published by ARDROSS HOUSE 48 Fairview Way, Stafford ST17 0AX and Percussion! - percussion join recorders and violins in the school assembly

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1 pulished y ARDROSS HOUSE 8 Fairvie Way, Stafford ST17 0AX and Percussion! - percussion oin recorders and violins in the school assemly Kerry Milan a selection of favourites, old and ne, ith specially ritten parts to involve eginners from the very first term

2 Preface to the 199 edition This set of percussion parts, and the accompanying cassette tape to "String Hosanna", have een specially planned for ease of use y non-specialist music teachers The parts themselves make musical sense, they have shape and variety, and aove all they should prove fun to perform At first glance, looking at a "score" ith all the parts set out one eneath the other can e intimidating; ut later you should soon see a fairly simple pattern emerging In fact, on many occasions individual parts have their on "ostinato" - a little pattern hich is repeated over and over These ostinato patterns have een highlighted to help you see ho the music is assemled These are the asic ingredients of the piece, and the score is the recipe shoing hen to add them! Lord of the Dance opposite has a castanet or claves to-ar rhythm for the verse, and then for the chorus another to-ar pattern ith tamourine and cymal added When first listening to the tape and score reading, start y ust folloing one part or rhythm, then focus on another and gradually uild up an image of ho the various elements fit together Some songs have very simple accompaniments, ust a single instrument ith a single ostinato pattern Other pieces require to alternating instruments, and finally come those that use cominations of instruments and different ostinati The instrumentation is as varied as possile, ranging from one appearance for the coell and guiro up to eight or nine for drums, triangle and cymals For the tuned percussion parts, suggestions are made; ut oviously use hat is to hand These parts range from using a single note, or for to people ith to notes each, up to a fe (not too demanding) melodic flourishes They are listed elo There is a separate ook availale hich contains all the violin parts, and also the melody line for pieces one to sixteen In this percussion score, the melody line is again included for pieces one to sixteen, and then for the later copyright orks, the violin part instead A full index appears on the ack cover, hich also indicates a selection of pulications in hich all the songs appear, and in the same key This selection has een carefully made so as not to infringe other people's copyright; ut if this has happened inadvertently credit ill e given in any further printing and the appropriate licences paid All the violin and percussion parts are my on, as are all the performances on the accompanying cassette tape There are no restrictions on their non-commercial use ithin schools; and schools should feel free to photocopy individual pages of this percussion ook and then highlight children's on lines as necessary Kerry Milan Octoer 199 tuned percussion requirements: Jesus' Hands are Kind Hands F G and A B Daisies are our Silver A B and C' D' For the Beauty of the Earth B C and D' E' All Creatures of our God and King D A D' Give Me Oil in my Lamp D E F A Morning has Broken D' Tell Me the Stories of Jesus D E F The Sun that Shines across the Sea D E F G A B C' D' Preface to the 00 edition A House is a House for Me D E F G A B Thank You for my Friends E F and C G C' Who put the Colours in the Raino? E F and G A The Wise Man and the Foolish Man C D E F G A B C Try Again C' D' He Made Me E F G A B C' D' Have You Heard the Raindrops? F' I'm Going to Paint a Perfect Picture C D E F G A B C' D' E' Because of copyright considerations, the melody parts to numers 17-6 are not shon here, nor are they included in the performances The melodies to numers 1-16 are included, and a full version of these pieces can e heard y simply clicking on the song's title In addition, clicking on the name of an individual instrument ill trigger a one-verse performance of that instrument A third alternative is to click the recorder symol alongside these pieces, hich gives a peformance of all the percussion, plus the recorder For those songs here the melody is not included (17-6), again the individual instruments can usually e heard separately, and also together y clicking on the percussion symol: A third alternative here is a version ithout the melody; ut including the violin part: Have fun KEM

3 Simple Things / Lord of the Dance Simple Things has one verse Lord of the Dance has four verses castanets (or claves) CHORUS tamourine cymal

4 verses Jesus' Hands ere Kind Hands tamourine?? Kum Ba Yah, my Lord verses caasa triangle

5 Spirit of God verses tamourine drum J cymal (soft stick) DC al DC al DC al verses Can You Count the Stars? triangle Indian ells J J J J J Lloyd Williams ( ) J J J J J J J J J J J J verses caasa God Who Made the Earth 5

6 verses triangle Daisies are our Silver cymal triangle cymal KG Finlay ( ) triangle For the Beauty of the Earth This orks ell ith the drum playing throughout; ut if there are eginner cellists availale they could play the open D string notes here indicated verses cymal? cello D or drum drum? (cello D) J drum? (cello D) drum 6

7 When a Knight on his Spurs verses cymal Trad Collected y C Sharp ( ) ood locks verses All Creatures of our God and King pizz cello D or drum or glock U U 7

8 Give Me Joy in my Heart Give Me Oil in my Lamp verses drum glock cymal tamourine J J Morning has Broken verses Indian finger ells J chime ar J Gaelic Folk Melody J J 8

