Diddle Dum

"Diddle Dum" is a fun song for practising rhymes.
This song can be used for word improvisation.
This song can also be used as an "accumulative" song with students needing to improvise each new verse and then remember each of the verses that have been sung before. (Kids love this challenge!)
There are illustrations available enabling this song to be sung as a 'singing story'.
The melody is very easy to learn.

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Kodály Analysis:

Diddle Dum		Theme:	Alphabet	Games:	Word Improvisation
Partner:		Form:	Verse & Chorus	Song Type:

Scale:

Major

CSP:

C - F

Age:

Early Childhood - Lower Secondary

Tones:

s low

l low

ti low

d finalis

Rhythm:

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Melodic:

Source: K. McLatchey

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