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Colorful and Easy to Read Sheet Music for 12 Popular Kid Songs! Perfect for Boomwhackers, Bells, or Piano!
Preschool Prodigies My First Songbook Volume I by Robert and Samantha Young C
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G Production: Robert and Samantha Young Cover and Illustrations: Robert Young with art licensed at FreePik.com Printed by: Amazon CreateSpace ISBN 978-1519520074 Copyright 2016 by Preschool Prodigies and Young Music LLC 2358 Dutch Neck Rd, Smyrna DE 19977 Preschool Prodigies 1
Table of Contents Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 High Notes and Low Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How Long are the Notes? . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Solfege Hand Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 BONUS: Companion Video Course . . . . . 8 Hot Cross Buns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Mary Had a Little Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Jingle Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star . . . . . . . . . . 16 Baa Baa Black Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Farmer in the Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Row Your Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 When the Saints Go Marchin In . . . . . 24 On Top of Spaghetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Are You Sleeping? (Frere Jacques) . . 30 Sweet Beets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Avocado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 2 My First Songbook - Volume I
Welcome to
Songbook
(first name)
In this book, you will sing and play songs with eight (8) musical notes. .
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B
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D C
Try playing the notes above! Start on the left, just like when you read any book, and you work your way to the right. The colorful notes help make reading the music easier and more fun! By reading music like this, you can sing and play songs like Mary Had a Little Lamb and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. If you have an instrument, start by just playing the song on your instrument. After you’ve played the songs on your instrument, trying singing the words to the song as you play along! After that, you can practice with Solfege hand signs, which will help improve your singing and your sense of pitch.
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You won’t use all the notes in every song! To figure out what notes you need, look for a picture like this one at the beginning of a song.
Notes Used: C
D
E
Those are the notes you’ll need for that song! Try to set your bells up just like the picture. .
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B
A
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F
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D C
Did you notice that there are two (2) red bells named C? We have one C at the beginning and another at the end! This is because the musical notes repeat in a pattern.
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High Notes and Low Notes Do you remember how many notes we have? Count them if you forgot! The lowest note is the big C Bell. Do you see how it sits lower than all the other notes? As you go from note C to note D, you are stepping up and getting higher. You can keep stepping up to higher and higher notes, until you hit the top of pattern at little belll c. .
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Then from the little bell c, you can step all the way back down to the low C. .
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D C
These notes live inside the treble clef and in this book, we will work with a small section of the treble clef!
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How Long are the Notes? A blank musical space is called a measure.
The measures in this book all have four (4) beats! The whole note gets four (4) beats and takes up a whole measure. F
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2
3
4
The half note gets two (2) beats and takes up half the measure. F
F
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3
2
4
The quarter note gets one (1) beat and takes up one-quarter of the measure. F
1
F
F
F
2
4
3
The eighth note gets one-half (1/2) of a beat and takes up one-eighth of the measure. F
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The Solfege Hand Signs Not only can you play and sing along with the songs in this book, but you can hand-sign along with the different musical notes. Hand-signing along is a great way to make sure you are singing the right note.
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By signing along with the notes, you will begin to memorize the sounds of notes much faster. When we hand sign, we sing with syallabels we call Solfege. The Solfege syllabels are “do re mi fa sol la ti and do.” When you sing “do,” you turn your hands into fists near your waist. The symbols on the right show you the hand signs and their Solfege syllable. Learn about the rest of the Solfege hand symbols by visiting preschoolprodigies.com/course. Use the password musictime to jump in singing and hand-signing with Mr. Rob.
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BONUS: Companion Video Course
This book comes with companion videos to help make playing the songs even easier! Learn more about the Solfege hand signs, playing in time and where the notes live in the treble clef at
PreschoolProdigies.com/course password:
musictime I hope you enjoy the songbook and the companion videos! This is the upteenth rendition of this book, and I really hope you love it as much as we do! Volume II is almost complete, so if you enjoy this book, check out Volume II! Next time you’re on Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, etc.... look us up and say hi! We’ll make you laugh, help your kids fall in love with music and definitely not blow up your feed in the process. Until next time... Mr. Rob
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Hot Cross Buns
Notes Used: C
D
E
E
E
D
D
C
1. Hot cross re mi 2. mi
C
buns
hot mi mi
do
D
C
C
C
One
a
do
do
re
D
do
D
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C
pen - ny do
cross buns
do
two
a
re
re
pen - ny re
re
E
D
C
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Notes Used: C
D
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Mary Had a Little Lamb
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1. Ma - ry had 2. Fol - lowed her
a to
3.
