Hippety Hop

Practicing syncopation in 6/8 and feeling duple meter in 6/8.

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Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta/ |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Do, Mi\Do, La\Re, Re/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8
Key Words: dance tune, barber shop, candy – in the early days of barber shops they also sold candy

**“Hippety Hop”**
Hippety hop to the barber shop, To buy a stick of candy, One for you and one for me, And one for sister Mandy.

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Hi! Ho! The Rattlin’ Bog

Introducing the thirty-second note, three (3) flags/beams with advanced syncopation, a tonic arpeggio and a dominate octave skip.

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Grade: Third
Origin: Ireland – Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABA – cumulative song
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |
| ti ti ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti ti ri ti ti ri | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: Do\La, So/Do, So/So ascending dominate octave skip, Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, dotted sixteenth, thirty-second; cumulative song, fermata, syncopation, arpeggio, octave skip
Key Words: world geography, Ireland, animal science, bog, tree, limb, branch, nest, egg, bird; abbreviation: rattlin’ (rattling)

**“Hi! Ho! The Rattlin’ Bog”**

		Refrain
		Hi! Ho! The rattlin’ bog and the bog down in the valley-o. Hi! Ho! The rattlin’ bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
	1.	Now in the bog there was a tree, a rare tree, a rattlin’ tree; The tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
		Refrain
	2.	Now on this tree there was a limb, a rare limb, a rattlin’ limb; The limb on the tree and the the tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
		Refrain
	3.	Now on the limb there was a branch, a rare branch, a rattlin’ branch; The branch on the limb and the limb on the tree and the the tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
		Refrain
	4.	Now on the branch there was a nest, a rare nest, a rattlin’ nest; The nest on the branch, and the branch on the limb, and the limb on the tree and the the tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
		Refrain
	5.	Now in the nest there was an egg, a rare egg, a rattlin’ egg; The egg in the nest, and nest on the branch, and the branch on the limb, and the limb on the tree and the the tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
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	6.	Now in the egg there was a bird, a rare bird, a rattlin’ bird; The bird in the egg and egg in the nest, and nest on the branch, and the branch on the limb, and the limb on the tree and the the tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
		Refrain

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Higgledy, Piggledy, My Black Hen

Syncopation on 6/8, feeing duple meter in 6/8.

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Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Nursery Rhyme
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABBA
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta (ti) | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, Fa\Re, So\Mi, La\Mi
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; vocal slur, 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8
Key Words: world geography: England; black, hen, laying eggs, farming, gentlemen, nine, ten, non-sense words

**“Higgledy, Piggledy, My Black Hen”**
Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen. Sometimes nine and sometimes ten, Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen.

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Hickory, Dickory, Dock

Syncopation and feeling duple meter in 6/8 time
while practicing a major sixth Do/La\Do.

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Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Nursery Rhyme
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta (ti) (ta) ti |
syncopation, | ti ta ti ta | syncopation, | ti ta ti ta/ | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Do/La, Do\La, La\Mi, La\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, eighth; 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8
Key Words: world geography: England; telling time, animals, hours, bird, dog, bear, bee, hive, hen, pecked, fiddle-sticks, cat, horse, cake, cow, danced, pig, oinked, duck, quacked, heavens, mouse, noon

“Hickory, Dickory, Dock”



1.	Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck “one.” The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.	7.	Hickory Dickory Dock! The horse jumped over the clock, The clock struck eight 8, He ate some cake, Hickory Dickory Dock!

2.	Hickory Dickory Dock, The bird looked at the clock, The clock struck two 2, Away she flew, Hickory Dickory Dock	8.	Hickory Dickory Dock! The horse jumped over the clock, The clock struck eight 8, He ate some cake, Hickory Dickory Dock!

3.	Hickory Dickory Dock! The dog barked at the clock, The clock struck three 3, Fiddle-de-dee, Hickory Dickory Dock!	9.	Hickory Dickory Dock! The cow danced on the clock, The clock struck nine 9, She felt so fine, Hickory Dickory Dock!

4.	Hickory Dickory Dock! The bear slept by the clock, The clock struck four 4, He ran out the door, Hickory Dickory Dock!	10.	Hickory Dickory Dock! The pig oinked at the clock, The clock struck ten 10, She did it again, Hickory Dickory Dock!

5.	Hickory Dickory Dock! The bee buzzed round the clock, The clock struck five 5, She went to her hive, Hickory Dickory Dock!	11.	Hickory Dickory Dock! The duck quacked at the clock The clock struck 11, The duck said ‘oh heavens!’ Hickory Dickory Dock!

6.	Hickory Dickory Dock! The hen pecked at the clock, The clock struck six 6, Oh, fiddle-sticks, Hickory Dickory Dock!	12.	Hickory Dickory Dock! The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck noon He’s here too soon! Hickory Dickory Dock!

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Hey, Ho! Nobody Home

Counting beat divisions in 2/2 (cut) time, singing in
three parts, and introducing the coda.

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Grade: Fourth
Origin: England – Old Round
Key: F minor – pitched in A major
Time: 2/2, also counted in 4/4
Form: ABCa
Rhythm : 2/2 – advanced*: although the rhythm is identical to 4/4, counting the beat divisions in 2/2 is more challenging to comprehend;
4/4 – intermediate: | ta (ta) ta (ta) | ta ti ti ta (ta) |
| ta ta ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta (ta) | ta/ ti ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Mi So La Ti Do Re Mi
Intervals: intermediate: La\Mi, Mi\La, Ti/Mi
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth; rest: quarter; minor tonality where La is the tonal center, syncopation, repeat sign, three part round (coda is sung together), singing in parts, four part round, coda, fermata, cut time
Key Words: world geography, England, minor key, three part round with coda, three part round, nobody, meat, drink, nor, none, yet, merry
Recorder: intermediate: excellent ensemble selection

* Beat Format includes the beat divisions in 2/2 and 4/4.

