Mike Moxcey ©2005
No sharps or flats mean this is in the key of C and no time signature means it's in 4/4 time.
Many children's songs are good for practicing new skills such as reading music or trying to figure out melodies by yourself. Try Mary Had a Little Lamb, Frere Jacques, or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Ideas for playing Old MacDonald Had A ?
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You can go through all the animals on a farm with this one.
Or the animals in a zoo.
You can also do movements instead of sounds:-
a snake goes slither, slither (slide around on the ground)
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a frog (or kangaroo or rabbit) goes hop, hop
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a bird (or bat) goes flap, flap
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a monkey (or cat) can scratch, scratch
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a mouse crawls
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a fish swims
And you can go inanimate and have balls that bound, marbles that roll, motorcycles that vroom.
If you have some other musicians, you can also play Old MacDonald Had a Band and do verses for various instruments which pick a little ditty for their moment in the sun.
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