High and Low sounds can be difficult to teach to students who confuse it with Loud and Soft. I have found a few things be helpful.
Songs
- Andy Pandy
- As I Walked Out One Holiday
- Baker
- Boom Chicka Boom
- By’m Bye
- Cluck Old Hen
- Cobbler Cobbler
- Do as I’m Doing
- Doctor Foster
- Fruit Bending Down
- Grand Old Duke of York
- Great Big House in New Orleans
- Ham and Eggs
- Hey Ho Welcome Song (original song based on Hey Ho Nobody Home)
- Hop Up and Jump Up
- Hop Up My Froggy
- It Rained a Mist
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Jack and Jill
- List to the Bells
- Mos Mos
- My Good Old Man
- Nine Red Horsemen
- North Wind Doth Blow
- Old King Glory
- One Cold and Frosty Morning
- Sailing in the Boat
- See Saw Sacradown
- Sleep Baby Sleep
- Sleigh Ride
- Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Three Little Pigs
- Two Maids Went A-Milking One Day
- Wee Willie Winkie
- When Goldilocks Went to the House of the Bears
- Wise Man Built His House
- Ya Ya We
- Yoo Hoo
Lesson ideas
- We listen to high and low sounds and move our bodies into high and low positions. Some ideas for high/low instruments:
- High Sounds could be:
- High C’ on Soprano Xylophone
- High C’ on Glockenspiel
- Triangle
- Finger Cymbal
- Low Sounds could be:
- Low C on Bass Xylophone
- Low C on Resonator Bar
- Deep-sounding drum
- High Sounds could be:
- Some listening examples:
- High Sounds
- Low Sounds
- Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf – grandfather (bassoon)
- Octobasse
- Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – contrabassoon
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra in F Minor
- Pavel Chesnokov: Do Not Reject Me in My Old Age (featuring Glenn Miller)
- You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch (featuring Thurl Ravenscroft)
- Both High & Low Sounds
- We emulate the sounds of a lion vs. a mouse and the barks of a big dog vs. a small dog.
- You could read the folk stories of the Three Billy Goats Gruff or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Visuals
Visuals also available on these Pages:
- Gobble Gobble
- Ham and Eggs
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Hop Up and Jump Up
- Hot Cross Buns
- Sailing in the Boat
- Yoo Hoo
High / Low Assessment
(Suggested Pre-K / Kindergarten)
Up/Down Assessment
Download available on this page
Links
- Kindergarten Melody Lessons & Resources
- Comparatives (High/Low, Loud/Soft, Fast/Slow)
- more lesson plans
- Kinder High-Low, Soft-Loud
- Comparing high/low with loud/soft
- more melody resources
The following content is available below to Plus Members:
- PDFs include:
- High / Low Assessment
- High / Low Visuals
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