M: Let's learn from the beginning. Have a good start. What does reading begin with? Ge: ABC.
M: When you sing you begin with do re mi.
M: Singing begins with duo, lai and mi.
m: do remi, the first three notes just happen to be: do remi.
M: Duo, come, mi. First three notes. Duo, come on, mi.
m: do re mi fa so la ti. let's see if I can make it easy.
m: duo, come, mi, hair, whoosh, la, hey. Let's see if it's easier.
Doe, a deer, a female deer.
"duo" is a little doe
Ray, a drop of golden sun.
"lai" is a golden sunshine
Me, a name I call myself.
"mi" refers to calling myself
far. Long way to run.
"Fa" means that the road is far and long.
Sew, a needle pulling thread.
"Sou" means to thread a needle and lead a wire.
La, a note to follow Sew.
"La" means a note followed by "Sou"
Tea. A drink with jam and bread.
"hey" is drinks and refreshments.
That will bring us back to do, oh, oh.
Then we will go back and sing "duo".
(repeat.)
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do! So, Do!
M: Now children, Do Re Mi Fa So, and so on are only the tools we use to build a song. Once you have these notes in your heads you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up. Like this: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re. You do that?
m: now, children, duo! Come on! Mi! Send! Whoosh and so on are just tools for us to compose a song. Once you memorize this note, you can combine them and sing thousands of different tunes. Just like this: whoosh, duo, la, fa, mi, duo, come on. Will you?
Children: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re.
children: whoosh, duo, la, fa, mi, duo, come on.
M: So Do La Ti Do Re Do.
m: whoosh, duo, la, hey, duo, come, duo.
Children: So Do La Ti Do Re Do.
children: whoosh, duo, la, hey, duo, come, duo.
M: Now, put it all together.
M: Now sing together.
children: so do la fami do re, so do la ti do re do.
children: whoosh, duo, la, fa, mi, duo, come; Whoosh, duo, la, hey, duo, come on, duo.
M: Good!
m: very good!
Frederick: but it does n't mean anything.
F: But it doesn't mean anything.
M: So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this: When you know the notes to sing, you can sing almost anything. Together!
m: ok, let's fill in the lyrics, one word at a time, like this: (singing) when you know these notes, you can sing many songs. Come along!
children: when you know the notes to sing, you can sing almost anything.
Children: When you know these notes, you can sing many songs.