Chester

Kids have a lot of fun trying to remember to replace a new word with an action each time they sing this song!
I use this song as a warm-up and focus activity at the beginning of lessons with 10-14 year old children.
A great song for teaching 'too' (minim) to older beginners.

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Kodály Analysis:

Chester		Theme:	Occupations	Games:	Action
Partner:		Form:	Binary	Song Type:

Scale:

Major

CSP:

F - G

Age:

Middle Primary - Lower Secondary

Tones:

s low

l low

ti low

d finalis

Rhythm:

;

;

;

Melodic:

;

;

;

s low

;

s low

;

ti low

s low

;

;

;

s low

l low

ti low

d finalis

Prep:

,

ti low

MC:

Prac:

,

ti low

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