SONG INDEX - LYRICS INCLUDED The Happy Lambkins The Birds Nest Robin Rod-Breast Frog and Horse Tracks in the Snow The Cat's Cradle Farewell to the Birds The Birth of the Butterfly The Fishes The Froggies' Swimming School The Butterfly The Fly Harvest of the Squirrel The Bumble Bee The Owl Mr. Rooster and Mrs. Hen
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The Birds' Nest
From "Songs of the Child World" Music by Jessie L. Gaynor - Words by Alice C.D. Riley - Arranged by Devra Robledo
Rhythm Made Easy
See-The-Beat is a music notation display system that adds distinguishable timing bars to
standard music thereby assisting musicians to correctly learn and play rhythm in music.
Each shaded music timing bar corresponds to an equally timed portion of a measure
within written music such as a certain number of beats or half beats.
Advantages
1. See-The-Beat visually and quickly confirms a musician's rhythmatic interpretation of the written piece of music. A great system for beginning students!
2. See-The-Beat visually demonstrates to students unfamiliar with fractions the timing of various note values as they relate to the beats within the measure.
3. See-The-Beat allows the brain to vertically connect the treble clef staff to the bass clef staff. Reading music requires the brain to read vertically first and then quickly move on to read horizontally. The shaded timing bars depicting each beat direct the brain to image vertically.
Comments
See-The-Beat "EasyMusicReading" notation display system is the result of my efforts to teach students how to count the beats within a measure of music. Applying this method to Jessie L. Gaynor's "Songs of the Child World" has been both a joy and entertaining experience. Although written in 1897, the music contains a combination of classical and modern melodies which are contagious to the ear. In addition, the thought provoking poetical lyrics create a "cause for pause" as insights into the imaginative minds of children are pondered. The musical arrangements contained in this volume simplify the original presentation of Jessie L. Gaynor's music in order for the reader to easily "See the Beat" among a variety of note value and time signature applications. My hope is that you will enjoy the music as well as advance in your mental visualization of rhythm. Devra Robledo, Arranger
Realizing the necessity of harmony between the thought of the song and the music, we have worked together in their production in order that the text and the music might add each to the other. Understanding as we do the innate fondness of children for rich harmonies, we have given special attention to the harmonization of the melodies. Children perceive rhythm before they do melody and the cultivation of this perception is essential to any musical education. It has been our earnest endeavor to make the rhythm of music and words so fit the idea to be expressed that the child shall be trained to the recognition and consciousness of the rhythm that sways all nature. Jessie L. Gaynor (1863-1921) Alice C.D. Riley
SONG INDEX - LYRICS INCLUDED The Happy Lambkins The Birds Nest Robin Rod-Breast Frog and Horse Tracks in the Snow The Cat's Cradle Farewell to the Birds The Birth of the Butterfly The Fishes The Froggies' Swimming School The Butterfly The Fly Harvest of the Squirrel The Bumble Bee The Owl Mr. Rooster and Mrs. Hen
NOTE: The music presented in this volume differs from the original works of Jessie L. Gaynor in that it has been arranged in a format easy for the beginning student ot learn and practice. In addition, some of the poetical lyrics have been change in order to adapt to current language and culture.
Rhythm Made Easy
EasyMusicReading.com and See-The-Beat.com
A Method Of Representing Rhythm In Music Notation And Display
