Strum it Up!

Expand your Orff horizons with Strum it Up! By Sandy Lantz and Gretchen Wahlberg!

This collection of 21 ukulele pieces for the Orff music classroom will quickly become a favorite in your Orff teaching library. The timbre of the ukulele supports the child's voice and allows them to hear and sing harmony more accurately with ukulele accompaniment.

Each piece has orchestrations and some lessons add movement or improvisation. It also includes Polynesian instrumental suggestions, Hawaiian Language guide, and ukulele strumming techniques. Arrangements use ukuleles, barred instruments, unpitched percussion, and recorders to integrate the ukulele with classroom instruments.

Online supplemental files include:

• Lyric sheets
• Chord charts
• Visuals for your presentation software

Contents:

• Chords
• Anatomy of a Ukulele
• Ukulele Warm-Ups and Teaching Ideas
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?)
• Shake Dem 'Simmons Down
• Kahuli Aku
• John Kanaka
• Hush, Little Baby
• Skip to My Lou
• Riding in a Buggy
• Day-o (The Banana Boat Song)
• Maori Stick Dance
• Great Big House in New Orleans
• Possum Come a'Knockin'
• Simple Gifts
• Cumberland Gap
• Land of the Silver Birch
• Wishes
• Eia Makou (Here We Are)
• This Old Band
• The Bear Went Over the Mountain
• Red River Valley
• If You're Happy and You Know It