Music for Children, Vol. I Pentatonic

Music for Children Vol. I: Pentatonic is the first of five volumes written by Carl Orff, and adapted to English by Margaret Murray. This volume contains speech and rhythmic exercises, nursery rhymes, songs, instrumental pieces and melodic exercises using only the 5-note pentatonic scale, with instructions and notes.

Contents:

Part One:

Nursery Rhymes and Songs

1. Cuckoo
2. Pat-a-cake
3. Tinker Tailor
4. Bobby Shaftoe
5. Little Tommy Tucker
6. Wee Willie Winkie
7. Bye Baby Bunting
8. Ring-a-Ring o' Roses
9. Grey Goose and Gander (text)
10. Walk Down the Path (text)
11. Two Little Dicky Birds (text)
12. Tommy's Fallen in the Pond
13. Unk, unk, unk
14. Tom, Tom the Piper's Son
15. My Little Pony
16. Cross-patch
17. Warm Hands Warm
18. Shoe the Little Horse (text)
19. Polly Put the Kettle On (text)
20. Cuckoo, Where Are You?
21. Early to Bed
22. The Baker
23. The Day is Now Over
24. Little Boy Blue
25. There was an Old Woman (text)
26. One to Make Ready (text)
27. The North Wind Doth Blow
28. O Lady Mary Ann
29. I love Sixpence (canon)
30. Ding dong diggidiggi-dong (canon)
31. Ding dong the bells do Ring (canon)
32. The Campbells are Coming
33. The Grand Old Duke of York
34. Oliver Cromwell
35. Alleluja
36.  Where are you going to my pretty maid?
37. Farewell to the Old Year (canon)
38. Pippa's Song (text)
39. The Cuckoo is a Clever Bird
40. Old Angus McTavish
41. Bommfallera

Part Two:

Rhythmic and Melodic Exercises Speech

• Exercises I - IV
• Rhythms for imitation I - II
• Rhythms for clapping, melody making and fitting words to rhythmic patterns I (Ex. and exercises) - II
• Rhythms for ostinato accompaniments I - II
• Rhythms over ostinato accompaniments I - II
• Rhythms to be completed I (Ex.) - II (Exercises)
• Rhythmic rondos, examples and exercises
• Songs with rhythmic accompaniment (My Little Pony, Old Angus McTavish)
• Rhythmic canons I - II
• Exercises for knee slapping I - III
• Melodies to be completed
• Ostinato exercises for tuned percussion instruments I &; II (for 1 instrument), II &; IV (for 2 instruments)
• Rondos I (ex.) and II (exercises)
• Canon Exercises

Part Three:

Instrumental Pieces

• 30 pieces (for var. barred instruments and unpitched percussion)
• 3 Rondo pieces
• 2 Andante pieces
• 1 Con moto piece
• 3 Allegro pieces
• 5 Canons