Orffestrations Around the World

Orffestrations Around the World By Linda Forrest;Book 31 pages; Arrangements for Orff instruments (not always in the traditional style). Songs from Mexico, Scotland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Israel, Japan, Russia, Africa and USA, with movement ideas. For grades 3 or 4 to 7. Contents: This Train/New River Train (Spiritual/American folk song, dance directions, 2-part voices) Mexican Hat Dance (Mexican folk dance, dance directions, unison/2-part voices) Loch Lomond (Scotland-Old Jacobite Air, dance directions, unison) Sarasponda (Netherlands folk tune, unison) Song of the Volga Boatmen (Russion folk song, unison) Cockles & Mussels (Irish folk song, dance directions, unison) Kum Bah Yah (African folk tune, 2-part voices) Hava Nagila (Israeli folk song, dance directions, unison) Sakura (Japanese folk song, unison)