by Craig Cassils.
These 9 familiar holiday songs are notated for vocals, soprano recorder and Boomwhackers in 2 parts, percussion instruments, and chords for ukulele/guitar.
December music classes can be challenging, especially in the days following your holiday concert. This is a collection of lessons and activities based on 9 familiar Christmas carols.
All parts can be used together and also work in any combination. Each song comes with a vocal track and an orchestrated accompaniment track. A slower accompaniment track is given for Boomwhacker play-alongs.
Reproducible and projectable lyrics are included so the songs could be used in a performance or a school holiday sing-along. The activities include naming notes, writing notes, recognizing rhythms, creating new melodies, as well as fun games and word puzzles based on the lyrics of the carols and the song information.
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Songs Include:
1. African Noel
Arrangements: Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Unpitched percussion (bongo drums, hand drum)
2. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Arrangements: Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Unpitched percussion (triangle, jingle bells)
3. Up on the Housetop
Arrangements: Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Unpitched percussion (triangle, jingle bells, tic-toc block)
4. Joy to the World
Arrangements: Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Unpitched percussion (triangle, finger cymbals)
5. Jingle Bells
Arrangements: Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Pitched percussion (jingle bells, temple blocks)
6. Christmas Chopsticks
Arrangements: Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Unpitched percussion (finger cymbals, tambourine, hand drum)
7. D’où viens-tu bergère?: This is a traditional French carol.
Arrangements: Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Unpitched percussion (triangle, finger cymbals)
8. Over the River and Through the Wood
Arrangements: Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Pitched and unpitched percussion (triangle, temple blocks, sand blocks)
9. O Come Little Children: This is a traditional German Christmas carol.
Arrangements: Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Unpitched percussion (finger cymbals, claves)
