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Practice"the"eight"beat"pattern"as"follows:"
1st(beat:"Clap"own"hands,""
2nd(beat:"!Clap!right!hands!with!partner"
(((((((3rd(beat:"Clap!own!hands!""
(((((((4th(beat:"Clap!left!hands!with!partner!
5th((beat:"Clap,!tap!right!shoulder!with!RH!
6th((beat:"tap!left!shoulder!with!LH,!!Clap"
7th((beat:"tap!right!shoulder!with!RH,!tap!left!shoulder!with!LH"
8th((beat:"tap!knees"
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• Play"the"game"in"groups"of"four"in"the"following"formation:""
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"""""""The"song"will"be"performed"in"canon"with"the"second"entry"after"four"beats.""
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Double!–!tap!right!shoulder!then!left!shoulder!
This!–!clap!hands!with!partner!
That!!7!tap!knees!!

© Lucinda Geoghegan 2014

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Rowing song of the Yangtze riv
• Sing!the!song!
• Sing!with!no!rhythm!
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• Sing!with!no!rhythm!and!add!a!clap!at!the!END!of!a!word!
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• &Sing!around!a!circle!with!each!person!being!responsible!for!only!one!syllable!
4 ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
–!the!person!who!finishes!a!word!should!add!the!clap!
Yah hoo yah hoo hey! Yah hoo yah hoo hey!
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Try!with!other!songs.!! ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ Œ
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Hai yai, yai, Hai yai, yai, Yah hoo yah hoo hey!
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Yah hoo yah hoo hey! Yah hoo, yah hoo hey!

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Hai yai, yai, Hai, yai, yai, Yah hoo yah hoo hey!
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Ball!passing!game!–!Stand!in!a!circle!–!Left!hand!acts!as!a!“plate”.!The!ball!
is!picked!by!Right!Hand!and!passed!into!the!left!hand!of!the!person!on!the!Right.!!
NOTE!–!The!action!starts!with!putting!the!ball!down!on!the!down!beat.!!
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Ball!bouncing!patterns!:!!
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3!beat!patterns!–!BOUNCE!/!CATCH!THE!BALL!/!PASS!TO!SOMEONE!
2!beat!pattern!–!BOUNCE!TO!SOMEONE!/!CHOSEN!PERSON!CATCHES!!
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