Tony Chestnut (Version 1)

This funny song becomes hilarious when you speed it up and try to fit in all the actions!

The song is great for:

  • Practice controlling the beat in different tempi. (E.g. start the song slowly and each time you sing get faster without letting the song run away.)
  • A song to warm up voices and bodies.
  • Co-ordination.
  • Teaching the time signature 4/4.
  • Teaching the rhythmic element 'too-oo-oo-oo' (semibreve/whole note.)
  • Teaching melodic sequence.
  • Introducing modal transformation!
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Kodály Analysis:

Tony Chestnut (Version 1) Theme: Humour Games: Action
Partner: Form: Song Type:
Scale: Major CSP: D - F Age: Middle Primary - Lower Secondary
Tones: ti low d finalis r m f s Rhythm: ;  
Melodic: d r m d ; r m f r ; ti low d r ti low ; r s ; s f m r d finalis
Prep:
MC:
Prac: , f ti low

 

Origin: Folk Song
Source:

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