Sing-a-Ling-a-Ling

This cheerful song makes a great opening song for a concert, as a bus or camp song.

It is also useful for:

Singing to foster happiness in your classroom!
Working with the rhythmic element 'tum ti' (dotted crotchet, quaver / dotted quarter note, eighth note).
Later practise of the melodic elements 'low la' and 'low so'.
Singing octaves - The song moves from 'low so' to 'so' several times in a row.

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Kodály Analysis:

Sing-a-Ling-a-Ling		Theme:	Music	Games:
Partner:		Form:		Song Type:

Scale:

Pentatonic

CSP:

C

Age:

Lower Primary - Upper Primary

Tones:

s low

l low

d finalis

Rhythm:

;

;

;

;

Melodic:

s low

;

;

;

;

l low

s low

;

;

s low

;

;

d finalis

Prep:

Prac:

,

l low

s low

Origin: American Folk Song Arr. M. McLatchey

Source: BethsNotesPlus.com

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