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SONGS
7 NOTES 7 COLOURS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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15. CIELITO LINDO ............................................................ page13
1. JINGLE BELLS...................................................................page 4 16. KATJUSCHA ................................................................ page14
2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ...........................................................page 4 17. RONDÒ ........................................................................ page15
3. LONDON BRIDGE ..........................................................page 5 18. MINUETTO ................................................................... page15
4. WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN ....................page 5 19. SANTA LUCIA .............................................................. page16
5. FRA’ MARTINO (FRERE JACQUES)...................................page 6 20. SUR LE PONT D’AVIGNON ....................................... page17
6. OH SUSANNA! ..............................................................page 6 21. OH! TANNENBAUM (OH! CHRISTMAS TREE) .............. page18
7. ODE TO JOY (INNO ALLA GIOIA • L'HYMNE A LA JOIE)....page 7 22. RED RIVER VALLEY ...................................................... page19
8. SILENT NIGHT (STILLE NACHT • ASTRO DEL CIEL) ..............page 8 23. AURA LEE ..................................................................... page19
9. ALOUETTE ........................................................................page 9 24. WIEGENLIED (NINNA NANNA) .............................. page20
10. TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR ............................... page10 25. OLD MCDONALD HAD A FARM .............................. page21
11. AU CLAIRE DE LA LUNE ............................................. page10 26. LIGHTLY ROW ............................................................. page21
12. MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB ....................................... page11 27. MELODIA - CHOPIN ................................................... page22
13. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE ...................................... page11 28. GOOD KING WENCESLAS ....................................... page23
14. JOHN BROWN’S BODY ............................................ page12 29. IL CARNEVALE DI VENEZIA ....................................... page24

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4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 HOW TO PLAY A SONG HOW TO CREATE THE Ex: 3 = 2 beats:

USING THE “7 NOTES 7 RHYTHM OF A SONG 4 5 hold
6 the
7 note
1 2 3 4 5

On top or underneath each For the octave below, the COLOURS” METHOD Each note of the song is to for the time of two beats
white key on the front of the colours are the same but Each song consists of be held for a short or a long (e.g. tap your foot twice
instrument is a square with a there is a dot at the bottom coloured boxes with time, depending on how and then release the
different number and colour. right of each number: numbers: many boxes follow the note);
As can be seen in the table, C D E F
4 5
G A B/H
6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2number.
3 4 Ex: 3 = 3 beats:
each number and colour is 2 3 4 5 1 7 6
DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI For the octave above, there is Ex: 3 = 1 beat: hold the4 5hold6 the7 note
1 2 3 4 5
associated with a musical a dot at the top right of each To play the song,
4 press
5 6 the7 note
1 2 3 4 for5the 6time 7 1 for2 the3 time
4 of5 three
6 7 1
note. which correspond to the notes number: beats (e.g. tap your foot
keys on the instrument of one beat (e.g. tap your
In the central part (the
4 5 6 7
DO 1
RE 2
MI 3 SOL
FA 4 5
LA 6SI 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3correspond
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that to the foot once and then release three times and then
middle octave) of the (Latin notation) Lastly, for the highest octave, colours and numbers of the note); release the note).
keyboard, the numbers and C D E F G A B there are two dots at the top
colours are: the song. And so on.
(anglo-saxon notation) right of each number:
5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 1x1 1x2 1x3 1x4
C D E F 4G 5A 6H 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4
(German notation).

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 B i r t h d ay
1. Jingle B ells 2. Happy

Jin - gle bells! Jin - gle bells! Hap-py birth - day to you______

Jin - gle all the way!_____ hap-py birth - day to you______

1
Oh what fun it is to ride in a hap-py birth - day dear ...................

one horse o - pen sleigh! oh! in a hap-py birth - day to you.______

one horse o - pen sleigh!

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 n Bridge he sain t s go marching’in
. L on d o When t
3 4. Oh!

2 3 2 1 7 1 2 1 3 4 5 1 3 4 5
Lon - don Bridge is fal - ling down, Oh when the saints ______ go march-ing in,_________

6 7 1 7 1 2 1 3 4 5 3 1 3 2
fal - ling down, fal - ling down, oh when the saints go march -ing in,_________

2 3 2 1 7 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 3
Lon - don Bridge is fal - ling down, oh, Lord, I want to be_in

6 2 7 5 5 5 4
my___ fair___ la - dy.________ that num - ber________

3 4 5 3 1 2 1
when the saints go march - ing in._________

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 q u e s • Fra’ Martino . O h ! S usanna
re J a c 6
5. Frè

1 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 5 5 6 5 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 2
Frè - re Jac - ques, frè - re Jac - ques,

3 4 5 3 4 5
dor - mez vous? _____ dor - mez vous? _____ 1 3 5 5 6 5 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 1

5 6 5 4 3 1
Son - nez les ma - ti - nes
4 4 6 6 6 5 5 3 1 2
5 6 5 4 3 1
Son - nez les ma - ti - nes

2 5 1 2 5 1 1 3 5 5 6 5 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 1
Ding Ding Dong! Ding Ding Dong!

