Once On A Bough A Cuckoo Sat

This unusual little song is great for:

Teaching 5/4 metre.
Conducting in 5/4 metre.
Counting rests (without rushing them) before coming in on the next verse.
Practising the rhythmic element ti-tika (quaver, semiquavers / eighth note, sixteenth notes) in an irregular time signature.

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Once On A Bough A Cuckoo Sat		Theme:	Animals	Games:
Partner:		Form:	Ternary	Song Type:

Scale:

Major

CSP:

C - D

Age:

Middle Secondary - Upper Secondary

Tones:

Rhythm:

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Melodic:

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Prac:

Origin: Public Domain

Source: Seventy Simple Songs With Ostinati

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