A tune that uses just three notes - B, A and G - in different orders, to make different patterns.
The video
It's in the BAG!
This tune uses just three notes - B, A and G - in different orders, to make different patterns. The notes are easy to play on recorders and some woodwind instruments - such as flute - but tuned percussion can happily join in the tune too (glockenspiels, xylophones, chime bars, etc) as well as keyboards, ukuleles and guitars.
In the introduction the background accompaniment has laid back bossa nova rhythms on cajon, hand drums, shakers and scrapers, but any untuned percussion can join in gently (body percussion too).
The notation in the video helps give a sound idea of the tune’s shape made by notes B, A, G (going down) in Verse 1A and 1B. These are then played ‘upside down’ as G, A, B (going up) in Verse 1C.
They are then turned around as B, G, A (going down and up) in Verse 1D, before going ‘back in the bag’, as B, A, G again (going down) in Verse 1E.
The whole tune is repeated in Verse 2. Instruments illustrated are recorders and flutes plus a xylophone but the children can use whatever melody instruments are available in your classroom.
Chord instruments such as guitar, keyboard and accordion, are also encouraged to play arpeggios, ie with the notes of each chord spread out in a harp-like pattern. The chord names are shown on the introduction pages and on the top right of each verse section.
Resources
Teacher Notes
Download / print the Teacher Notes for the series (pdf)
Download audio
Download the audio file for this music video (mp3)