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 o y • Inn o a l l a gioia
. O d e to j
7

3 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 3 4 3 1

1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 5

3 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 3 3 4 5 5 4 3 2

1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1

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 le Nacht • Astro del ciel
ilent ni ght • Stil
8. S

5 6 5 3 6 6 1 7 6
Stil - le Nacht!_______ Hol - der Kna - be im
5 6 5 3 5 6 5 3
Hei - li - ge Nacht!_______ lo - ckig - ten Haar,
2 2 7 2 2 4 2 7
Al - les schläft;______ Schla - fe in himm - li - scher
1 1 5 1 3
ein - sam wacht_______ Ruh!___________________________
6 6 1 7 6 1 5 3 5 4 2
Nur das trau - te Schla - fe in himm - li - scher
5 6 5 3 1
hei - li - ge Paar.______ Ruh!___________

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 9. Alouette

5 6 7 7 6 5 6 7 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A - lou - et - te gen -tille A - lou - et - te Et la tête, et la tête, A - lou - ette

5 6 7 7 6 5 6 7 5 2 2 2 2
A - lou - et - te Je t’y plu -me - rai______ A - lou - ette. Oh!_______________

5 5 5 6 7 1 2 2 3 2 1 7 6 5 5 6 7 7 6 5 6 7 5 2
Je t’y plu-me -rai la tête, je t’y plu-me -rai la tête. A - lou - et - te gen -tille A - lou - et - te

5 5 5 6 7 1 2 2 3 2 1 7 6 5 5 6 7 7 6 5 6 7 5
Je t’y plu-me -rai la tête, je t’y plu-me -rai la tête. A - lou - et - te Je t’y plu -me - rai______

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 le little sta r l a i r e d e l a lune
nk
10. Twi
nk l e , t w i 11. Au c

1 1 5 5 6 6 5 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 1
Twin - kle twin - kle lit - tle star, Au clair de la lu - ne mon a - mi Pier- rot_____

4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 1
How I won - der what you are, Prê- te -moi ta plu - me pour é -crire un mot_____

5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 2 1 7 6 5 3
Up a - bo - ve world so high, Ma chan-delle est mor - te Je n’ai plus de feu_____

5 5 4 4 3 2 1
1 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 1
Like a dia - mond in the sky.
Ou- vre-moi ta por - te pour l’a-mour de Dieu_____

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 a little lamb a r l in g C l e m entine
a d d
12. Ma
r y h 13. My

6 5 4 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 3 3 3 1
Ma - ry had a lit - tle lamb Oh my Dar - ling, oh my Dar - ling

5 5 5 6 1 1 1 3 5 5 4 3 2
lit - tle lamb lit - tle lamb Oh my Dar - ling Cle -men -tine______,

6 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 2 3 4 4 3 2 3 1
Ma - ry had a lit - tle lamb it’s you are lost and gone fo - re - ver,

5 5 6 5 4 1 3 2 5 7 2 1
fleece was white as snow. dread-ful sor - ry, Cle - men - tine_____.

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 n B r o w n ’ s b o dy
14. Joh

5 5 3 5 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 5 4 3 5 1 2 3 1
John Brown’s bo - dy lies a-mould-’ring in the grave____ Glo - ry glo - ry hal - le - lu - ja!_____

6 6 1 7 1 6 5 6 5 4 3 6 7 1 7 1 6 5 3
John Brown’s bo - dy lies a-mould-’ring in the grave____ Glo - ry glo - ry hal - le - lu - ja!_____

5 5 3 5 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 5 4 3 5 1 2 3 1
John Brown’s bo - dy lies a-mould-’ring in the grave Glo - ry glo - ry hal - le - lu - ja!__

1 2 2 1 7 1 1 2 2 1 7 1
his soul is march - ing on___________ his soul is march - ing on___________

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 C i e l i t o L indo
15.

1 1 6 7 5 1 1 6 7 5 3 2 1 6
E - se lu - nar que tie - nes Cie - li - to Ah! ay! ay! ay!__________

1 1 6 7 5 4 2 2 2 1 3 1
Lin - do, jun - to a la bo - ca______ Can - ta y no llo - res_____

7 7 7 6 5 4 2 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 6 5 4 4 2 7 5
No se lo__ des a na - die, Cie - li - to por - que can - tan - do se a - le - gran, Cie - li - to

5 5 5 4 3 2 1 6 6 5 4 5 3 1
Lin - do, que a mi me to - ca________ lin - do, los co - ra - zo - nes________

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 cha
1 6 . K at j u s

6 7 1 6 1 1 7 6 7 3 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 1 1 4

7 1 2 7 2 2 1 7 6 4 5 7 6 5 5 4 4 3

3 6 5 6 5 4 4 3 2 3 6 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 1 1 4

4 2 3 1 2 2 1 7 6 4 5 7 7 6 6 5 5 6 7 1

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 tto
17. Rondò 18. Minue

1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 7 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 1

1 7 6 7 1 1 2 1 7 1 2 6 4 5 6 7 1 1 1

2 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 5 4 5 4 3 2 3

4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 7 1 4 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 7 1

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 . S an t a L u ci a
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5 5 1 1 7 7 3 2 1 7 6 2
Sul ma - re luc - ci - ca______ Ve - ni - te al - l’a - gi - le______

4 4 6 6 5 2 1 6 5 5 1
l’a - stro d’ar - gen - to_______ bar - chet - ta mi - a______!

