Musical Analysis

- The song is 8 measures in 4/4 time

- The song is in C Major
- It uses half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes in the rhythm shown above
- The solfege for the song is Sol, Mi, Sol for measures 1, and 2
- Measures 3, and 4 are La, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Mi, Fa, Mi, Fa
- Measures 5, and 6 are Sol, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol
- Measures 7, and 8 are Sol, Re, Re, Fa, Mi, Re, Do
- The pitches are G, E, G, G, E, G, A, G, F, E, D, E, F, E, F, for measures 1-4
- The pitches for measures 5-8 are G, C, C, C, C, C, D, E, F, G, G, D, D, F, E, D, C,
- The largest interval jump in this song is a 5th

Educational Benefits

- The song is great to prepare during class if you need something quick and engaging.
- It allows the student to go up and down in their range.
- The song is easily interchangeable with any major key given to really help expand range
by going up or down into any key.
- You can add in fun movements to give the kids some more energy.
- You can get the kids to point at themselves to be the “Old Man” and then have the put-
up fingers on how many the old man had “one, two, three, etc…”, and many more.