Hal Leonard

A Practical Approach to Teaching Pitch and Rhythm

Composer: Linda Rann
Format: Book
Version: Teacher Edition (with reproducible student pages)

This popular music classroom series now offers an advanced collection of songs and teacher lessons sequentially organized to teach the basics of pitch and rhythm through singing and games for upper elementary and middle school students. The song material consists of 20 folk and well-known children's songs. Teacher lessons are easy to follow and do not require previous training in Kodaly methodology. Pitch and rhythm concepts expand to include all tones of the scale, syncopa, dotted rhythms, and combinations of eighth & sixteenth notes. The collection includes lesson plans, reproducible singer sheets and activities. Available: Teacher Edition (with reproducible songsheets and activities, Performance/Accompaniment CD, and Classroom Kit (Teacher and P/A CD). For Grades 4-8.

Song List:

• A La Puerta Del Cielo
• Above The Plain
• Angel Band
• Arirang
• The Colorado Trail
• Coral
• Head And Shoulders Baby
• Hey, Betty Martin
• Hill And Gully Rider
• I Got A Letter This Morning
• Lavender's Blue
• Li'l Liza Jane (Go Li'l Liza)
• May Day Carol
• Mi Caballo Blanco (My White Horse)
• Pretty Saro
• Riding In A Buggy
• Sailing On The Ocean
• Sally Go 'Round The Sun
• Skin And Bones
• Whistle, Daughter, Whistle