London Bridge Is Falling Down

• Keep the dotted quaver and semiquaver exact.
• Count the final silent beat.

Composer: Traditional; selected published reading below

Original: Complete eight-bar melody, Sarrazin pp. 216–217; C major uniformly up M2 to soprano D major; native alto G major.

Prepare dotted rhythms and semiquavers through Lesson 25.

Notes Used: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4

Notes Used: G4, A4, B4, C5, D5, E5

Time Signature: 2/4 · Key: D major

Time Signature: 2/4 · Key: G major

Fingering Review

Complete music

London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.

Practice

Source: Natalie Sarrazin, Music and the Child (2016), adapted under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, pp. 216–217.

Performance Goal: Keep all eight bars in time, including the final rest.