This section includes:
– More information about the musical concepts included in each song
– Movements that go along with the music
– Instructions for how to tap and clap along to the music
The Boy with the Truck
Musical Concepts:
Meter: 4/4 (duple meter. You’ll feel groups of 2)
Interval: minor 3rd
Tempo: slower – swaying slowly with the grass
Dynamics: quieter – hiding in the grass
Imaginative Movement:
Crouch and get low, arms in the air and sway back and forth, pretending to be grass
How to Tap and Clap:
Go slowly. Keep all the numbers the same space apart, steady and constant.
Words in bold CAPS are strongly stressed. Tap your hands on your lap.
Italicized bold words are slightly stressed. Clap your hands.
Words and syllables that are underlined go twice as fast in order to fit into one space.
A dot “•” signifies a space that has no words in it (a rest).
“The Boy with the Truck” uses this tap/ clap pattern:
(slow) TAP. Clap. TAP. Clap.
ONE and two and THREE and four and ONE and two and THREE and four and
You’ll notice that this example starts right before beat ONE:
Ex: There ONCE was a boy who was PLAY-ing with a truck on a BIG green grass-y PLAIN • (clap)
The Octopus Boys
Musical Concepts:
Meter: 6/8 (triple meter. You’ll feel groups of 3)
Interval: minor 3rd
Tempo: slower – swimming through the waves
Dynamics: louder – loud voices of doom to be heard over the waves
Imaginative Movement:
Wave your arms up and down opposite each other, like tentacles, and pretend to swim away like an octopus
How to Tap and Clap:
Go slowly. Keep all the numbers the same space apart, steady and constant.
Words in bold CAPS are strongly stressed. Tap your hands on your lap.
Italicized bold words are slightly stressed. Clap your hands.
A dot “•” signifies a space that has no words in it (a rest).
“The Octopus Boys” uses this tap/ clap pattern:
(slow) TAP. Clap. TAP. Clap.
ONE two three four five six ONE two three four five six
Ex: MAX-well and Sam • pushed OFF from the land • they WANT-ed to sail • the O-cean • (clap) •
The Dragon
Musical Concepts:
Meter: 7/8 (this is an odd meter. You might feel it as 2+2+3, or 1,2,1,2,1,2,3) The chorus is in 4/4.
Interval: minor 3rd
Tempo: faster – flying away so quickly as to make a gust of wind (gale)
Dynamics: louder – shouting to the monster from afar
Imaginative Movement:
Flap arms up and down like wings and pretend to fly away like the dragon
How to Tap and Clap:
Go slowly. Keep all the numbers the same space apart, steady and constant.
Words in bold CAPS are strongly stressed. Tap your hands on your lap.
Italicized bold words are slightly stressed. Clap your hands.
A dot “•” signifies a space that has no words in it (a rest).
“The Dragon” uses this tap/ clap pattern:
(fast) TAP TAP clap. TAP TAP clap.
(I use “sev.” instead of “seven” because it’s one syllable.)
ONE two THREE four five six sev. ONE two THREE four five six sev.
Ex: SPAR-kle PRIN-cess Jade and sir JO-seph LEV-ings-worth • • HAD a SCA-ly dra-gon that FLEW a-BOVE the earth •