Here is Episode 3 – Music for love, peace and healing – Part 2
It’s so lovely that you can join us for the Welcome to Music Podcast. This is episode 3 and part 2 of our theme – Music for love, peace and healing.
Last week we featured 3 beautiful songs that represented our theme –
‘Salaam’ – a Hebrew and Arabic song about peace,
‘Imagine If’ – also about peace and
‘Lo Yisa Goy’ – a Hebrew song also about peace and harmony in the world.
In this episode we are featuring 4 more beautiful songs that reflect this theme.
As I said in part 1, I hope that these songs can give you and your children an opportunity to discuss and express what’s happening in the world in a way that can provide some beauty, tranquility and peace in their lives. All the songs can give your children an inclusive, successful and heart-felt experience.
1.EVERYONE SING
‘Everyone Sing’ is a gospel style song that Phil and I wrote that expresses the hope that not only can everyone sing together loud and clear but also we can dream of a world without war where we can all sing songs of peace. This song is ideal for your choirs where it can be sung with harmonies in the Chorus and as a 2-part round with Verse against Chorus. It also lends itself to vocal exploration through improvisation.
Lyrics
Chorus:
Everyone sing, whoh oh oh, sing loud and clear
Everyone sing, whoh oh oh, sing far and near
Everyone sing, whoh oh oh hear your voice ring
Whoh oh oh oh oh, everyone sing
Verse:
Let’s all dream for the world to be one
Hand in hand, our daughters and sons
Comes the day when war will cease
Then we’ll sing songs of peace
Activities can include:
Sing the chorus
Say – echo say the words in the chorus, 2 bars at a time
Sing - echo sing the melody line in the chorus, 2 bars at a time with hand signs
Sing - echo sing the harmony lines 2 bars at a time with hand signs
Put Together – sing the 3 parts of the chorus together
Sing the verse
Say – echo say the words in the verse 2 bars at a time accompanied by actions/signs for the important words
Sing – echo sing the verse 2 bars at a time then in unison
Arrangement and Performance
Put together – sing the chorus and verse together with all parts
Add vocal exploration and improvisation
Arrangement – work out the arrangement and ending
Watch the Lyric Video:
Links:
Available as a choral arrangement with piano accompaniment and harmony parts:
Recorded on: Anything is Possible
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2.HASHIVENU
‘Hashivenu’ is a significant Jewish and Hebrew prayer from Chapter 5, Verse 21, Book of Lamentations which is sung in the synagogue as the ark is closed after the Torah service. It includes a 3-part round in 3’s with simple dance, percussion arrangement and ukulele accompaniment for healing and peace arranged by Susie and Phil. Once again the Acapella app has been used to demonstrate the vocal harmonies in Hebrew, the round in English, percussion and ukulele parts. A beautiful song to sing with your choirs.
Activities
- Create a body ostinato with a pattern of 3’s and listen to the English words
- Echo sing each of the 3 sections
- Dance – create a simple dance in 3’s with something different for each section
- Sing in a 3-part round
- Play the percussion accompaniment
- Play the ukulele accompaniment
Ukulele Chord Chart
Recorded on: Blackbelt Ukulele 3
Watch the video on our YouTube channel:
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3.A BETTER PLACE
‘A Better Place’ is a sensitive call and response song about making this world a better place, written by Susie and Phil. ‘Call and response’ is a great technique to use where the responses are the same and the calls are different each time. By joining in with only the responses, this allows everyone to have instant success. It’s a great song for your choirs where you can add harmonies on the responses and in the Choruses. Activities include recorders playing the melody, a percussion arrangement, ukulele accompaniment and improvisation on recorders and percussion instruments over the calls.
Lyrics
CALL RESPONSE
Verse 1 Verse 1
Let’s join hands and stand as one Wear a smile upon your face
Love enough for everyone Make this world a better place
Verse 2 Verse 2
Like a rainbow in the storm Wear a smile upon your face
the love you give will keep you warm Make this world a better place
Verse 1
Verse 3 Verse 3
Even when you’re feeling blue Wear a smile upon your face
There’s so much that you can do Make this world a better place
Chorus
Ooh, aah, ooh, aah, ooh, aah, ooh, aah x 2
Verses, Chorus
Coda
Ooh, aah, ooh, aah, ooh, aah, ooh, aah
Activities
Links
Recorded on: Razzamajazz
Find this song on streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon – search for our names – Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter
4. HINEI MUTOV
Hinei Mutov is a fabulous Hebrew hymn from Psalm 133, traditionally sung at Jewish Shabbat (sabbath) feasts. It is a 2-part round in 3’s that gets faster and faster building in momentum. It extends well into a grapevine dance in a circle or with a partner, percussion arrangement or ukulele accompaniment. There are a number of different versions of this song and we’ve chosen one of the very popular ones.
Translation - how good it is and how pleasant, for brothers to live together
Pronunciation – ‘Ch’ is pronounced ‘H’ with a guttural throaty sound
Activities
- Say then sing– the Hebrew and English words
- Sing and dance in a 2 part round getting faster and faster - see the dance step suggestions
- Work out how to change places with a partner or move to a new partner!!
- Create your own dance
- Percussion piece - add xylophone, metallophone and glockenspiel accompaniment
- Add ukulele accompaniment
Links
Recorded on: Blackbelt Ukulele 3
So to recap…..
I have shared 4 songs today to reflect the theme of ‘love, peace and healing’
‘Everyone Sing’- a song of peace and love
‘Hashivenu’ - a Hebrew song about peace and healing
‘A Better Place’ – another song about helping to create a better world
‘Hinei mutov’ - another Hebrew song about peace and healing
I want to give a shout out to Mark O’Leary and the Young Voices of Melbourne Choir who represent all of the children’s choir parts that we have recorded over many years for Imagine If, ‘Lo Yisa Goy’, ‘Everyone Sing’ and ‘A Better Place’.
You can find all of the links to the songs and videos in the show notes and blog at www.welcometomusicpodcast.net
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