Hello! Ma Baby

Syncopation, ascending tonic arpeggio with added seventh (I7, F7), and sharped tonic (Di).

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Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Ida Emerson, Joseph E. Howard (1899)
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: staves: ABaC – song: AB
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation,
| ta/a/a/a | ta/a/a (ta) | ta ta ta ta | ti ti ta/a ta |
Pitches: intermediate: La Do Di Re Mi Fa So La Ti – raised/sharp tonic (Di)
Intervals: intermediate: Re\La (P4), La/Mi (P5), Re\Di (m2) Di/Mi (m3), Re/So (P4), So\Do (P5), Do/Mi/So/Ti ascending tonic arpeggio w/seventh (I7, F7) Do/Mi (M3)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; syncopation, melodic rhythm patterns, raised/sharp tonic (Di)
Key Words: USA history, Tin Pan Alley, first song about the telephone, long distance courting/romance, ragtime, refuse; contractions: heart’s (heart is), you’ll (you will), you’re (you are)
Recorder: intermediate: introducing Bb and F#

The song’s subject is a man who has a girlfriend he knows only through the telephone. Better know for the chorus which is represented here. Introductory song in the famous Warner Bros. cartoon “One Froggy Evening” (1955), sung by the character later dubbed Michigan J. Frog.

**“Hello! Ma Baby”**
Hello! ma baby, Hello! ma honey, Hello! ma ragtime gal, Send me a kiss by wire, Baby my heart’s on fire! If you refuse me, Honey, you’ll lose me, Then you’ll be left alone; Oh, baby, telephone And tell me you’re my own!

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Hello, There

Mastering the beginning Orff interval plus a perfect fifth.

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Grade: First
Origin: American, US Traditional
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABABABC
Rhythm: intermediate: ti | ti ti ( & | 1 &) | ti ti ti ti |
| ta ti ti | ti ta ti | ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So, So/Ti
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, echo song, beginning Orff interval
Key Words: echo song, hello, happy, sing, good, together, greeting song; contractions: we’re (we are), it’s (it is)

“Hello, There”

Group One	Echo

Hello, there!	Hello, there?
How are you?	How are you?
It’s so good,	It’s so good,
To see you.	To see you.
We’ll sing and,	We’ll sing and,
Be happy,	Be happy,
All
That we’re all here together again!

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Have You Ever Been to London

Repeated melodic rhythm patterns, half rest, and
focus given to the tonic (Do/1) and dominant (So/5).

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Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Old Folk Tune
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: verse: AaAB – refrain AaAB – song: AB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta ti ti ta ta |
| ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/a (ta/a) |
Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi So
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Re\Ti, Ti/Re, Re\So, Ti\So, So/Do, reinforces: tonic and dominate as foundations of the scale
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: half; repeat sign, refrain/verse, melodic rhythm pattern
Key Words: world geography: London, England; counting forward and backwards between 1 and 10

**“Have You Ever Been to London”**

			Refrain:
			Have you ever been to London? Have you ever been to London? Have you ever been to London? How many things were there?

		1.	One little, two little, three little bobbies, Four little, five little, six little bobbies, Seven little, eight, little, nine little bobbies, Ten little bobbies seen.
			(refrain)

		2.	Ten little, nine little, eight little bobbies, Seven little, six little, five little bobbies, Four little, three little, two little bobbies, One little bobbie seen.
			(refrain)

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Haul Away, Joe

Melody is centered around the supertonic (Re) in B Flat Major.

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Grade: Fifth
Origin: England – Traditional Sheet* Sea Chantey
Key: B Flat Major
Time: 2/4
Form: staves: ABAB – song: AB
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta | ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta/ ti | syncopation, |ti/ ri ta | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Re So La Ti Do Re
Intervals: beginners: La/Re8\La (P4), La/Do (m3), La\Re/La (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, syncopation, vocal slur, call/response
Key Words: world geography: England, Ireland (Irish), Dublin, France; King Louis, St. Patrick, chantey (French word ‘chanter’ – to sing), sailing work song, call/response, tiny lad, haul, lips, moldy, pretty girl, tarry, marry, Yankee, Irish, drove, crazy, revolution, French Revolution, spoiled, constitution, be-headed, gentleman, decent, steeple; contraction: we’ll (we will); abbreviation: kiss’d (kissed)
Recorder: intermediate: introducing F and G above high C

*Halyard Chanties: songs for hauling sails; resting on the call lines, heaving on the response lines. Shorter songs like “Haul Away Joe” were called “sheet shanties.”