9 All Night, All Day verses American Spiritual shaker caasa (or sandpaper locks) DC al DC al God is Love verses side drum cymals side drum 9

10 verses Tell Me the Stories of Jesus tamourine J J J J J J J J J J The Sun that shines across the Sea 1 verse glock 10

11 I've Got a Body Use line one for the chorus, and then again for the eginning of each verse Use line to for the "action" section of the verses, once, tice or three times as necessary Use line one again for the chorus If violinists can keep alternating eteen plucking and oing, this should add to the fun! 1 c pizz strings c drum 1 c ood locks 1 c co ell 1 1 c 5 arco cymal DC al DC al 5 ood locks DC al 5 co ell DC al 5 DC al 5 11

12 A House is a House for Me 6 verses pizz strings (tenor recorders) triangle claves xylophone [] [glock] Paint Box verses intro violins (oed) verse drum shaker chorus guiro triangle 1

13 Thank You for my Friends verses violins pizz > arco (clap, clap) > pizz arco xylophone pizz > arco pizz > arco Who Put the Colours in the Raino? verses violins tamourine triangle 1

14 verses The Wise Man and the violins verse 1: claves Foolish Man verse : shakers (or sandpaper locks] xylophone pizz violins chorus: triangle verse: cymal xylophone Try Again verses DC for Chorus DC for Chorus DC for Chorus He Made Me verses violins J J 1

15 verses Verse violins claves Have You Heard the Raindrops? pizz arco - Indian finger ells chorus glock Indian finger ells claves glock Indian finger ells claves verses chorus tamourine violins I'm Going to Paint th time to Coda th time to Coda th time to Coda Verse triangle tamourine Coda Coda Coda 15

16 Index and Sources A House is a House for Me * p1 Tinder-ox 1, A C Black All Creatures of our God and King p7 Come and Praise 7, BBC Pulications All Night All Day p9 Alleluya! 75, A C Black Can You Count the Stars? p5 Someone's Singing Lord 5, A C Black Daisies Are Our Silver p6 Morning Has Broken 6, Schofield Sims For the Beauty of the Earth p6 Morning Has Broken 5, Schofield Sims Give Me Joy in my Heart p8 Morning has Broken 17, Schofield Sims Give Me Oil in my Lamp p8 Come and Praise, BBC Pulications God is Love p9 Come and Praise 6, BBC Pulications God Who Made the Earth p5 Morning has Broken 6, Schofield Sims Have You Heard the Raindrops? * p15 Come and Praise, BBC Pulications He Made Me * p1 Come and Praise 18, BBC Pulications I'm Going to Paint * p15 Come and Praise () 8, BBC Pulications I've Got a Body * p11 Tinder-ox 5, A C Black Jesus' Hands Were Kind Hands p Someone's Singing Lord, A C Black Kum Ba Yah, my Lord p Someone's Singing Lord, A C Black Come and Praise 68, BBC Pulications Lord of the Dance p Someone's Singing Lord 9, A C Black Come and Praise, BBC Pulications Morning Has Broken p8 Come and Praise 1, BBC Pulications Morning Has Broken 6, Schofield Sims Paint Box * p1 Harlequin, A C Black Simple Gifts p Come and Praise () 97, BBC Pulications Sing Hosanna p8 Alleluya!, A C Black Spirit of God p5 Come and Praise 6, BBC Pulications Tell Me the Stories of Jesus p10 Morning Has Broken, Schofield Sims The Sun that Shines Across the Sea p10 Someone's Singing Lord 11, A C Black The Wise Man and the Foolish Man * p1 Okki-tokki-unga 9, A C Black Thank You for my Friends * p1 Tinder-ox 1, A C Black Try Again * p1 Tinder-ox 56, A C Black When a Knight Won his Spurs p7 Someone's Singing Lord, A C Black Morning Has Broken, Schofield Sims Who Put the Colours in the Raino? * p1 Come and Praise 1, BBC Pulications * Melody part not included

17 Contents Preface to the 199 and 00 editions Lord of the Dance Simple Things Jesus' Hands ere Kind Hands Kum Ba Yah, my Lord Spirit of God 5 Can You Count the Stars? 5 God Who Made the Earth 5 Daisies are our Silver 6 For the Beauty of the Earth 6 When a Knight on his Spurs 7 All Creatures of our God and King 7 Give Me Joy in my Heart 8 Give Me Oil in my Lamp 8 Morning has Broken 8 All Night, All Day 9 God is Love 9 Tell Me the Stories of Jesus 10 The Sun that shines across the Sea 10 I've Got a Body 11 A House is a House for Me 1 Paint Box 1 Thank You for my Friends 1 Who Put the Colours in the Raino? 1 The Wise Man and the Foolish Man 1 Try Again 1 He Made Me 1 Have You Heard the Raindrops? 15 I'm Going to Paint 15 Index and Sources 16