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lit - tle lamb school one day mi
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Lit - tle school one re
re
mi
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mi
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lamb day re
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lit - tle lamb school one day mi
mi
mi
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C
Ma - ry had Fol - lowed her
a to
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do
lit - tle lamb whose school one day which mi
mi
mi
mi
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fleece was white as was a - gainst the re
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mi
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snow rules do Preschool Prodigies 11
Notes Used: C
D
E
F
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G
Jingle Bells
E
1. Jin - gle 2.
mi
E
E
bells
mi
mi
mi
E
E D
C
mi
sol
all do
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jin - gle
G
Jin - gle
E
the way re
mi
mi
bells mi
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Oh what fun fa
fa
fa
it
is
to
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fa
mi
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ride
in
mi
mi
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E D
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one horse o - pen sleigh mi
re
re
mi
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HEY! sol
E
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Jin - gle mi
mi
E
E
bells
jin - gle
mi
mi
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E D
C
Jin - gle mi
sol
E
all do
the way re
mi
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bells mi
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Oh what fun
it
fa
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fa
fa
is fa
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to
ride
in
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mi
mi
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one horse o - pen sleigh sol
sol
fa
re
do
HEY! do
F
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Notes Used: C
D
E
F
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star & The ABCs A
G
C
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G
C
1. Twin - kle twin - kle B C D 2. A 3.
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do
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do
sol
sol
lit - tle E F la
star G
la
sol
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E D
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C
How H
I I
fa
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won - der what you are J K L M N O P
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do
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Up Q sol
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a - bove the world so R S T U sol
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high V re
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Like W sol
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dia - mond in X Y fa
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Twin - kle twin - kle Now I know my do
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lit - tle A B
star Cs
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How I won - der what you are Next time won’t you sing with me fa
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mi
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do
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Ba Ba Black Sheep
Ba ba black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir yes sir, three bags full. One for my master, one for the dame. One for the little boy that lives down the lane. Ba ba black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir yes sir, three bags full. Preschool Prodigies 19
Notes Used: C
D
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The Farmer in the Dell
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in the dell 1. The farm - er wife 2. The farm - er takes a 3.
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do
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do
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farm - er in the dell farm - er takes a wife mi
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the the re
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E D
C
Heigh Heigh sol
E
Ho the der - ry - o Ho the der - ry - o la
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sol
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the the re
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farm - er in the farm - er takes a mi
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Notes Used: C
D
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Row Your Boat
E D
C
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1.
Row
row
2.
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do
row your re
do
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Gent - ly down the stream mi
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Mer - ri - ly mer- ri - ly mer -ri -ly mer- ri - ly do
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Life sol
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dream do
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Notes Used: C
D
E
F
G
When The Saints Go Marching In
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C
1. Rest
Oh when the
2. Rest
do
mi
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saints sol
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C
Rest Oh when the saints Rest
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Rest Oh when the saints Rest
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fa
sol
go mi
E D C
mar do
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ching
in
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re
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E D
C
Rest Rest
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Rest Rest
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just want re
to
do
do
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E
be mi
in sol
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that num - ber sol
sol
fa
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Rest Oh when the saints Rest
do
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fa
sol
go mi
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mar do
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Notes Used: C
D
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F
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On Top of Spaghetti Note: This song only has 3 beats in each measure
3 4 1. 2. 3.
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top of spa - ghet On ta It rolled off the do
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co - vered in cheese on to the floor fa
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sol
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lost my poor meat - ball then my poor meat - ball do
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Rest Rest When some - bo - dy sneezed Rest Rest It rolled out the door mi
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do
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Notes Used: C
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Are you Sleeping?
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C
1.
Are
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do
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you sleep - ing are you sleep - ing 2. Fre - re Jac - ques fre - re Jac - ques re
do
mi
do
re
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F
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Bro - ther John Dor - mez - vous mi
do
mi
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bro - ther John dor - mez - vous mi
fa
sol
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G
F
F E
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Morn - ing bells are ring - ing morn- ing bells are ring - ing Son - nez les ma - ti - nes son -nez les ma - ti - nes sol
la
sol
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mi
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c
do
sol .
mi
do
c
G
ding dang dong ding dang dong sol
fa
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do
sol
la
do
ding dang dong! ding dang dong! do
sol
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Notes Used: D
E
G
A
B
Sweet Beets B
B A
G
G
A
G
E D
1.
Sweet beets, we’ve got G
some.
If you want some
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sweet
beets, we
got
‘em.
D
D
D
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B A
G
G
A
G
E D
Sweet beets, we’ve got G
G
some. G
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‘em.
If you want some
Tap or clap the rhythms below
Note: the colors here mimic a popular rhythm manipulatve called Note Knacks. They do not indicate a specific note or pitch.
beet
beet
ta
ta
ti
cher ry
cher ry
beet
beet
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ti
ta
ta
ti
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cher ry
beet
ti
ta
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ti
vo
ca
do
a
cher ry
cher ry
ti
vo
ca
ti
do
ti
beet
ti ka ti ka ti ka ti ka ta
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beet ta Preschool Prodigies 33
Notes Used: C
D
E
F
G
A
B
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Avocado A
G
G
G
F
E
C
Ah
Ah
Aah
2. Ah
Ah
Aah
3.
mi
1.
do
a - vo- ca - do Rest a- gua-ca - te Rest
sol
la
sol
fa
sol
G
F
F
F
E
E
D
Woa don’t you know that I me gus - ta fa
sol
love you
mu - cho qui - eres comer? fa
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mi
D
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D
so
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Ah Ah
Ah Ah
do
mi
a - vo - ca - do a- gua- ca - te
Aah Aah sol
la
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Rest Rest
sol
G
F
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D
D
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Woa don’t you know that I me gus - ta fa
sol
mu - cho I’d eat fa
mi
fa
mi
love you so it
all
day!
re
re
do
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You completed My First Songbook Volume 1 and are now ready for Level 2.
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