“Haul Away, Joe”

Call	Response

1.

When I was just a tiny lad, my dear old mother told me,

Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe.

That if I never kiss’d a girl my lips would go all moldy.

Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe.

2.

So, when I kiss’d a pretty girl, I would have to tarry,

Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe.

But girls don’t want to kiss and run; they all would like to marry.

Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe.

3.

First I met a Yankee girl and she was fat and lazy,

Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe.

And then I met an Irish girl, she nearly drove me crazy,

Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe.

4.

King Louis was the King of France before the revolution,

Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe.

And then he got his head cut off, it spoiled his constitution,

Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe.

5.

St. Patrick was a gentleman, he came form decent people,

Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe.

He built a church in Dublin town and on it put a steeple,

Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe.

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Harvest

Running eighth notes while stepping up and down the staff,
ending a phrase on the supertonic, Re.

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Grade: Fourth
Origin: Denmark – Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCc
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ti (ti) |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: beginners: Do/So, Do8\La, So\Mi, Fa\Re
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, running eighth notes
Key Words: world geography, Denmark, harvest season, seasons, fall, autumn, harvesting apples
Recorder: intermediate: following the beginning recorder songs, good practice for moving up and down the scale

**“Harvest”**
When all the leaves are turning brown And apple trees are bending down, It’s time to pick the apples sweet And gather in the harvest. Come and pick the apples sweet, Apples sweet, apples sweet. Reach up high and don’t be shy Or you will be the last to eat.

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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Six perfect fourths, a dominate octave skip, and,
repeating melodic rhythm patterns highlight this storied carol.

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Grade: Fifth
Origin: England/German – words: Charles Wesley, 1739
music: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), 1840*
Key: F major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCDE
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a | ta ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: m3: Re\Ti, Fa\Re; M3: Do/Mi; P4: So/Do, Re/So8, Do\So, So8\Re, Do/Fa, Mi/La; P5: So\Do, Re/La; P8: So/So8 (dominante octave skip)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; vocal slurs, repeating melodic rhythm patterns, dominant octave skip
Key Words: world geography: England, Germany, Bethlehem; invention of the Gutenberg printing press, William H. Cummings, sacred, Christmas Carol, Christmas hymn, birth of Jesus, Bible story, hark, herald angels, glory, newborn, mercy mild, God, sinners, reconciled, triumph, angelic host, proclaim, Heaven, Prince of Peace, hail, righteousness, risen, healing, Sons of earth, second birth; abbreviations: heav’n (heaven), th’angelic (the angelic), ris’n (risen)

*One hundred years after the words were written, Felix Mendelssohn composed a cantata to commemorate Johann Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press. Music from this cantata was adapted by the English musician William H. Cummings to fit the lyrics of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”.

**“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”**

	1.	Hark! the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth, and mercy mild. God an sinners reconciled! Joyful all ye nations rise. Join the triumph of the skies; With th’angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem.” Hark! the herald angels sing. Glory to the newborn King.
	2.	Hail, the heav’n born Prince of Peace! Hail the sun of righteousness! Light on life to all He brings, Ris’n with healing in his wings. Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die. Born to raise the Sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! the herald angels sing. Glory to the newborn King.

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Hark, Hark, The Dogs Do Bark

Introducing syncopation in 6/8 time, grouping three eighths,
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Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – 13th-century Nursery Rhyme
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ta ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ta ti | ta ti ta ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta/a/ |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Fa\Re, Re\So, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, eighth; feeling duple meter in 6/8, counting eighth notes, grouping three eighths (dotted quarter)
Key Words: world geography: England; Saxon, England, Bubonic Plague; strangers, secret codes, town life, hark, the dogs do bark, beggars, town, rags, jags, velvet, gown, Saxon, England

Jag – A slash or slit in a garment exposing material of a different color. Prior to the 13th century in Saxon, England, during outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague, strangers were looked upon with horror! Dogs barking alerted the townspeople to strangers in their area, hence the words “Hark, hark the dogs do bark.”

