do Mi So
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Do, Do\La, Re\La, La/Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, eighth; tied noes, repeat sign, un-pitched notes; dynamics: piano/soft, forte/loud
  • Key Words: African American History, playground song, party song, forming a tight circle, winding, unwinding, window, ball; abbreviations: stoopin' (stooping); contraction: let's (let us)

 
Directions:
  • Two students form an arch; "window".
  • Remaining students form a line, holding hands.
  • One student remains alone at the end of the line.
  • Leader leads the line under the arched hands.*
  • Leader calls out first line.
  • Remaining students answer, "wind the ball..." or "again,..."
  • Leader takes the line down to the remaining student "ball" and goes around him, winding the ball.
  • When all students are tightly pressed together in a circle, the "ball" is unwound by the leader.
  • At the end of the game the students are in a straight line again.

*Alternative movement: students hold their arms up and the leader takes them in and out through the windows to the foot of the line and the 'ball."

Phrases are sung as often as needed to complete each part of the game.
 

Second Grade   02-STOOP   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples There's a Hole in the Bucket Listen to Melody
USA - Dialogue Song
 
Singing in sections; boys, girls.
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 3/4
  • Form: Aa
  • Rhythm:  beginners : | ta ta ta | ta ta ti ti | ta/a |      
  • Pitches:  beginners : So La Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi\So, Do\So, La/Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, singing in sections
  • Key Words: dialogue song, camp song, bucket, mend, straw, cut, knife, sharpen, stone, wet stone; contraction: there's (there is)
 
 
Second Grade   02-THERE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Three Little Pigs Listen to Melody
Traditional
 
Singing octave harmonies.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 3/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm:  intermediate : | ta ta ta | ta/a/a | ti ta/ ta | syncopation, | ta/a ta | ta/a ti ti | ti ti ta/ |         
  • Pitches:  intermediate : Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do (So8 Fa8 Mi8 Re8 Do8 - octave harmony)
  • Intervals: advanced: So\Mi, Re/So, So\Do, Do/So, La/Do, So\Mi, So/So ascending dominate octave skip, octave harmonies
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; singing in octaves, tied notes, syncopation, pickup beat
  • Key Words: animal science, farming, character education, sow, pigs, piggies, animal sounds, pig sounds, oink, wee, skinny, lean, died, sad, sight, ought; contraction: oughta (ought to)
 
 
Kindergarten   02-THREE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Try, Try Again Listen to Melody
USA - Traditional
 
Advanced intervals, ascending and descending tonic arpeggios, and challenging rhythmic patterns will make this musically rewarding, as well as character building.
  • Key: B flat Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Formrhythm: AABA - pitches: ABCD
  • Rhythm:  advanced : | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta | ta ti/ ri | ta/a | ti ti ti ti ri |         
  • Pitches:  advanced : Do Mi So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
  • Intervals: advanced: Do\So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/So/Do ascending tonic arpeggio, Do\So, So/Fa, Re\So, So/Mi, La/Do, Fa\So, So/Mi
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth, vocal slur
  • Key Words: character education, lesson, first, succeed, courage, shall, appear, persevere, conquer, fear, hero, heroic; contraction: 'tis (it is), don't (do not)
 
 
Kindergarten   02-TRYTRY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Turn Me 'Round Listen to Melody
USA - Civil Rights Song
 
Advanced syncopation in a minor tonality, where the tonal center is the 6th (La) of the major scale.
  • Key: E minor - pitched in G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: AB
  • Rhythm:  advanced : | ri ti/ ri | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ta/ (ta) | syncopation, | ta ti ta/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation | ti ta ti ti ta (ti) | ti/ ri ti ta/ ri ti/ ri |            
  • Pitches:  beginners : So La Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: beginners: Mi\Do, Do\La, La/Do, Do/Mi
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth; pickup beats, tied notes, syncopation, minor tonality
  • Key Words: civil rights, African American History Month, protest song, nobody, injustice, segregation, oppression, jail cell, violence; hyphenated words: a-walkin' (a walking), a-talkin' (a talking); abbreviations: 'round (around), walkin' (walking), talkin' (talking); contractions: ain't (are not), gonna (going to)
 
 
Second Grade   02-TURNM   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Up On the House-Top Listen to Melody
USA - Traditional
 
