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poem, clapping on every uttered syllable. The chanting group should move their body in some

way to the “one-two-one-two.”

Baa, Baa, black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full;
One for the master, one for the dame,
One for the little boy who lives down the lane.

Students are asked to determine which words sounded for the length of one beat, which

sounded for more than one beat (“wool”), and which used the division of the beat (“have you

an-y”), and would then complete the worksheet with accents and divisions of beats marked in

short-hand. The worksheet would be double-spaced to leave room for the markings.

2 / / / / / - / - / (hold)
4 Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?

/ / / / / / / (hold)
Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.

/ / - / / / / - / (hold)
One for the master, one for the dame,

/ / - / - / - / / - / (hold)
One for the little boy who lives down the lane.

The transcribed rhythm notation would be as follows: