Mama Buy Me A Chiney Doll

  • 'Mama Buy Me A Chiney Doll' is a great song for practising the melodic element 're'. 'Re' occurs several times in different melodic contexts.
  • This song can also be used to practise the rhythmic element 'ti-tika'.
  • For fun, students might like to improvise new verses for this song.
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Kodály Analysis:

Mama Buy Me A Chiney Doll Theme: Family Games:
Partner: Form: Verse & Chorus Song Type:
Scale: do Pentatonic CSP: E - B Age: Middle Primary - Lower Secondary
Tones: d finalis r m s l Rhythm: ; ;  
Melodic: m r d ; d r m ; d m ; l s r ; r s ; r m d finalis
Prep: , r
MC:
Prac: do Pentatonic, , r

 

Origin: American Folk Song
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