Descending variations of La\So\Me\Re, changing the rhythm to match the lyrics.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: AB - verse/chorus
  • Rhythm:  intermediate : | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta ta ta/a | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ti ti ti ti ta | ta ti ti ta/a | ta ti ti ta ta |            
  • Pitches:  intermediate : Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals:  intermediate : So\Mi, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, Re/So, So\Do, Do/Fa, Fa/La, Re/Fa
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; tied notes, verse/chorus, changing rhythms to match verse lyrics
  • Key Words: Christmas, Santa Clause, seasonal, reindeer, pause, jumps, through, chimney, joys, Saint Nick, stocking, dolly, laughs, cries, shut, glorious, hammer, tacks, whistle, whip, cracks; contraction: wouldn't (would not); possessive: ones'
 
 
Second Grade   02-UPONT   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby? Listen to Melody
USA - African American Spiritual
 
Mastering the ascending and descending interval La/Do and Do\La in a minor tonality, with syncopation.
  • Key: E minor - pitched in G Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Formrefrain: AaAB - verse: ABAB - song: ABA refrain/verse/refrain
  • Rhythm:  advanced : | ti ti ti ti | ta/ ti | ta ta | ta/a | ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta ti ti | ti/ ri ta | syncopation               
  • Pitches:  beginners : La Do Re Mi Fa
  • Intervals:  intermediate : La/Do, Do\La, La/Re, Re/Fa, Fa\Re
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; refrain/verse, repeat signs, D.C. al Fine, Fine, minor tonality, syncopation
  • Key Words: sacred, Christmas, holiday season, African American History, pretty, Bethelem, Immanuel, Jesus Christ; contraction: gonna (going to), I'll (I will)
 
 
Second Grade   02-WHATY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Wind, The Listen to Melody
English Folk Song
 
Introducing the ascending interval 2nd to 5th, Re/So and two descending tonic arpeggios with repeating pitches.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: AAB
  • Rhythm:  beginners : | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a/a |               
  • Pitches:  intermediate : So La Ti Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals:  intermediate : Re/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter; rest: half
  • Key Words: earth sciences, weather, wind directions, North, East, South, West, seasons, beast, neither, clover, corn, clover, best, brings, their, drifting, snow, jolly, gentle, petals, unclose; abbreviation: flow'rs (flowers); contraction: it's (it is); conjunction: nor
 
 
Second Grade   02-WINDT   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Wishy Washy Listen to Melody
English Singing Game
 
Advanced rhythms for voice and keyboard.
  • Key: E Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABaB
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ta/ ta/ | ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/a ti | syncopation               
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: beginners: Re/So, So\Mi
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, fermata, tied notes
  • Key Words: world geography, England, sailor, lately, sea, another, along
  • KeyBoard: intermediate: five finger exercise for right, left, and two hands together
 
 
Second Grade   02-WISHY   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Yankee Doodle Listen to Melody
Anglo American - Traditional
 
Introducing syncopation with English and American history.
  • Key: A flat Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation | ta ta ta/a |
  • Pitches:  intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Do/Mi, Re\So, So/Do, Ti\So, Do\La, Ti/Re
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; syncopation
  • Key Words: USA history, world geography, Seven Years' War, state anthem: Connecticut, doodle (German origins; simpleton), macaroni (1770's wig) Yankee (citizen of north-east USA), riding, pony, feather, dandy (gentleman), step to music, handy, Captain Gooding, hasty pudding (quick-recipe British dessert from 1742), Squire David (English country gentleman), wasted, Captain Washington, slapping, stallion, million, smother, scampered; abbreviations: ev'ry (every), sav'ed (saved); hyphenated: a-giving (a giving)
 
 
Second Grade   02-YANKE   Each format is $0.99  







View Music Samples Zion's Children Listen to Melody
USA - African American Spiritual
 
Common and tricky syncopation while practicing the descending intervals La\Do and Do\La.
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABAC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ti ta ti ta/a | syncopation, | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ti ri ti ti/ ri ta ta | syncopation | ta/a/a ta |
  • Pitches:  intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: La\Do, Do\La, So/So ascending dominate octave skip, La/Re
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, syncopation
  • Key Words: sacred, world geography, religious history, African American History, spiritual, Zion, children, mother, father, marching, along, about, welcome; possessive: Zion's
 
 
Second Grade   02-ZIONS   Each format is $0.99  







 
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