A versatile and beautiful acapella piece with many parts – useful for adult choirs.
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I Heard a Bird Sing in the Dark of December – Dave Camlin
A Waltz: a round sung a capella. KEY STAGE 2 & upwards mp3
Hummingbird – Jilly Jarman
Lyrical song which includes a round at the beginning and end. Piano accompaniment. KEY STAGE 2 & 3 score
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.
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 movementsKEY STAGE 2 & 3.
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!
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’.
Shalom chaverim **
Traditional Israeli folk song. Sung as a round. There are many different versions of this using combinations of Hebrew and English words.
Senwa Dedende
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.
Round And Round The World Is Turning **
Beautiful song introduced by Sarah Kekus at Vocal Union training Day July 10th 2009.
Our Dustbin **
Traditional English song. Great fun with lots of performance opportunities. Can be sung as a round. Sung here by Carol Bowden.
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.
My Dame Has A Lame Tame Crane
Classical round – great fun. Score
Hot Cross Buns **
Traditional English folk song. This is a version sung as a round with chord suggestions.
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.
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 […]
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. […]