It couldn't be simpler: 32 children's songs, Christmas carols, hits & evergreens in C major with unique notation additions that can be played very quickly by beginners on the Hohner Melody Star harmonica.
01: All my ducklings
02: A man has fallen into a well
03: Hum, hum, hum
04: A, a, a, winter is here
05: Häschen in the pit
06: My hat, it has three corners
07: Hänschen small
08: Fox, you stole the goose
09: Hänsel and Gretel
10: Bake, bake cake
11: A cuckoo sat on a tree
12: Chuck, chuck, chuck the train
13: Show me your feet
14: All the birds are already here
15: Suse, dear Suse (what rustles in the straw)
16: The cuckoo and the donkey
17: Hoppe, hoppe rider
18: Banks of the Ohio
19: Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)
20: I Come from Alabama ("Oh! Susanna")
21: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
22: Little children, come
23: Little snowflakes, little white skirts
24: From heaven high, here I come
25: Every year again
26: The lights are burning on the Christmas tree
27: Tomorrow Santa Claus is coming
28: Still, still, still, because the little child wants to sleep
29: O thou merry one
30: Let us be glad and cheerful
31: What does that mean
32: Süsser die Glocken nie klingen
All songs are notated in a suitable pitch. A diagram above the notes shows through which hole of the harmonica the air should be blown (red) or drawn (blue). This means that well-known melodies can be played without any knowledge of sheet music.
Objectives:
- To have fun making music through a quick sense of achievement
- Training of eye-hand coordination and breathing
- Rhythm and tempo training
- Learning the names and values of notes
- Developing a feeling for the instrument
- and much more.
The accompanying audio CD contains all the songs as instrumental versions to listen to or sing along with, as well as play-along versions to play along with the melodies.
The booklet also contains links to supplementary materials such as lyrics and sheet music for accompanying instruments as well as instructional videos and the audio tracks as MP3s.