A canon is an imitative device employed by composers to use one musical idea in many imitative ways. “Canon in D” by Pachelbel is probably the most famous use of the Round in classical music. These paired songs are a wonderful example of a Partner Song.Ģ. The Sherman Brothers of Disney fame, wrote “Truly Scrumptious” and “Doll on a Music Box” for the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Lest you think that Echo Songs, and Rounds and Partner Songs are not real music, let me site some examples from famous composers.ġ. Laurence Lyon ) and Partner Songs, such as "Love Is Spoken Here" and "A Child's Prayer" by Janice Kapp Perry. Some children’s sacred songs are also fine examples of Rounds ( "Little Pioneer Children" by A. These kinds of songs are usually the first introduction to harmony school children get if they are lucky enough to have a music class. Of course, we goofed off and complained, but actually it was rather fun. When I was young, my mother would pair us children up to do the dishes and we were told we had to sing together in harmony (usually singing Partner Songs or Rounds ) until the chore was done. Too bad, because it can be so fun and entertaining. But I am afraid that the practice of community singing is dying out. Nursery Rhymes Quodlibet sheet music for 4-Part Children's Chorus from The Adventures of Dick WhittingtonĮcho Songs, Rounds and Partner Songs are favorites for singing around a campfire or to pass the time on long trips in the car. Combined are four Old English Nursery Rhymes all sung together: "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush," "Do You Know the Muffin Man," "London Bridge Is Falling Down," and "Adam Had Seven Sons." The Nursery Rhymes Quodlibet mp3 accompaniment is available at SMP Press. Here is an example of a Quodlibet used in one of my Children's Theater productions. Quodlibet - from ancient German Music and like a Partner Song, a Quodlibet is a humorous composition consisting of two or more independent and harmonically complementary melodies, usually quotations of well-known tunes, played or sung together, usually to different texts, in a polyphonic arrangement.
Nicholas,” “Up On the Housetop,” Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” “Why Shouldn’t My Goose,” “Muffin Man,” “Adam Had Seven Sons,” “Ring-a-ring-a Rosie”Ħ. “Oh Susanna,” "Arkansas Traveler,” “Turkey in the Straw,” “Camptown Races” (verse)ĥ. “This Old Man,” "Skip to My Lou,” “Ten Little Indians,” “Here we Go Round the Mulberry Bush”Ĥ. “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain,” “When the Saints Go Marching In”ģ. “Bicycle Built for Two, ” “The Sidewalks of New York,” “In the Good Old Summertime”Ģ. Sometimes they even pair a duple meter with a compound meter.ġ. Sometimes partner songs are written specifically to go together, other times people just discover that two songs will magically go together because they have similar constructions. Partner Songs are two complete melodies (or more) that can be sung separately but go together because they are the same length and follow the same harmonic progression. der through a straw_ (- der through a straw) The prettiest girl_ ( the prettiest girl)
This procedure usually goes on for many verses. Then everyone sings the recapitulation together. Harmony is provided when the last note of the phrase is held out while the echo is sung. The first phrase is sung by the leader and echoed by the group and so on through the first four phrases. Lead and Echo Songs - “Sippin’ Cider Through a Straw” and “The Other Day I Met a Bear” are two examples of Lead and Echo Songs. Other well-known rounds are “Make New Friends But Keep the Old,” “Hey Ho, Nobody Home,” “Christmas Is Coming,” ”Scotland’s Burning,” and “Are You Sleeping, Brother John?” And they continue singing their part at least three times making the melody go round and round and round. It can be subdivided so that second, third or fourth groups can start at 2 beat intervals. The melody contains repeated notes, short scale passages, and an arpeggiated chord all sung to a catchy rhythm. This fun little tune has two musical phrases constructed over one harmonic center (tonic chord only). In a round, the harmony is provided when the phrases of the tune imitate each other on parallel but different pitches. Round - “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” is an example of a Round. Probably the easiest route to learning to sing in Harmony is through
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