{"id":424,"date":"2018-04-05T04:02:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T04:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/?p=424"},"modified":"2018-04-05T04:02:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T04:02:22","slug":"sing-ring-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/sing-ring-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Sing &#038; Ring in Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/japanese-cherry-trees-3291292_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/japanese-cherry-trees-3291292_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/japanese-cherry-trees-3291292_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><em>Spring is the perfect time to sing and ring about nature\u2019s glory.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/\">ChimeWorks<\/a> offers some suggestions below for lesson plans using a variety of teaching techniques and objectives.<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>With these folksongs, we can enrich our students with a greater appreciation of the beauty of the world around them.\u00a0 Many of these songs have been passed through the centuries and are classic examples of fine musical literature for young musicians.<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>All \u00a0of these lesson plans are available for immediate purchase and digital download at the cost of $2.29 each \u2013 just pennies per student \u2013 in our \u201cHandchimes in the Classroom &amp; Rehearsal\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/chimeworks\/lesson-plans\/\">store<\/a>.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Plans with Chordal Harmonization <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/come-follow\/\">Come, Follow Me<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>K &#8211; 2, 3 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Chords<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chords:\u00a0<\/strong>3<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon:\u00a0<\/strong>Yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Nature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Come Follow is an English folk song dating from the late 17th century. \u00a0It was written by John Hilton in 1652. \u00a0It is a three part round or canon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/i-love-the-mountains\/\">I Love The Mountains<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>3 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Chords<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chords:\u00a0<\/strong>4<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon:\u00a0<\/strong>Yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Nature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>America<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I Love the Mountains is a traditional American campfire song passed down through generations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Plans with Harmonization by Ostinati<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/sakura\/\">Sakura<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>3 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Ostinati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Spring<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>Japanese<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sakura is a traditional Japanese folk song telling of springtime and cherry blossoms. \u00a0It dates from the late the Edo period between 1603 and 1868. \u00a0It is based on the Phrygian mode.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/come-let-us-all-a-maying-go\/\">Come, Let Us All A-Maying Go<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>3 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Ostinati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon:\u00a0<\/strong>Yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Spring<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Come, Let Us All A-Maying Go is a three part round or canon. \u00a0John Hilton the younger was an Early English Baroque composer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Plans Using Icons to Teach Music Literacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/bunessan-morning-has-broken\/\">Bunessan<\/a> (Morning Has Broken)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Sacred, Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>K &#8211; 2, 3 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Icons<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Nature, Praise<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>Scotland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The melody, Bunessan, was named after a town in Scotland. \u00a0During the 19th century it was set to the text of Morning Has Broken.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/baa-baa-black-sheep\/\">Baa, Baa Black Sheep<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>K &#8211; 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Icons<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Animals, Nursery Rhyme<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Baa, Baa Black Sheep is an English nursery rhymed dating back from 1731. \u00a0Its original context is thought to be a complaint on the taxation of wool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Spring is the perfect time to sing and ring about nature\u2019s glory.\u00a0 ChimeWorks offers some suggestions below for lesson plans using a variety of teaching techniques and objectives. With these folksongs, we can enrich our students with a greater appreciation of the beauty of the world around them.\u00a0 Many of these songs have been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/sing-ring-spring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sing &#038; Ring in Spring<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,8,12,27,28],"tags":[13,29,17,11,4,16,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}