Today I want to tell you something about children's songs, because I know that many of my students are parents themselves and have small children. There are a lot of songs, and later I'll let you have some audition. My podcast colleagues Rickie and Tina have extra altotajo a medley.
Most nursery rhymes date from the 19th in Germany Century. Some authors have written articles for children up to 500 songs. Children's songs are sung to children, especially from parents. Children learn through music and the text a lot new things. The constant repetition of certain lines to make them fun. And for many children's songs, there are hand motions or similar. Every child in Germany mark the song "Hoppe, hoppe Reiter". As the child sits on the knee of an adult than it would be a rider on a horse. At one point during the song but the rider falls off his horse down - the adults, the simulated with the child, but it holds it firmly, of course, so it does not hurt. For children it's great fun.
Even in kindergarten or elementary school, the old songs are sung over and over. The songs have several verses, and I must confess that I usually only the first by heart - if at all. The simple children's song is probably "all my ducks," which you could very easily play on the piano. Then there's "Johnny Small", "A bird wanted to be married," "All the birds are already there" "If a bird flew" or or "bunny in the pit." You notice already - in many songs it's about animals and to nature.
Often, however, one notices that the songs are very old. So a song starts with the line "it rattles the mill by the rushing stream, clip-clop". Children in our world today will not know what a mill - flour earlier that there was ground and there was a miller. Many songs are devoted to special occasions. "I go with my lantern," the children sing in the autumn, at St. Martin's. I'll tell you about it soon.
Most important are the lullabies, so songs that are sung to children when they are already lying in bed and asleep. These are soothing, beautiful songs. The most famous is certainly "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" or "Do you know how much are little star". Put a link to a good website with German children's songs and the text to you on my side I slowgerman.com. Or do you look now on your iPod and press the center button, the text comes up. At the end of the text is the link.
http://www.spiellieder.de/kinderlied-standards/kinderlied-standards.htm
Now we hear but Rickie and Tina with her children's songs medley. They live here in Munich and are professional singers. They also make a podcast, it's called " Chicks on Tour ".
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Finally, a recommendation from my listeners Jaume from Brazil. He recommends the magazine " German Perfect ", the link can be found on my website.
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Today I want to tell you something about children's songs, because I know that many of my students are parents themselves and have small children. There are a lot of songs, and later I'll let you have some audition. My podcast colleagues Rickie and Tina have extra altotajo a medley. Most nursery rhymes date from the 19th in Germany ...