**“Hark, Hark, The Dogs Do Bark”**
Hark, hark the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town; Some in rags, and some in jags, And one in a velvet gown.

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The Happy River

Stepping up and down the staff and introducing the beginning Orff interval, So\Mi. A wonderful five finger keyboard exercise for left and right hands.

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Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: France – Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ta (ta) |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So, stepping up and down the staff between tonic and dominant
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, beginning Orff interval
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; introoducing beamed eighth notes, adding eighth notes to quarter and quarter rest, beginning five finger keyboard exercise
Key Words: world geography: France; river, singing, flows, nature
Keyboard: beginners: excellent five finger keyboard exercise

Extend the experience by mastering “Finding Do-Mi-So” Pitch Warm-up in G Major, prior to reading “The Happy River.”

**“The Happy River”**
Hear the happy river, Singing, singing, Hear the happy river, Singing as it flows.

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The Happy Farmer

A four note ascending subdominant arpeggio, minor seventh,
and an extended rage will challenge your best readers!

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Grade: Fifth
Origin: Germany – Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AA-codetta (concluding a section of a work instead of the work as a whole)
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/ ti ta/ ti | syncopation
| ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ta ta ta (ti) ti | ti ti ti ti ta (ti) ti |
Pitches: advanced: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Do – extended range
Intervals: advanced: So/Do/Mi/So8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So8\Do (P5), Do/Fa/La8/Do8 ascending subdominant (IV, Bb), Do8\La (m3), So8\Mi (m3), Re\Fa (m3), Re\So8 (P5), So/Fa (m7), Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So/Mi (M6), Mi\Ti (P4), Re\Ti (M3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, repeat sign, multiple endings, tonic and subdominant arpeggios, codetta, expression: Giojoso/Merry/Joyous
Key Words: world geography: Germany; music history, composers: Robert Schumann, art song, Romantic Era, plains, matchless, gilded, rival, gaily, evening, hath, pleasure, beauteous, golden, sweetly singing, early morn, task, through, swiftly, fleeting, sweet songs, merry dance, joyfulness, entrance, mantle, bids, light-some; abbreviations: flow’ry (flowery), bow’rs (bowers), cheer’ly (cheerily), ‘neath (beneath) possessive: night’s
Recorder: advanced: introducing B flat, tonic and subdominant arpeggios, extended range

**“The Happy Farmer”**

	1.	Oh, what can with our flow’ry plains compare, In all their matchless beauty that’s so bright and fair? What gilded halls can rival nature’s bow’rs, ‘Neath which we gaily pass away the evening hours, When work well done hath pleasure fairly won?

	2.	The bright green fields, the beauteous golden corn, The birds so sweetly singing in the early morn, Make bright our task and cheer’ly through the day, Do pass on swiftly fleeting wings the hours away, Till close of day brings pleasure into play!

	3.	We sing sweet songs and join the merry dance, And joyfulness and pleasure so each heart entrance, Till night’s dark mantle closing over day, Bids each with light-some heart away to rest, away!

	From “Album for the Young” (Album für die Jugend), Op. 68, composed by Robert Schumann in 1848 for his three daughters.

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Happy Birthday – NEW

Repeated syncopated rhythm pattern, ascending octave skip, and a descending tonic arpeggio w/7th, make this: the most popular song in the word and a seemingly simple tune, quite a challenge.

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Grade: Second (2)
Origin: Patty Hill, Mildred J. Hill circa. 1893
Key: G Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: advanced: | ta/a ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
(one octave)
Intervals: advanced: So/Do (P8) ascending octave skip, So/Do (P4), Ti\So, So/Re, Do\So (P4), La/Fa, So\Mi\Do\Ti descending tonic arpeggio w/7th
Musical Elements: Pick up beat, syncopation, descending tonic arpeggio w/7th, fermata/bird’s eye, repeated syncopation rhythm pattern, ascending octave skip So/So (P8)
Key Words: Happy Birthday

“Happy Birthday”

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear, [NAME],
Happy birthday to you.

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