Loud & Soft songs
- Boom Chicka Boom
- Carnival of the Animals (Saint Saëns)
- Doctor Katchel
- Five Fat Turkeys
- Good News
- I Had a Rooster
- John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
- Little Birch Tree
- Little Cabin in the Wood
- Lucy Locket
- Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
- Peer Gynt (Prokofiev)
- Poor Old Crow
- Pumpkin Pumpkin
- Skin and Bones
- Soft Music is Stealing
- Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa)
- Washington Post March (Sousa)
Soft Songs
Loud Songs
Lesson Ideas
Have students explore their 4 voices (calling, whispering, singing & talking) and answer the questions:
- Which voice is always soft?
- Which voice is always loud?
- Which two voices can be either soft or loud?
Visuals
See also
- elements of music
- printable dynamics visuals – I Had a Rooster
- Haydn Surprise Symphony lesson
- Kindergarten high/low, soft/loud lesson
- Musical Skills for Toddlers – Loud and Soft lesson
This book is full of fun sounds that emulate instruments and environmental sounds. This would be good with soft and loud.
Extras for Plus Members
- Printable & Digital Dynamic Visuals
- Soft / Loud Assessment, Piano / Forte Assessment
I was trying to find songs to help show dynamics and found your page. Thank you!
Last week we used colors to demonstrate piano and forte (kids chose the colors and each had different ideas but, all worked). The kids did so well that we even added in mezzo piano and mezzo forte! So, tomorrow we’ll use your suggestion of the Hall of the Mountain King and John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt 🙂
Awesome! I love your idea of using colors! Thanks for sharing!