Sleigh Bells

This beautiful Russian Christmas song is in minor tonality.
With a limited range, (a minor 6th), it's a great song for singing with boys whose voices are breaking and singers who are less confident.
Great for practising the melodic element 'si'.
Ti-ti's (quavers/eighth notes) are the predominant rhythm in this song. Careful! The song has a tendancy to speed up!
There is a beautiful example of sequences at the end of the song. d-m-r-d; t,-r-d-t,; l,-d-t,-l,

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Kodály Analysis:

Sleigh Bells		Theme:	Christmas	Games:
Partner:		Form:	Binary	Song Type:

Scale:

Harmonic Minor

CSP:

E - G

Age:

Upper Primary - Middle Secondary

Tones:

si low

l low finalis

ti low

Rhythm:

;

Melodic:

l low

;

ti low

l low

si low

;

si low

ti low

;

si low

ti low

;

si low

;

si low

l low finalis

;

;

ti low

ti low

;

l low

ti low

l low

Prep:

si low

Prac:

,

si low

Origin: Russia

Source: My Mini Music Books by David Hooper

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