**“Hey, Ho! Nobody Home”**
Hey, ho! Nobody home. Meat nor drink nor money have I none. Yet will I be merry, Hey, ho! Nobody home.

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Hey Diddle Diddle

Practicing a vocal slur, adding tied notes,
and feeling syncopation in 6/8 time.

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Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – 19th-century Nursery Rhyme
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ta ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/a/ (ti) |
Intervals: intermediate: So\Re, Re\Ti, Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Mi\So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; tied notes (tie = plus sign (+) in math), vocal slur, 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8 time
Key Words: world geography: England; cat, fiddle, cow, jumped, moon, dog, sport, dish, ran spoon, laughed

**“Hey Diddle Diddle”**
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon: The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

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Hey, Betty Martin

Introducing D.C. al Fine and Fine, with a tonic arpeggio
and uncommon descending interval Mi\La.

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Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti | ta ta | ti ti ta |
| ta/a |
Pitches: beginners: So La Ti Do Re Mi
Intervals: intermediate: Do\La, La/Do, So\Do, So/Mi, Mi\Do, So/Do, Re\Ti, Mi\Do\So tonic arpeggio, So/Ti, Mi\La, Re\So
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; first and second ending, D.C. al Fine, Fine, repeat, tonic arpeggio
Key Words: playground song, camp song, play song, moving to steady beat, clapping to steady beat, tippy toe, while, through, time; contraction: I’ll (I will)

**“Hey, Betty Martin”**

		Refrain:
		Hey, Betty Martin, Tippy toe, tippy toe, Hey Betty Martin, Please be mine.
		Verse:*
		Clap with me, I’ll clap with you. We’ll go clapping the while day through. Clap so fine, Clap so fine, Clapping, clapping all the time.
		Refrain
		Hey, Betty Martin, Tippy toe, tippy toe, Hey Betty Martin, Please be mine.

		*Add additional verses for: jumping, snapping, hopping, singing, etc.

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Harvest Song

Syncopation on the last quarter of the first and second beat
(ee of 1, ee of two), advanced intervals, extended range, and mastering the intervals of the tonic chord; ascending
and descending tonic arpeggios in voice and recorder.

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Grade: Fourth
Origin: Denmark – Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: staves: ABABCB – song: AAB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
| ti ti ti ti ta/a | ta ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ta ti/ ri ti ti ta | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ti ti ti ta |
syncopation
Pitches: advanced: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi- extending the vocal range
Intervals: advanced: Do8\So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/So/Do8 ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Do, Do8\Fa, La\Mi, So\Re, Do/Do8ascending tonic octave, /Fa, Ti/Re8, Re8\So/Re8, Do/Mi8, Mi8\So
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; tonic ascending and descending arpeggios
Key Words: world geography, Denmark, seasons, fall, autumn, farming, farm harvest, harvesting grain, rye, wheat, hay; fall festivals, fall harvest, meadows, cradled, stacked, barn, fruit tree harvest, harvesting fruit trees, shaken, gathered, homeward, wend, gladness, throughout, land, merrily, bind, harvest wreath; abbreviation: ev’ry (every)
Recorder: advanced: mastering intervals of the tonic chord, ascending and descending tonic arpeggios

**“Harvest Song”**
Out in the meadows the grain has been cradled, Rye and wheat are stacked and hay will soon be in the barn. Trees have been shaken and fruit has been gathered, Homeward now we wend our way upon the final load. Gladness on ev’ry hand, Games and dance throughout the land; Singing merrily we bind the happy harvest wreath.

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He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

Syncopation occurring on the second half of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd beats (the & of 1, 2, and 3) with arpeggios,
make this challenging and fun.

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Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Traditional Spiritual, cir. 1927*
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: advanced: | ta/a ti ta/ | syncopation,
| ti ta ta ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta ta ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/a/ ti ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So\Mi, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/So, ascending tonic arpeggio, Fa\Re, Re/Fa/La ascending arpeggio, Do/So
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beats, tied notes syncopation, arpeggios
Key Words: sacred, USA history, spiritual, God, whole, world, hands, wind, rain, sun, moon, little bitty baby, brother, everybody; contraction: he’s (he has)

*Boatner, Edward (1927). Spirituals Triumphant, Old and New. Sunday School Publishing Board, National Baptist Convention.

**“He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”**

	1.	He’s got the whole world in His hands, He’s got the whole wide world in His hands, He’s got the whole world in His hands, He’s got the whole world in His hands.
	2.	He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands, He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands, He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands, He’s got the whole world in His hands.
	3.	He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands, He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands, He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands, He’s got the whole world in His hands,
	4.	He’s got the little bitty baby in His Hands, He’s got the little bitty baby in His Hands, He’s got the little bitty baby in His Hands, He’s got the whole world in His hands.
	5.	He’s got you and me Brother in His hands, He’s got you and me Brother in His hands, He’s got you and me Brother in His hands, He’s got the whole world in His hands.
	6.	He’s got everybody here in His hands, He’s got everybody here in His hands, He’s got everybody here in His hands, He’s got the whole world in His hands.

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Here We Sit

Introducing the beginning Orff interval, fostering the independent voice, and, developing fine motor skills at the keyboard.

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Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Singing Game
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABBC
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ta ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta |
Pitches: beginners: Mi So
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; singing alone, beginning vocal interval So\Mi
Key Words: voice identification game using beginning Orff interval So\Mi, space, wide, hide, first song, student introductions
Keyboard: beginners: two finger exercise for the right, left, and two hands together

**“Here We Sit”**
Here we sit in a ring. Close your eyes now while we sing. One of us will go and hide. Guess who made that space so wide.

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