lets start at the very beginning

a very good place to start



when you read yo begin with A-B-C

when you sing you begin with DO-RE-MI



child: do re mi

DO RE MI...



the first three notes just happen to be : DO-RE-MI

CHild: do re mi...



DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL-LA-TI...

oh let me see if i can make it easier



DOE-- A DEER A FEMALE DEER

RAY-- A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN

ME-- A NAME I CALL MYSELF

FAR-- A LONG LONG WAY TO RUN

SEW-- A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD

LA-- A NOTE TO FOLLOW SEW

TEA-- A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD

THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO DO... oh oh oh



DOE-- A DEER A FEMALE DEER

RAY-- A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN

ME-- A NAME I CALL MYSELF

FAR-- A LONG LONG WAY TO RUN

SEW-- A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD

LA-- A NOTE TO FOLLOW SEW

TEA-- A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD

THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO...



(CHILD)

DOE-- A DEER A FEMALE DEER

RAY-- A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN

ME-- A NAME I CALL MYSELF

FAR-- A LONG LONG WAY TO RUN

(EVERYONE)

SEW-- A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD

LA-- A NOTE TO FOLLOW SEW

TEA-- A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD

THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO DO



DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL-LA-TI-DO....SO DO!



now children, do re mi fa sol and so on..

are only the tools to build a song...

once you have these notes in your head you can

sing a millions different tunes my mixing them up!!!

like this:



SOL-DO-LA-FA-MI-DO-RE

(CHILD)SOL-DO-LA-FA-MI-DO-RE



SOL-DO-LA-TI-DO-RE-DO

(CHILD)SOL-DO-LA-TI-DO-RE-DO



(julie)NOW put them all together!!



(all)

SOL-DO-LA-FA-MI-DO-RE

SOL-DO-LA-TI-DO-RE-DO