Themes & Variations The Orff Source Volumes 1-2-3 - Books

Arrangers: Denise Gagne, Judy Sills, Robert A. Amchin, Alice Olson, Daphne Price, Lore Price-Wagner
Format: Books
Version: Classroom Materials

The Orff Source Volume 1
This publication includes 89 arrangements of traditional and familiar game songs and folk songs sequenced according to tone set. (sm, lsm, smd ...) The sequencing will help the classroom music teacher find repertoire to fit their curriculum scope and sequence. Having the complete set of arrangements will save the teacher a great deal of planning and preparation time.

The 89 arrangements are co-related to the Musicplay program. If you are using Musicplay, this will provide you with arrangements of many of the songs in Musicplay Grade 1-5. However, the book will be a valuable resource with or without any music textbook. The arrangements are by Judy Sills and Denise Gagne, and edited by Judy Sills (84 pages).

Song List:

• Engine Engine
• Hello game
• Hill Hill
• No Robbers
• Old Mother Witch
• Witch Witch Fell in a Ditch
• Categories
• Starlight
• Counting Song
• Cuckoo
• Lemonade
• Doggie Doggie
• Icka Backa
• Ickle Ockle
• It's Raining it's Pouring
• Little Tommy Tiddlemouse
• Oliver Twist
• Rain on the Green Grass
• See Saw
• Snail
• Bell Horses
• Bounce High
• Blue Bells
• Lucy Locket
• We Are Dancing
• Find the Easter Basket
• Apples Peaches
• Bee Bee Bumblebee
• Bells in the Steeple
• I See the Moon
• Jack in the Box
• One Potato
• Pass the Stick
• Pease Porridge Hot
• Mouse Mousie
• Concentration
• Johnny One Hammer
• Apple Tree
• Johnny Caught a Flea
• Time to Play
• Teddy Bear
• Hot Cross Buns
• Trampin'
• Closet Key
• Fais do do
• Bought Me a Cat
• Down Came Johnny
• Who's That
• Here Comes a Bluebird
• Built my Lady
• Button
• Cobbler
• Let Us Chase the Squirrel
• Make a Friend
• John Kanakanaka
• Rocky Mountain
• Clock Round
• There Was an Old Witch
• Little Tommy Tinker
• Liza Jane
• Old Woman All Skin and Bones
• Land of the Silver Birch
• Canoe Song (My Paddle)
• Cindy
• Bats
• Circle Round the Zero
• Frog in the Middle
• Scotlands Burning
• Inuit Lullaby
• Charlie Over the Ocean
• I've Been to London
• Ho Ho Watanay
• Chatter with the Angels
• Lady in the Graveyard
• In the Land of Oz
• Hey Betty Martin
• Old Woman
• God Bless All
• Sing Sing Together
• Tulip Round
• Birds and Bats
• My Candles
• Ghost of Tom
• Rainbow Color
• Green Sally Up
• Falling Leaves
• Witch's Cat
• Hey Ho Nobody Home
• Old Blue

The Orff Source Volume Two
This publication includes 63 Orff arrangements of traditional and composed folk songs and singing games.

The purpose of this collection is to provide the classroom music teacher with a large collection of Orff arrangements of familiar folk songs and singing games as well as some original game songs, sequenced according to tone set. These arrangements are of songs used in Grades 1-4 of the Musicplay music program. However, you do not have to use the Musicplay curriculum to make excellent use of the many arrangements in this collection.

Song List:

• Choo Choo Train
• Bye Low Baby Oh
• Bounce the Ball
• Strawberry Shortcake
• Plainsies Clapsies
• Tick Tock
• Pizza Pizza
• How Many Fingers?
• Good Morning
• Number Concentration
• Pass a Beanbag
• Turkey Lurkey
• Mr. Potato Head
• Long Legged Sailor
• Seven Up
• Hop Old Squirrel
• Salish Hand Game
• Rabbits
• Someone's Tapping
• Old Dog Full of Fleas
• King's Land
• Pass the Pumpkin
• I Like You
• Bunny Hides a Basket
• Find the Basket
• Bow Wow Wow
• Ho Ho Ho
• New Shoes
• Wallflower
• Coy Malindo
• Tideo
• I'm am Acorn
• Billy Billy
• Black Snake
• Shiny Penny
• Swedish March
• Whoopee Cushion
• Stella Ella Olla
• Jolly Jolly Rhythm
• I Like Turkey
• Happy is the Miller
• There's a Hole
• Old Dan Tucker
• This Little Light
• Toc Toc Toc
• Wake Me! Shake Me!
• Crawdad Hole
• Gitsigakomim
• I'm the Fastest Turkey
• Canoe Song
• I've Been to London
• Shake Them 'Simmons
• Hey Lidee
• Tony Chestnut
• Miss Mary Mac
• Cheki Morena
• Bats and Cats
• Hey Betty Martin
• The Crane
• Sarasponda
• Cucu
• J'entends le moulin
• Chester

The Orff Source Volume 3
This publication has 38 Orff arrangements of traditional and composed folk songs and singing games, using I, I-V or I-IV-V chords. Teachers looking for interesting arrangements for upper elementary students will find many choices. Game directions are included for the singing games.

Many of the songs included in this collection come from Musicplay Grades 5-6, but teachers do not need to use the Musicplay curriculum to make excellent use of the arrangements and games in this collection. Arrangements by Robert A. Amchin, Daphne Price, Lorie Price-Wagner and Judy Sills are included.

Song List:

• Alabama Gal
• Above a Plain
• Ahrirang
• Al Citron
• Come and Sing
• Oh My Love
• Four White Horses
• Funga Alafia
• Gerakina
• I am Slowly Going Crazy
• I've a Car
• Winter is Here
• Madame I Have Gold and Silver
• Weevily Wheat
• Angels
• Boll Weevil
• Chumbara
• Clementine
• COFFEE
• Early to Bed
• Found A Peanut
• He's Got the Whole World
• Haida
• Spiritual Trio
• Le Divin Enfant
• Mango Walk
• Our Old Sow
• Play That Rhythm
• Take Time in Life
• Tell My Ma
• Tumbalalaika
• Whistle Daughter Whistle
• Shenandoah
• Arupusu
• When the Saints
• Siyahamba
• Suo Gan