3 6 5 5 4 4 3 1 1 5 5 3 4 2 2
pla - ci - da è l’on - da______ San__ - ta____ Lu___ - ci___ - a______!

4 3 2 6 5 2 3 2 2 1
pro - spe - ro il ven - to______ San - ta____ Lu - ci - a______!

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 l e p on t d ’Avignon
20. Su r

1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Sur le pont d’A - vi - gnon, et puis en - co - re comme ça.

3 4 5 1 7 1 2 5 1 1 1 2 2 2
l’on y dan - se, l’on y dan - se, Sur le pont d’A - vi - gnon,

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 1 7 1 2 5
Sur le pont d’A - vi - gnon, l’on y dan - se, l’on y dan - se,

3 4 5 1 2 7 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
l’on y dan - se, tout en rond. Sur le pont d’A - vi - gnon,

1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 5 1 2 7 1
Les beaux mes-sieurs font comme çi l’on y dan - se, tout en rond.

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 au m • Oh! Christmas tree
Oh! Tannenb
21.

5 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 5 1 1 1 2 3 3 3
Oh Tan - nen -baum, oh Tan - nen - baum, Oh Tan - nen -baum, oh Tan - nen - baum,

3 2 3 4 7 2 1 3 2 3 4 7 2 1
Wie treu sind dei - ne Blat - ter. Wie treu sind dei - ne Blat - ter.

5 5 3 6 5 5 4 4
Du grunst nicht nur zur Som-mer-zeit,

4 4 2 5 4 4 3 3
Nein auch im Win - ter wenn es schneit.

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 v e r v al l e y Le e
22 . R e d r i 23. Au ra

2 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 3 1 7 1 2 6 2
5 1 7 6 7 1
From this val - ley they say you are go - ing_________ As the black-bird in the spring 'neath the wil-low tree,_____

2 5 7 5 7 2 1 7 6 3 1 7 1 2 6 2
5 1 7 6 7 1
I shall miss you sweet face and sweet smile_________ sat and piped I heard him sing, sing-ing Au - ra Lee._____

2 1 7 7 6 5 6 7 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 3
of this val - ley they say you are tir - ed_________ Au - ra Lee, Au - ra Lee maid of gol -den hair,_____

3 3 2 5 7 6 7 6 5 3 3 4 3 2 6 2 1 1 7 3 2 1
and are look - ing to change for a while.________ sun-shine came a-long with thee and swal-lows in the air._____

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 l i e d • N inn a nanna
24. Wiegen

3 3 5 3 3 5 1 1 1 6 4 5

3 5 1 7 6 6 5 3 1 4 5 6 5

2 3 4 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 6 4 5

2 4 7 6 5 7 1 3 1 4 3 2 1

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 cDonal d had a farm 6 . L i g h t ly r o w
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25. Ol

1 1 1 5 6 6 5 5 3 3 4 2 2 1 2 3 4 5 5 5
Old Mac Don - ald had a farm

3 3 2 2 1 5 5 3 3 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3 3 3
ee - i ee - i - o_____ and

1 1 1 5 6 6 5 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 5
on this farm he had some chicks

3 3 2 2 1 5 3 3 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1 1 1
ee - i ee - i - o_______

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 M e l o d i a ( Chopin)
27.

3
5 1 7 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 5 3
5 1

3 4 4 3 6 5 4 3 7 1 2 3 3 2 3

7 1 2 3 3 2 1 4 4 3 6 5 4 3 7 1 2

3 4 2 3 4 5 3 4 6 2 3 3 2 1

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 o o d k in g Wenceslas
28. G

1 1 1 2 1 1 3
5 5 4 3 2 3 2 1
Good king Wen - ces - las looked out______, Bright - ly shone the moon that night____,

3
6
5 3
5 3
6
5 7 1 1 3
6
5 3
5 3
6
5 7 1 1
on the feast of Ste - phen though the frost was cru - el______,

1 1 1 2 1 1 3
5 3
5 3
5 3
6
5 7 1 1 2
When the snow lay round a - bout_____, When a poor man came in sight____,

3
6
5 3
5 3
6
5 7 1 1 5 4 3 2 1 4
Deep and crisp and e - ven_____. gath - 'ring win - ter fu - u -

1
-el________________.

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 v a l e d i V e n ezia
9 . I l C a rn e
2

5 6 5 4 3 4 2 5 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 7

2 3 4 5 6 5 3 2 3 4 5 6 5 3

5 1 5 5 4 3 4 2 5 1 7 6 5 4 3 4 2

2 3 4 5 6 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 1

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