Green Sally Up is a fantastic clapping game for your elementary music students, with plenty of opportunity to practice steady beat. Bb is the only chord needed for this song, but because of the tricky fingering, I don’t recommend it. Instead pull out your Orff...
Do Do Pity My Case and The Closet Key are two versions of the same song. And thanks to the way our brains work, I’ve always preferred The Closet Key, because I heard it first. In fact, having a deep attachment to music from your teens and twenties can be...
Star Light, Star Bright is a great folk song to use in introducing and practicing with Orff instruments in the elementary music classroom. To start, students should already know how to sing the song independently before transferring their knowledge to an instrument....
I was today years old when I learned that the oldest known recording of the human voice contains the second verse of Au Clair de la Lune. You can listen to the recording HERE. For most of us, this song brings up memories of learning the recorder, Tonette, or...
I started my college years believing that I’d be a high school band director. Therefore, when I found myself in the elementary music classroom years later, it felt natural to include instruments in my lesson plans. Yet, for teachers without an instrumental...
Knock the Cymbals is a great song to review several basic music concepts as you get closer to the end of the year. You can use this song and game to practice steady beat, do pentatonic scales, and instrument techniques. THE GAME Since there are several variations on...
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