round – Vocal Union

I SING: Mouthful (Bex Mather, Katherine Zeserson, Sharon Durant, Dave Camlin)

A versatile and beautiful acapella piece with many parts – useful for adult choirs.
mp3 | scores: I Sing 3/4 round | I Sing Full Score | I Sing (short)

I Heard a Bird Sing in the Dark of December – Dave Camlin

A Waltz: a round sung a capella. KEY STAGE 2 & upwards

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Hummingbird – Jilly Jarman

Lyrical song which includes a round at the beginning and end. Piano accompaniment. KEY STAGE 2 & 3

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Engine No.9

Simple melody also used as a round or waiting canon. (see score & mp3’s for examples). Taught by Su Hollingsworth at Vocal Union Training Day, Sage Gateshead.

mp3 | score

Can you brush your teeth? – John Keys, Charlotte Radcliffe, Ruth Price.

Simple song with easy and fun responses, written during Eden Valley Singing Squad session. Works well in a round with actions.

mp3 | score

Gathered Together

By Alison Scott and Emily Hallewell A haunting melody to sing round the campfire, with drums and percussion and descriptive movements
KEY STAGE 2 & 3.

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Froh zu sein, bedarf es wenig

This is a song which can be sung as a 2 or 4 part round. It means: To be happy requires little, and he who is happy is king!

score | Audio – spoken words and song

Ein sehr kalter Winter

A new German round. Thanks to Corinna from London.
“Ein sehr kalterWinter ist
Wenn ein Wolf ein Wolf ein Wolf den andern frisst!
(It is a very cold winter if one wolf eats up another)

Audio | Lyrics

Summer Is A Coming In

Medieval English folk song. Can be sung as a round. There are lots of arrangements for choirs available as well. Also spelt ‘Sumer is icumen in’.

Score | Audio

Shalom chaverim

Traditional Israeli folk song. Sung as a round. There are many different versions of this using combinations of Hebrew and English words.

Score | mp3 – Coming Soon! | Lyrics

Traditional Ghanaian song. This short and simple piece can be harmonised, sung in a round, sung over riffs, played with instruments, have new words written to it. A very popular song for teachers from KS1 upwards.

Audio | Score

Round And Round The World Is Turning

Beautiful song introduced by Sarah Kekus at Vocal Union training Day July 10th 2009.

Audio parts | Audio round | Score

Our Dustbin

Traditional English song. Great fun with lots of performance opportunities. Can be sung as a round. Sung here by Carol Bowden.

score in D | score in F | Audio | Audio round

One Day

Deep down in my soul.

Audio | Audio round | Score

Nanuma

Traditional Ghanaian song. Very popular and easy to sing as a round. Many schools make up their own words. Suitable for KS1, 2 and 3.

Audio | Audio round | Score

My Dame Has A Lame Tame Crane

Classical round – great fun.

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Hot Cross Buns

Traditional English folk song. This is a version sung as a round with chord suggestions.

Score | Audio

Ho Taru Koi

This is a Japanese song sung by Sian Crooze. It has a lovely canonic effect by repeating the song 1 beat later. Definitely worth trying. See Conference reports from Birmingham Custard Factory, for a group performance led by Beth Allen.

Audio | score and translation

Hey Ho Nobody Home

Traditional English round with three phrases. Try an ending with everyone staying on the first phrase in unison. This is also a great tune to use as feeder material for group improvisations – see suggestions below.

Score | score improv ideas | Audio – SW Peninsular Music Conference warm-up session

Bela Mama

A round. “Beautiful Mother of Earth”. We are unsure of this songs origin. Some say it is a traditional Aboriginal song and some say Spanish! Let us know if you have more information on it. It works as a round or cannon with improvising too.

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