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Showing posts with label Song Type/Call and Response. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Song Type/Call and Response. Show all posts
15.7.12
Allo, Monsieur
This is a French-language chant to accompany a ball-bouncing game.
Source: Recording of “Allo, Monsieur: Le Jeu de la Balle” (The Game of the Ball) from Smithsonian Folkways recording, “Children's Game Songs of French Canada." #110
10.7.12
Kye Kye Kule
I was inspired by Kedmon Mapana to use this song as an improvised call-and-response movement game. The leader calls various parts of the song, and the group must respond by echoing whatever type of voice and movements he or she uses.
Sources: SPU Kodaly Summer Institute, Level 1
Mapana, Kedmon. Northwest Kodály Educators March 2012 Workshop: Songs and Games of the Wagogo Children of Tanzania
Sources: SPU Kodaly Summer Institute, Level 1
Mapana, Kedmon. Northwest Kodály Educators March 2012 Workshop: Songs and Games of the Wagogo Children of Tanzania
How Many Miles to Babylon?
This call-and-response song has two lines of players singing back and forth to each other, and is good for practicing ti ticka.
Source: Ed. by Erdei, Peter. 150 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play p. 7
Source: Ed. by Erdei, Peter. 150 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play p. 7
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