Aiken DrumSteady Beat with Instruments

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Kindergarten Objectives

• What? The students will perform and explore a steady beat through: playing classroom instruments

• How? By performing the song “Aiken Drum”• Why? In order to explore basic rhythmic

elements

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The Man in the Moon• Is there really a man in the moon? When one looks up at the full

moon, it appears to have the image of a person’s face on it’s surface. What causes this?

• One can get a closer look at the moon’s surface by using powerful binoculars. High mountains and deep craters, the most spectacular of the lunar landscape’s features, are best seen during one of the moon’s phases when the sunlight is being reflected at an angle.

• Because the moon rotates only once on its axis every time it orbits the earth, we always see the same side and the same features. During ten orbits in 1968, the far side of the moon was first seen by astronauts of the Apollo 9 moon mission.

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Aiken Drum

• Aiken Drum is a popular Scottish folk song and nursery rhyme. Many songs that are folk songs can have different versions- different melodies, different words, and different rhythms.

• During this lesson we are going to listen to and perform different versions of this song. We are also going to create our own version of Aiken Drum by making up new words for the song! 7/09

There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon.

There was a man lived in the moon and his name was Aiken Drum.

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle.He played upon a ladle and his name was

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His hat was made of cheddar cheese, of cheddar cheese, of cheddar cheese. His hat was made of cheddar cheese and his name was Aiken Drum.

He played upon a pie pan, a pie pan, a pie pan. He played upon a pie pan and his name was Aiken Drum. 7/09

His shirt was made of gingerbread, of gingerbread, of gingerbread. His shirt was made of gingerbread and his name was Aiken Drum.

He played upon a muffin tin, a muffin tin, a muffin tin. He played upon a muffin tin and his name was Aiken Drum.

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His tie was made of tuna fish, of tuna fish, of tuna fish . His tie was made of tuna fish and his name was Aiken Drum.

He played upon a serving spoon, a serving spoon, a serving spoon. He played upon a serving spoon and his name was Aiken Drum.

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His coat was made of pizza, of pizza, of pizza. His coat was made of pizza and his name was Aiken Drum.

He played upon a cookie sheet, a cookie sheet, a cookie sheet. He played upon a cookie sheet and his name was Aiken Drum. 7/09

His pants were made of raisin toast, of raisin toast, of raisin toast. His pants were made of raisin toast and his name was Aiken Drum.

He played upon a skillet, a skillet, a skillet. He played upon a skillet and his name was Aiken Drum. 7/09

His belt was made of string beans, of string beans, of string beans. His belt was made of string beans and his name was Aiken Drum.

He played upon a teapot, a teapot, a teapot. He played upon a teapot and his name was Aiken Drum. 7/09

His shoes were made of tacos, of tacos, of tacos. His shoes were made of tacos and his name was Aiken Drum.

He played upon a tin can, a tin can, a tin can. He played upon a tin can and his name was Aiken Drum.

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Yes he had a kitchen on the moon

And his name was Aiken Drum

Drum.

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Aiken Drum 2

There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon. There was a man lived in the moon and his name was Aiken Drum.

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle. He played upon a ladle and his name was Aiken Drum.

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And his hair was made of spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti. His hair was made of spaghetti and his name was Aiken Drum.

And his eyes were made of meatballs, meatballs, meatballs. His eyes were made of meatballs and his name was Aiken Drum.

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle. He played upon a ladle and his name was Aiken Drum.

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And his nose was made of cheese, cheese, cheese. His nose was made of cheese and his name was Aiken Drum.

And his mouth was made of pizza, pizza, pizza. His mouth was made of pizza and his name was Aiken Drum7/09

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle. He played upon a ladle and his name was Aiken Drum.

There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon. There was a man lived in the moon and his name was Aiken Drum.

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Differences

• What are some differences between the first Aiken Drum we worked on and the second Aiken Drum we listened to?

• Were the melodies different?• Were the words different?• Were the rhythms different?• How were these elements different?• Which one was your favorite? Why?7/09

Class Aiken Drum

• Let’s create our own words to Aiken Drum.

• Think of some words that have to do with food, clothing, kitchen items, etc.

• As a class, let’s change some of the words to Aiken Drum and sing our version.

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