An example of an A4 sheet used in the development of song/tune lists. Home page here
Songs and music for special needs
19 May – General session – no costume
Edited version of tune list May 5, original was 21 April.
E = exercise tune - Other ideas needed.
All in this lower table - 45 to 52 right - played from 13 then finished with 44.
Other topics for possible discussion include:
- New themes and my costume
- Inclusion of Country and Western songs
- Increasing the range of instruments used by carees. I can make 9 maracas. ((( I did)))
- The mentioned topic of an event with wider audience ((This hadn't materialised
More on New themes and my costume
· Indian costume but repeat the cowboy tunes. Arrive in canoe. No lassoing.
· Pirate – entry in galleon. Red moustache/beard. Skull & Xbones?
· Spock – space ship. Space music? Daleks
· Messing about on the river – rowing boat
Prof.AlanFHarrison@talktalk.net
Not on the sheet and added 7 July.
By now, the lists are considerably shorter. Previously, one went in with one third to one half as much as might be played in half an hour. Then, hopping was the method according to interpretation of reception.
In July 2015, the playlists numbered only twenty items and even then between five and eight weren't played. It's important to have a good range and plenty to fall back on. There's no time to wander into other lists within the system used. Spotify of all names.
1 | Hokey Cokey | E | |
2 | She’be coming rd the mtns | E |
|
3 | Yakety Yak |
|
|
4 | Charlie Brown |
|
|
5 | Let’s twist again |
|
|
6 | Hello Mary Lou |
|
|
7 | My old man’s a dustman |
|
|
8 | Yellow Polka Dot bikini |
|
|
9 | It’s now or never |
|
|
10 | Hand jive |
|
|
11 | She taught me to yodel |
|
|
12 | A yodelling hobo |
|
|
13 | Switch to 45 onwards |
|
|
14 | Whole lotta shakin |
|
|
15 | Head, shoulders – no music | E |
|
16 | Wooly Bully |
|
|
17 | La bamba |
|
|
18 | Blue suede shoes |
|
|
19 | Do ron ron |
|
|
20 | Ya ya ya little darlin |
|
|
21 | Jailhouse rock |
|
|
22 | Gamblin man |
|
|
23 | The Twist |
|
|
24 | Running bear |
|
|
25 | Jenny Jenny |
|
|
26 | Chicken Dance | E | Lyrics? |
27 | Poetry in motion |
|
|
28 | Who let the dogs out? |
|
|
29 | The music man |
|
|
30 | Domino |
|
|
31 | Bo didley |
|
|
32 | Ooby dooby |
|
|
33 | Pretty baby |
|
|
34 | The more we sing together |
|
|
35 | (((Aint that a shame))) |
|
|
36 | (((Never smile at a croc))) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
37 | Hearts of stone |
|
|
38 | What’d I say? |
|
|
39 | Hold me hug me |
|
|
40 | If I had a hammer |
|
|
41 | Don’t you rock me |
|
|
42 | Michael row the boat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43 | Finish with suitable tune |
| 44 Dogs out - ie 28 |
If this list is to be be revised for a later session, it is suggested that key tunes are taken from the previous lists and grouped.
More to choose from:
45 | Scott Joplin piano – Entertainer - Maple Leaf |
46 | Song of the King – Joseph Dreamcoat |
47 | Drunken sailor |
48 | Join the British Army |
49 | Head shoulders knees toes – no words |
50 | Walking back to happiness |
51 | The Laughing Policeman |
52 | Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum |