Down Down Baby

I use this song and chant as a choir warm up to create some enthusiasm and energy, work with a fun, strong beat, get the children moving and to incorporate some different vocal sounds! We experiment with different pitches and vocal slides for the 'ding dong' and the 'hot dog'.
I have found this chant particularly useful for engaging with boys. They can be a energetic in a controlled context and the range of a 4th at the beginning is more achievable than songs with a wider vocal range.
Great for working with 'do', 'low la' and 'low so'.
There is some advanced practise of ties.

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Kodály Analysis:

Down Down Baby		Theme:	Humour	Games:
Partner:		Form:	Strophic	Song Type:	Rhyme

Scale:

Tritonic

CSP:

C - G

Age:

Middle Primary - Middle Secondary

Tones:

s low finalis

l low

Rhythm:

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;

;

;

;

;

Melodic:

l low

s low finalis

s low

Prep:

l low

s low

Prac:

,

l low

s low

Origin: Traditional Playground Chant

Source: SING 1999

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