Smule

Folksongs from Around the World

by Debbie Cavalier

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Contents Au Clair De La Lune, France Ode to Joy, Germany Wimoweh (Mbube), Africa When the Saints Go Marching In, USA Amazing Grace, African-American Spiritual Scarborough Fair, England The Frog in the Bog, Canada Kumbayah, Congo Bonus Section: Leaf Trombone Duets
About the Author

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Debbie Cavalier is the Dean of Continuing Education at Berklee College of Music and is also an award-winning childrens musician with Debbie and Friends http://www.DebbieandFriends.net

Layout and design by Shawn Girsberger 2009 SonicMule, Inc All Rights Reserved

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Welcome!
Welcome to Smules Folksongs from Around the World songbook for Ocarina where you will learn to play eight different folk songs in no time You will also begin to develop a solid foundation in basic music theory along the way As stated in the Smule Holiday Songbook, the word Ocarina means little goose in Italian It is one of the oldest instruments known to man, dating back 12,000 years Ocarinas have been made of different materials over the years including wood, clay, bones, metal, plastic, and well, yes iPhones!

To learn more about the Smule Ocarina App, please visit

http://ocarina.smule.com

Music Theory
Before we dive into playing songs, lets learn a bit about the language of music Learning music theory will help you to become a better Ocarina player Music can be written on a staff that contains five lines and four spaces

A clef indicates where notes appear on a staff This is a treble clef

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Music Theory
Music notation is divided into measures by bar lines A double bar line is shown at the end of a song

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Measure Bar Line Double Bar Line

Rhythm notation indicates how long or short to play a note or rest

One whole note equals two half notes One half note equals two quarter notes One quarter note equals two eighth notes One eighth note equals two sixteenth notes

A time signature tells you how many beats are in each measure

4 4

Means four beats in a measure Means a quarter note ( q ) gets one beat

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Music Theory
Musical Alphabet
Musical notes are based on the first seven letters of the alphabet

A, B, C, D, E, F, G
Notes appear on the staff in alphabetical order The first line on a treble staff is E The notes that extend above and below the treble staff use ledger lines

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3 &4 Ocarina Tab & &

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Notice the letter names repeat as they move up and down the staff Each one is an octave apart

A - maz ing grace how sweet the sound that In addition to the musical notes and rhythms, this songbook also contains Ocarina fingering diagrams for each note

Putting it allatogether saved wretch

like

.
me

once

was

lost

but

now

am

found

was

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The notes G, A, and B, are used in your first song Practice the notes as shown below and youll be ready to play Au Clair De La Lune

Mode G Ionian

New Notes G, A, B
G A B
TIP Be sure to set the mode on your Smule Ocarina for each song and practice example Modes are listed in the upper right-hand corner of each song and practice page as shown above

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Note Practice

4 &4
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Au Clair De La Lune
France

Mode G Ionian

&4 4
6

6 8

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Now, lets add the notes C and D to your repertoire This makes a total of five notes learned and opens a world of songs to you!

Mode G Ionian

New Notes C and D

C D

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Note Practice
The following example is provided to help you practice all five notes learned so far: G, A, B, C and D

4 &4
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Ode to Joy
Germany

Mode G Ionian

&4 4 &
8

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7 8

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9

QUARTER-NOTE TRIPLET Play all three notes as two beats

=
3

Wimoweh (Mbube)

Africa

Mode G Ionian

&4 4 &
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7 8

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More Music Theory

PICK UP A pick-up measure can be found at the beginning of a song It contains fewer beats than the rest of the measures in the song TIE A tie connects two of the same notes together to be played as one

4 &4

Pickup measure: 3 beats

When the Saints Go Marching In

USA

Mode G Ionian

&4 4
6

when

w
11

Oh,

the

Saints

go

11

w
in,

march - ing

Oh

when

the

&
11

Saints

go

march

ing

in

Yes, we'll

all

get

up

11

and

&

11

.
9

11

go

join

them,

when the

Saints

march

ing

in

See special bonus section for the Smule Leaf Trombone on page 19
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To prepare for the next song, your new notes are D and E Notice this new note D is an octave lower than the D note you learned for Wimoweh

