Easy Folk Songs for Kids

Easy Folk Songs for Kids
Author: Howard Wallach
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2002-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781929395576

A wonderful collection of 20 popular, beautiful and fun-to-play songs for beginning to intermediate guitar students. The melody, an easy strumming pattern, chord diagrams and complete lyrics are provided with each song, so students can choose to either play the melody or strum to accompany themselves as they sing. Large-sized music, TAB and diagrams make the songs easy to read, even for beginners. The 48-page book also contains a review of music reading, tablature and chord diagrams. This handy songbook is the perfect tool for guitar teachers seeking fun musical activities to keep their students happy and involved with music making.

Kidsongs

Kidsongs
Author: Jerry Silverman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1990
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780871669766

Created with both children and parents in mind, this collection offers songs that children can sing to their parents, songs that parents can sing to their children, and songs that parents and children can sing together. The musical arrangements are simple, and the keys are user friendly. Includes melody line, lyrics, and suggested guitar chords.

Ready to Sing . . . Folk Songs

Ready to Sing . . . Folk Songs
Author: Jay Althouse
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457411878

A collection of 10 folk songs arranged for voice and piano in a simple style appropriate for beginning soloists, unison classroom singing, and elementary choral groups. Included are reproducible melody-line song sheets for each song. Easy piano accompaniments strongly support the melody, and vocal tessituras are moderate; most have an octave range. Titles: * Li'l Liza Jane * Siyahamba * Scarborough Fair * De Colores * and Many More!

Step it Down

Step it Down
Author: Bessie Jones
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1987
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780820309606

Gathers traditional baby games, clapping plays, jumps and skips, singing plays, ring plays, dances, outdoor games, songs, and stories

Hush, Little Baby

Hush, Little Baby
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152058876

In an old lullaby a baby is promised an assortment of presents from its adoring parent.

The Folksong Fake Book (Songbook)

The Folksong Fake Book (Songbook)
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 1105
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 145843317X

(Fake Book). The ultimate collection of over 1,000 folksongs perfect for performers, school teachers, and hobbyists. This book includes a huge variety of songs spanning hundreds of years and originating from America, England, Canada, Britain, Scotland, Ireland, and other countries. It includes all styles of folk music, including spirituals, cowboy songs, sea chanteys, work songs, children's songs, love ballads, protest songs, and more. Titles include: All the Pretty Little Horses * All Through the Night * The Ash Grove * Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair * The Blue Tail Fly * Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie * Clementine * The Cruel War Is Raging * Danny Boy * Deep River * Down by the Salley Gardens * The Erie Canal * Git Along, Little Dogies * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * Home on the Range * The House of the Rising Sun * How Can I Keep from Singing? * Hush, Little Baby * Jacob's Ladder * John Henry * Kumbaya * Lonesome Valley * Michael Row the Boat Ashore * The Old Chisolm Trail * Shall We Gather at the River * Shenandoah * Simple Gifts * The Streets of Laredo * Swing Low, Sweet Chariot * When Johnny Comes Marching Home * Yankee Doodle * and many, many more! Features the original version of each tune, and all known verses.

Traditional American Folk Songs for Tongue Drum or Handpan

Traditional American Folk Songs for Tongue Drum or Handpan
Author: Helen Winter
Publisher: Helen Winter
Total Pages: 37
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN:

We have created a collection of songs that you can play easily. Most of these melodies are rather unique. These are lesser-known songs that you and your kids will certainly love. If you are interested in more popular songs, see another book in our series: "Tongue Drum Songbook for Beginner: Play Simple Kids Songs by Number". Most of the songs in this songbook are easy enough for beginner musicians, even if you are not experienced with musical notation. By simply following numbers, you will begin to play right away. Because numbers are often engraved on most modern tongue drums, we believe that using numbers in addition to a classic musical score is the best way to get beginners without musical background to play. QR codes have also been added to all songs so that players can follow the link and hear the rhythm before playing. Tongue drums are usually tuned to include one octave. For this reason, most of the songs are written using just the main octave. You will not find songs with flat/sharp notes here because it is not common to see tongue drums with these notes. The tongue drum, which is a great way to help you get in touch with your feelings, emotions, and inner self. This unique instrument is also known as tong drum, gluck-o-phone, Hapi drum, tank drum, mandala, lotus or yoga drum, and the handpan (hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum). Classical music training or knowledge of musical theory is not necessary to play this instrument. You can play the drum to relax, meditate and explore your inner world. This book includes very simple, popular folk songs, but even well-known children's songs played on the drum will create an unusual magical sound. Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If you have flat keys on your instrument, please use the classic music score for piano. Contents: 1. A-tisket, A-tasket 2. Alice the Camel 3. I Like to Eat (Apples and Bananas) 4. Baby Bumble Bee 5. Bill Grogan's Goat 6. Charlie Over the Ocean 7. Chattanooga Choo Choo 8. Chumbara 9. Ding Dong Diggidiggidong 10. Frog in the Meadow 11. Go Get the Axe 12. Heigh Di Ho 13. I Fed My Horse 14. Jack-o-lantern 15. Old Bell Cow 16. Old Blue 17. Old Brass Wagon 18. Over the River and Through the Woods 19. Pizza Pizza Daddy-o 20. Skip, Skip, Skip to My Lou 21. Ten in the Bed 22. Ten Little Fingers 23. The Bear Went Over the Mountain 24. The Bee and the Pup 25. The Big Sheep 26. The Second Story Window 27. When Sammy Put the Paper on the Wall 28. Zudio

Who Fed the Chickens

Who Fed the Chickens
Author: Ella Jenkins
Publisher: Celebration Press (NJ)
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2000-06-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780673803221

Illustrations accompany the words to the song, Who fed the chickens? We did. We did.