Music for Kids and for grownups who thought they couldn't teach music Includes 10 CDs Songs to Sing (4 CDs) Music for Dancing (2CDs) Creating with Sound Musical Projects Music from Planet Earth (3 CDs) Guided Tours (1 CD) Music activities for elementary school children in school and at home John Steinmetz, general editor Brigita Jameson, song and dance editor Robert Garfias, world music editor Paul D. Jameson, arranger, producer, and engineer
Contents Music for Kids is a collection of music activities and projects for elementary school children, for use at home or at school. No musical training is needed! Introductions... How to use Music for Kids, and the ideas behind it What s in This Section... Who This Book is For... But I can t teach music!... Why Children Need Music... Children and Media... How to Use Music for Kids... 4 CDs Songs to Sing... Vocal & instrumental versions of the songs 50 songs in lots of different styles, in English and other languages spoken in America What s in This Section... Introduction... How to Use the Songs... Making Friends with Your CD Player... Singing Rounds... Disk 1 Song no. Title 1. Down By the Riverside... 2. Jamaica Farewell... 3. De Colores... 4. Shenandoah... 5. Hineh Ma Tov... 6. Mama Don t Low... 7. Oh How Lovely Is the Evening (round)... 8. Pat Works on the Railroad... 9. Little Bear... 10. Haru Ga Kita... 11. Won t You Sit Down... 12. Dona Nobis Pacem (round)...
Disk 2 13. Erie Canal... 14. Make New Friends (round)... 15. Michael Finnegan... 16. Tafta Hindi... 17. Leron, Leron... 18. Betsy from Pike... 19. Bygone Days... 20. I m on My Way... 21. Barbara Allen... 22. Three Wheel Taxi... 23. Sweetly Sings the Donkey (round)... 24. Buffalo Gals... 25. La Bella Hortellana... Disk 3 26. Big Rock Candy Mountain... 27. I Got Shoes... 28. Pua Hone... 29. Simple Gifts... 30. Sandy McNab (round)... 31. Goober Peas... 32. Little Sister... 33. Mi Rancho... 34. Buttermilk Hill... 35. Dragonfly... 36. Kookaburra (round)... 37. Mr. Frog Went a-courtin... 38. Dzeguze Kuko... Disk 4 39. Their Feathers... 40. John B. Sails... 41. Dry Bones... 42. The Water Is Wide... 43. Dona Tzar... 44. Tzena, Tzena... 45. Jacob s Ladder... 46. Molly Malone...
47. Matilda... 48. Old Texas... 49. Arirang... 50. Merry Minstrels (round)...
2 CDs Music for Dancing... Recorded dance lessons & music Dance lessons and music for seven folk dances What s in This Section... Introduction... Dance and Learning... How to Use the Dances... Folk Dances... Freestyle Dancing... Disk 5 Dance no. Title 1. Agahu (West Africa)... 2. Goin to Boston (USA)... Whole Dance (music & singing only)... 3. Ve David (Israel)... Disk 6 4. Little Angel (Latvia)... 5. Catch Fish (Taiwan)... 6. Dareen Lo Lo (Armenia)... 7. El Sombrero Blanco (USA)...
3 CDs Music from Planet Earth... Music excerpts 97 short musical examples from all over the world, showing the range and variety of human musicmaking on this planet What s in This Section................... Musical Map............................ Introduction......................... How to Use Music from Planet Earth....... Track Title Disk 7 1 Drum ensemble (The Gambia)... 2 Yatsuhashi Kengyo, "Confusion" for koto (Japan)... 3 Opera Scene (Italy)... 4 Balalaika trio: Where Are You? (Russia)... 5 Hula Chant (USA)... 6 Mariachi: El Pasajero (Mexico/USA)... 7 Queen's Birthday Song (Vietnam)... 8 Mbube men's chorus (South Africa)... 9 Fiddle dance music (Norway)... 10 Yaqui Pascola music (USA)... 11 Game of Pairs (Hungary) 12 Love song from Rhodope (Bulgaria) 13 Lightnin Hopkins, Trouble Stay Way from My Door (USA) 14 Buddhist chant (Tibet) 15 Tibetan horns (Tibet) 16 Yoruba wedding music (Benin) 17 W. A. Mozart, Piano Concerto #23 (Austria) 18 Muslim song (Bosnia) 19 Fragrance of Rhythm (USA) 20 Folk song: Dear God Who Knows (Morocco) 21 Burmese Royal Processional (Myanmar) 22 Antoinetten-Polka (Austria) 23 Song of praise to Krishna (India) 24 Gobi Desert love song (Mongolia) 25 Song to Cecilia (Philippines) 26 1902 orchestra music (Austria) 27 Song from the Middle Ages (Germany) 28 Imitating Indonesian music (Canada/Bali)
