70 Simple Songs for the 8-Note Tongue Drum. Without Musical Notes: Just Follow the Circles (Simple Songs for 8-Note Tongue Drum. Play Without Notes)

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We call this series “I don’t read music” since we are targeting beginners of all ages: children, teens, parents, grandparents.
Folk music traditionally is not learned from sheet music or notes. Instead, it is learned by repetition and from being passed from generation to generation. We believe in this method of teaching, which is easier and more enjoyable.
All 70 songs in this book have been written without using the classic music score system because it is for the absolute beginners who can not read sheet music. This book is aimed at those who want to add popular melodies to their experimentation.
We use circles with numbers because most modern tongue drums have numbers engraved or painted on their keys. We do not show the note duration. You can experiment with the duration on your own.
We recommend finding each of these songs on YouTube and listening to the rhythm before beginning to play.
Our sheet music is only a guide. The most important thing is to listen and repeat the recordings.
All songs from this book are possible to play in one octave.
These songs are suitable for a diatonic 8-note tongue drum, which should have numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 1 of the next octave.
Please note: if you have a model of the tongue drum with 5 tongues, or if some keys from the octave are missing, you will not be able to play all of the songs in this book.
The songbook includes very simple, popular children’s and folk songs, but even well-known children’s songs played on the tong drum will create an unusual magical sound.
Table of contents
PART 1
A Hunting We Will Go
Acka Backa
Bell Horses
Bobby Shafto
Doggie Doggie
Frog in the Meadow
Hot Cross Buns
London Bridge
Long-legged Sailor
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Miss Mary Mack
Ninety-Nine Bottles
Old Bald Eagle
One, Two, Three, Four
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Ring Around the Rosie
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
See-Saw Margery Daw
Ten in the Bed
The Wheels on the Bus
PART 2
Alphabet Song
A Sailor Went to Sea
Are You Sleeping?
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baby Bumble Bee
Cobbler, Mend My Shoe
Cotton Eyed Joe
Ding Dong DiggiDiggiDong
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Doctor Foster
Five Little Ducks
Five Little Monkeys
Happy Birthday
Humpty Dumpty
I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas
I Love Little Kitty
It’s Raining
Jack and Jill
Jingle Bells
La Cucaracha
Lavender’s Blue
Little Jack Horner
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
My Hat
Oh We Can Play on the Big Bass Drum
Old Blue
Old McDonald
Old Mother Hubbard
Row Row Your Boat
The Backer
The Bee and the Pup
The Mulberry Bush
This Old Man
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
PART 3
Bim Bum Biddy
Brahms Lullaby
Chumbara
Cock-a-Doodle Doo
Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Kookaburra
Li’l Liza Jane
Ode to Joy
Oh Susannah
Peace Like a River
The Big Sheep
Tinga Layo
To Market, To Market

From the Publisher

I don’t read music

This series is titled ‘I Don’t Read Music’ as it caters to beginners of all ages, including children, teenagers, parents, and grandparents, who have no prior experience with reading sheet music.

Folk music

Folk music is a musical genre that has been traditionally passed down through generations and learned through repetition, rather than from sheet music or written notation. We embrace this method of teaching as it is simpler and more enjoyable.

Without the classic music score

The 70 songs in this book are presented in a format accessible to absolute beginners who have not yet learned to read sheet music, as they do not use the traditional music notation system. This book is intended for those who desire to play popular melodies through trial and error.

Circles with numbers

We utilize numbered circles to correspond with the markings on the keys of most contemporary tongue drums. The duration of each note is not indicated, providing the opportunity for personal experimentation and creative expression in determining note length.

One octave songs

All songs in this book can be played within one octave, making them suitable for a diatonic 8-note tongue drum that is numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 1 of the next octave.

Please note:

Important: If your tongue drum has only 5 tongues or is missing keys from an octave, it may not be possible to play all the songs contained in this book.

Very easy songbook

This songbook features straightforward and well-known children’s and folk songs, but even when played on a tongue drum, they produce a unique and enchanting sound.

The songbook is divided into three parts: Part 1 includes 20 songs, Part 2 features 35 songs, and Part 3 comprises 15 songs

PART 1 & PART 2

includes 20 songs and 35 songs

PART 3

includes 15 songs

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09FBX6VP3
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 31 Aug. 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 73 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8468060193
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 159 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.78 x 0.43 x 25.4 cm
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