Old MacDonald Had a Farm

  • Keep the animal-call quavers even.
  • Count the quarter rest without stopping.

Composer: Traditional; selected published reading below

Original: Complete one-verse melody, anthology p. 237; original G major, soprano D4–B4; native alto C major, G4–E5.

Prepare quavers and rests in Lesson 6.

Notes Used: D4, E4, G4, A4, B4

Notes Used: G4, A4, C5, D5, E5

Time Signature: 2/2 · Key: G major

Time Signature: 2/2 · Key: C major

Fingering Review

Complete music

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Ol MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on this farm he had a duck, E-I-E-I-O.
With a quack-quack here and a quack-quack there,
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack.
Ol MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Practice

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Source: David Berger and Chuck Israels, The Public Domain Song Anthology (2020), CC0, p. 237.

Performance Goal: Complete the verse with a steady pulse through its silent beat.