Interim: Kang Ding Love Song

  • Song: Kang Ding Love Song
  • Artist: Erik Griswold
  • Album: More Than My Old Piano
  • Year: 2002
  • Genre: World
  • Tempo: Duple
  • Meter: Rubato
  • Time: 3:56
  • Key: d minor pentatonic

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Playalong: Pulsewidth

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Free Dance: Co Ty Zeny

  • Song: Co Ty Zeny
  • Artist: Ceskomoravska Hudebni Spolecnost
  • Album: Unblocked: The Music of Eastern Europe
  • Year: 1997
  • Genre: World (Slovakia)
  • Tempo: 68 BPM
  • Meter: Triple (with changing phrase lengths)
  • Time: 3:38
  • Key: d minor

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Interim: The Green Grass Grows All Around

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Playalong: Night Train

A train song! James Brown! Horns! What are you waiting for?

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Free Dance: Aa-Shuu Dekei-oo

I get lots of questions about this in class, mostly due to the overtone singing or “throat singing,” where the singer produces two or more tones at one time. Try singing along!

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Interim: Chan Chan

This is also nice as a free dance or a playalong as well.

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Playalong: Nambu Chaya Bushi

Song: Nambu Chaya Bushi
Artist: Unknown Japanese Musicians
Album: Japanese Dance Music
Year: 1994
Genre: World (Japan)
Tempo: 90 Andante
Meter: Duple
Time: 3:08
Key: c minor pentatonic

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Free Dance: Cor di Rosa

Song: Cor di Rosa
Artist: Mendes Brothers
Album: Satélite Zamby
Year: 1999
Genre: World (Cabo Verde)
Tempo: 96 Andante
Meter: Duple
Time: 4:02
Key: c minor

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Interim: Uncle Dave

This would be a good singalong to teach older kids. It has a neat variation theme, and is sung on the recording by schoolkids. Bet you didn’t know the Roches had a kids album. The rest of the album is a far cry from the usual kids fare, with the Roches signature mid-air harmonies and kooky-but-homespun subject matter.

Song: Uncle Dave
Artist: The Roches
Album: Will You Be My Friend?
Year: 1994
Genre: Pop
Tempo: 80 Adagio
Meter: Duple
Time: 2:56
Key: C Major

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