29 Balinese Gamelan Gong (Indonesia)... 30 Hebrew chant (Israel) 31 Sofia Gubaidulina, Silenzio (Russia) 32 Gospel song: Who'll Be a Witness? (USA) 33 Panpipes: Merry Youngsters (Bolivia) Disk 8 1 Afro-Cuban dance music (Cuba) 2 Dance music with bagpipes (Ireland) 3 Dance music with gongs (Philippines) 4 Xylophone (Senegal) 5 One-string harp (Cambodia) 6 Bach organ chorale (Germany) 7 Shona mbira group (Zimbabwe) 8 1948 piano music (France) 9 Minstrel's mystic song (Turkey) 10 Gospel singing: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (USA) 11 Gong orchestra (Thailand) 12 Hildegard of Bingen, O Euchari ( Germany) 13 Gypsy song with fiddle (Romania) 14 Buddhist drums (Vietnam) 15 Tamburitza orchestra (Croatia) 16 When the Saints Go Marching In (USA) 17 Beethoven's Ninth (Germany) 18 Wedding music (China) 19 Kang Te-hong, Kayagum music (Korea) 20 Flamenco singing (Spain) 21 Panpipes, flutes, and guitar (Peru) 22 Scottish bagpipe band (UK) 23 Comanche Scalp Dance (USA) 24 Polska dance (Sweden) 25 Royal drums (Ghana) 26 Silvestre Revueltas, Sensemaya (Mexico) 27 Koran recitation (Iran) 28 Shaman's music (Vietnam) 29 Gypsy music (Hungary/Romania) 30 Sarangi (India) 31 1842 chamber music (Germany) 32 The Carpenter Bird (Mexico)...
Disk 9 1 Musette waltz: Pigale (France) 2 Dance music (Tahiti) 3 Renaissance tower music (Germany) 4 Sehtar solo (Iran) 5 Dripsody (Canada) 6 Walkin (USA) 7 Flute and lute (China) 8 Heitor Villalobos, The Little Train (Brazil) 9 Veracruz harp ensemble: La Bamba (Mexico) 10 Harpsichord (France) 11 Xylophone orchestra (Mozambique) 12 Klezmer dance music (Eastern Europe) 13 Toru Takemitsu, Toward the Sea (Japan) 14 Vinas (India) 15 Waltz for Strings (Russia) 16 Storyteller (Korea) 17 Fado song (Portugal) 18 Goksel Baktagir, Kanun solo (Turkey) 19 Clara Schumann, Toccatina (Germany) 20 Budongo ensemble (Uganda) 21 Zywiec folk dance (Poland) 22 Panpipe orchestra (Solomon Islands) 23 Texas-Mexican: Ballad of a Horse Race (USA) 24 Didgeridoo (Australia) 25 Flute and zither (Indonesia) 26 Russian Dance (Russia) 27 Buddhist singing (Korea) 28 Seven-person marimba (Belize) 29 Fanfare for the Common Man (USA) 30 Song of Welcome (Fiji) 31 Renaissance church music (France) 32 Bouzouki ensemble (Greece)
1 CD Guided Tours... Narration and music Narrated introductions to different aspects of music, involving a variety of musical styles What s in This Section... How to Use Guided Tours... Disk K Tour no. Title 1. Recording a Song... 2. Mixing a Song... 3. Sing It Your Way... 4. Instruments... 5. The Drums of Agahu... 6. Variations on Simple Gifts... Music... 7. Why Write a Song?...
A Kit for Musical Explorers and their Grownup Guides at Home...at School You don t have to be a trained musician to nurture children s natural capacity for music. Any adult can do it! Music for Kids is a treasure chest of musical activities, designed for fun, variety, and flexibility. Choose the activities that are right for you and your children. Use the activities in any order. Includes 10 CDs more than 8 hours of recorded music! Music for Kids is for American children of elementary school age. The songs and dances are drawn from our country s rich variety of cultural traditions. Additional music for listening comes from all over the world an unprecedented look at the astonishing range and diversity of human musicmaking on our planet. Here s what you ll find inside: for Parents...for Teachers Songs to Sing (4 CDs) 50 songs from America s wealth of folk traditions, in English and other languages. Music for Dancing (2 CDs) 7 folk dances, with dance instructors included! Creating with Sound How to make ordinary sounds into something special. Musical Projects Discovering sounds, instrument-making, song-collecting, and more. Music from Planet Earth (3 CDs) 97 short examples of wonderful music from around the world. Guided Tours (1 CD) Introductions to different aspects of music. Plus ideas for linking music to other subjects like math and history, and suggestions for holidays and special times of year. Concept by John Steinmetz Song and dance editor: Brigita Jameson World music editor: Robert Garfias Songs, Dances, and Guided Tours arranged, produced, and recorded by Paul Jameson at Fire Dog Studio, Los Angeles Mastering by K & A Productions, Hertfordshire, England General Editor: John Steinmetz