"5" Sounds

by Teresa Jennings

Performance Suggestion

1st five times: Start with rhythm part 1. Play each part once. Add successive parts one at a time until all rhythm are playing.

2nd five times: Add vocal parts to rhythm parts one at a time until all are singing and playing.

3rd five times: Play two more times with all parts. Then play once with vocals only, once with rhythm only, and once more with all (for a total of five times in the middle of the piece).

4th five times: Start with all playing. Then eliminate parts starting with vocal part 5, then part 4, then 3, etc.

5th five times: Eliminate rhythm parts one at a time from part 5 down to part 1. End on beat 1.

Listen to the version on the cassette for reference. Alter or adapt entire piece as desired.

Text is taken from Music K-8 magazine.