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One Bottle of Pop, Part 2

Introduction

London, England

This is a traditional round from England.  It is sung in 3 parts.

A little translation for you from the original English.

A bottle of pop is a bottle of soda.

To chuck muck is to throw garbage.

Fish and chips is a traditional dish in England of fried fish and french fries, which are called chips in England.  In England, most people eat fish and chips with vinegar.

Cheerio, chaps.

Video

The Lesson

At The Piano

Sheet Music

Piano
Piano Challenge Version
Ukulele
Guitar
Recorder
Xylophone or On-Screen Piano

Don’t Forget!

You can look up the ukulele chords and guitar chords and get help with reading tablature,
playing the recorder or rhythm (percussion) instruments right here on my website!

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Duerme Pronto, In F and In G

Mother Holding Baby

Introduction

Mother Holding Baby

This is a beautiful lullaby from Mexico.  The words are in Spanish.

Make sure you watch the videos at the bottom, which are about Mexico’s culture.

The melody has a repeating pattern in it and there is more than one way to play it, because it is written in 4 different keys.  The key changes how high or low the notes are, because we start and end on a different note in each key.

Listen

The Lesson

At The Piano

In F Slow Speed

In G Slow Speed

Sheet Music

Make sure you watch the video above for a discussion of the sheet music and explanations. Remember that this page has the song on it 2 times.

Don’t forget to practice it over and over again until you are able to make mom or dad fall asleep! Then you can post on FlipGrid and try to make me and your classmates fall asleep.

Let’s see some performances that will put us to sleep!

Take it slow and remember to break it up into phrases.

Piano
Piano Challenge Version
Ukulele
Guitar
Recorder
Xylophone or On-Screen Piano

Don’t Forget!

You can look up the ukulele chords and guitar chords and get help with reading tablature,
playing the recorder or rhythm (percussion) instruments right here on my website!

Digging Deeper

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One Bottle of Pop, Part 1

Introduction

London, England

This is a traditional round from England.  It is sung in 3 parts.

A little translation for you from the original English.

A bottle of pop is a bottle of soda.

To chuck muck is to throw garbage.

Fish and chips is a traditional dish in England of fried fish and french fries, which are called chips in England.  In England, most people eat fish and chips with vinegar.

Cheerio, chaps.

Video

The Lesson

At The Piano

Sheet Music

Piano
Piano Challenge Version
Ukulele
Guitar
Recorder
Xylophone or On-Screen Piano

Don’t Forget!

You can look up the ukulele chords and guitar chords and get help with reading tablature,
playing the recorder or rhythm (percussion) instruments right here on my website!

Digging Deeper

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Largo

Introduction

Antonín Dvořák wrote Largo as one of the movements, (that’s what the parts of a piece of classical music is called) of his New World Symphony.  Dvořák was an immigrant to America and he wrote this piece to show American composers that black people’s music was a really amazing and beautiful part of the American culture.  He hoped that more classical composers would use the ideas in black music in their compositions.

There is a radio show that tells the story, but it is probably best if you listen to it with your favorite grownup so they can explain some of the ideas in it.  Let them know it’s only 8 minutes long, so it will be quick!

Video

Radio Show

The Lesson

At The Piano

Full Speed

Slower

Sheet Music

Piano
Piano Challenge Version
Ukulele
Guitar
Recorder
Xylophone or On-Screen Piano

Don’t Forget!

You can look up the ukulele chords and guitar chords and get help with reading tablature,
playing the recorder or rhythm (percussion) instruments right here on my website!

Digging Deeper

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Amazing Grace

Portrait of John Newton

Introduction

Portrait of John Newton
John Newton

This is one of my favorite songs.  I am always so excited when we get to play it because it is a really important song to so many people.

Amazing Grace was written by a sea captain named John Newton, who was not a very nice person, after an experience he had.  Once, his ship was caught in a big storm out at sea, and after a while, it got so bad that they stopped trying to sail the ship and went down into the ship for protection.  John Newton thought the boat was going to sink and he was going to die in that storm.  He had given up hope and he thought that dying in the storm was going to be his punishment for not being a good person.

It turned out that he did survive the storm.

Afterward, he wrote Amazing Grace about how he was going to be a good person because he got another chance after thinking he was going to die.  This inspired him to do better things in his life and be a better person.

Video

The Lesson

At The Piano

Full Speed

Slower

Sheet Music

There are a few challenges in playing this piece, but they are challenges that you have faced before, so don’t worry.

Make sure you watch the video above for a discussion of the sheet music and explanations. Remember to notice when you have to switch and play with a different hand.

Don’t forget to practice it over and over again until you are able to play it allegro! That means fast and spirited.

Let’s see some exciting performances!

Take it slow and remember to break it up into phrases.

Piano
Piano Challenge Version
Ukulele
Guitar
Recorder
Xylophone or On-Screen Piano

Don’t Forget!

You can look up the ukulele chords and guitar chords and get help with reading tablature,
playing the recorder or rhythm (percussion) instruments right here on my website!

Digging Deeper