Mode G Ionian

New Notes D and E

D E

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Note Practice

4 &4
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More Music Theory

3/4 TIME SIGNATURE Some songs move in beat patterns of three This kind of beat pattern is known as a waltz Count: 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 DOTTED RHYTHMS A dot placed after a note adds one half the value of the note A dotted-half note equals three beats h . = 3 beats (2 + 1)

Amazing Grace
African-American Spiritual

Mode G Ionian

3 &4
1

maz

grace

ing

how

sweet

the

sound

that

& &
11 6

wretch

saved

like

11

.
me

once

was

lost

but

now

am

found

was

&

now

blind

but

.
6

see
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To prepare for the next song, your new notes are middle C and F Dont forget to set your Ocarinas mode to D Dorian

Mode D Dorian

New Notes C and F

C F

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Note Practice

3 &4
6

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DOTTED-QUARTER NOTE Remember, a dot placed after a note adds one half the value of the note A dotted-quarter note equals one and a half beats q . = 1 beats

Scarborough Fair
England

Mode D Dorian

3 &4 & &

16

Are

you

goin'

11

to

Scar

bor-ough

j
8 9

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11 9

Fair?

Pars - ley,

11

14

16

14

11

sage,

rose

mar

13

and

thyme

Re

16

14

11

mem

ber

me

to

one

who

lives

there,
6

For

&

11

once

she

was

true

love

of

mine

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fid - dle

in

the

mid - dle

of

pud

dle

What

mud - dle!

2/4 TIME SIGNATURE The next song moves in beat patterns of two each measure Count: 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

KEY SIGNATURES When a sharp or flat symbol is at the beginning of a piece, the note it represents 3 played is as a flat or a sharp

Bet - ter

go

'round

2 &b 4

There

once
the

EIGHTH-NOTE TRIPLET Play all three notes over one beat

Bet - ter

3 was a b =2 &frog4 who

go There 'round

lived once

in a bog
was a

fr

b The Frog in the Bog

Canada
fid - dle in

mid -

dle b of
11

Mode F Ionian
in

fid - dle

pud - dle What

the
3

mid - dle

2 &b 4

There

once

was

frog

who

lived

in

Bet - ter

go

'round

bog

and

played

Beta ter -

Bet - ter go
3

'round

go

'round

b
9

in

the

fid - dle

mid - dle

of

pud

dle

What

mud - dle!

Bet - ter

go

'round

Bet - ter

go

'round

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Kumbayah
Congo

Mode C Ionian

&4 4

11

Kum - ba

ya,

my

Lord,

13

kum - ba

ya,

11

11

Kum - ba

ya,

my

&

Lord,

kum

ba

ya,

Kum

ba

11

ya,

my

Lord,

kum

13

ba

&w

11

ya,

Oh,

Lord,

kum

ba

ya

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Bonus Section

Leaf Trombone Duets

As a special treat, weve added duet parts for the Smule Leaf Trombone App to be played along with two of the Ocarina songs you learned in this book: When the Saints Go Marching In and Ode to Joy The Leaf Trombone music notation for this book contains numbers indicating the correct holes to cover Experiment with the and + controls to change the octave of the notes you play For more information about the Smule Leaf Trombone, please visit http://leaftrombone.smule.com/?ab=l1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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When the Saints Go Marching In

Leaf Trombone
The following shows the Ocarina and the Leaf Trombone parts aligned To play the Leaf Trombone part, follow the top line of each staff system For the Ocarina fingerings, go to page 11

Mode G Ionian

Leaf Trombone

&4 4 &4 4 & & & & .

join 4 1

go

8 6

8 6

Ocarina

w
Saints

w
in,

Oh, when the

go march - ing 3

Oh when the

when the

.
8

up

and

Saints

march - ing

in

Yes, we'll

all

get 5

Saints

go

them,

march - ing

in
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Ode to Joy
Leaf Trombone
The following duet part for Leaf Trombone is to be played with the Ocarina melody on page 9

Mode G Ionian

&4 4
1

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5

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er C

if t

t e o f A c c o m p l is ic a h
This certifies that

me

has completed the Smule

Folksongs from Around the World Songbook

Debbie Cavalier, Author

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