Chinese Folk Songs for Music Teachers
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Ancient Poems
Xiāng Sī (Thinking of Each Other)
Dēng guàn què lóu (Climbing Stork Tower)
Jìng Yè Sī (Quiet Night Thoughts)
Fù Dé Gǔ Yuán Cǎo Sòng Bié (Farewell on an Ancient Plain)
Songs and Games
Nursery Rhymes
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Dǎ Huā Pāi (Clapping Together)
Dǎ Qiáo Mài (Threshing the Buckwheat)
Duì Huáng Xiè (Yellow Crab Song)
Huá Chuán Gē (The Paddling Song)
Jīn Suǒ, Yín Suǒ (Gold Lock, Silver Lock)
Nursery Rhymes Continued
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Mài Mài Duō, Chī Guǒ Guo (Come Together, Let's Eat Candy)
Mù Tóng Yáo (The Shepherd Boy Song
Suān Méi Tāng (The Plum Drink)
Suǒ nà pèi lǎ bāg (Suona Plays with the Trumpet)
Xīng Xīng Duō, Wá Wa Duō (Many Stars, Many Children)
Even More Nursery Rhymes!
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Yī Yā Yāo (Rowing Song)
Yōu Yáo Lán (Rocking the Cradle)
Zhuó Mù Niǎo (Woodpecker)
Lā Dà Jù (Pulling the Big Saw)
Xiǎo Hào Zī, Shàng Dēng Tái (Little Mouse Climbing the Oil Lamp)
Xiǎo Xiǎo Zī, Zuò Mén Duēn Er (Little Boy Sitting on the Door Step)
Yǒng é (To Goose)
Shàng Xué Gē (Going to School)
Du Shu Lang (The Little Schoolboy)
Diū Shǒu Juàn (Drop the Handkerchief)
Xiǎo Yàn Zi (Little Swallow)
Regional Folk Songs
Kang Ding (Sichuan Province)
Xiǎo hé tǎng shuǐ (Flowing River)
Wa Ha Ha (Xinjiang Province)
Zai Na Yao Yuan De Di Fang (Xinjiang Province)
Yí Méng Shān Xiǎo Diào (YiMeng Mountain)
Biān Huā Lán (Weaving Flower Baskets)
Xiān qǐ le nǐ dē gài tóu lǎi (Xinjiang Province)
Biān Huā Lán (Weaving Flower Baskets)
Jiāo Chěng Shān (Shanxi Province)
Shí Dòu Dòu (Shanxi Province)
Popular Classics
Hǎo Dà Yì Kē Shù (Great Big Tree)
Shì Shàng Zhǐ Yǒu Mā Mā Hǎo (Mom is the best in the World)
Mō Lì Huā (Jasmine Flower)
Chóng ér fēi (Fireflies)
Nán Wàng Jīn Xiāo (Unforgettable Night)
Wǒ Hé Nǐ(You and Me)
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Even More Nursery Rhymes!
The songs in this category represent a small sampling of the various traditional Chinese Nursery Rhymes as set to music by Xu Hong Shuai.
Yī Yā Yāo
(Rowing Song)
This nursery rhyme is excellent for practicing counting from nine to one in Mandarin
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Zhuó Mù Niǎo
(Woodpecker)
This nursery rhyme is set to a simple so-mi melody
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Xi
ǎ
o Hào Z
ī
, Shàng D
ēng Tái
(Little Mouse Climbing the Oil Lamp)
This nursery rhyme is used in many Mandarin bilingual programs.
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Y
ō
u Yáo Lán
(Rocking the Cradle)
This nursery rhyme is set to a so-mi melody, with a focus on the quarter rest
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Lā Dà Jù
(Pulling the Big Saw)
The melody of this nursery rhyme highlights high do. Opportunities to learn about Beijing Opera.
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Xiǎo Xiǎo Zī, Zuò Mén Duēn Er
(Little Boy Sitting on the Door Step)
This well-known nursery rhyme alludes to some adult activities. Melodic focus on high do.
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Home
Ancient Poems
Xiāng Sī (Thinking of Each Other)
Dēng guàn què lóu (Climbing Stork Tower)
Jìng Yè Sī (Quiet Night Thoughts)
Fù Dé Gǔ Yuán Cǎo Sòng Bié (Farewell on an Ancient Plain)
Songs and Games
Nursery Rhymes
>
Dǎ Huā Pāi (Clapping Together)
Dǎ Qiáo Mài (Threshing the Buckwheat)
Duì Huáng Xiè (Yellow Crab Song)
Huá Chuán Gē (The Paddling Song)
Jīn Suǒ, Yín Suǒ (Gold Lock, Silver Lock)
Nursery Rhymes Continued
>
Mài Mài Duō, Chī Guǒ Guo (Come Together, Let's Eat Candy)
Mù Tóng Yáo (The Shepherd Boy Song
Suān Méi Tāng (The Plum Drink)
Suǒ nà pèi lǎ bāg (Suona Plays with the Trumpet)
Xīng Xīng Duō, Wá Wa Duō (Many Stars, Many Children)
Even More Nursery Rhymes!
>
Yī Yā Yāo (Rowing Song)
Yōu Yáo Lán (Rocking the Cradle)
Zhuó Mù Niǎo (Woodpecker)
Lā Dà Jù (Pulling the Big Saw)
Xiǎo Hào Zī, Shàng Dēng Tái (Little Mouse Climbing the Oil Lamp)
Xiǎo Xiǎo Zī, Zuò Mén Duēn Er (Little Boy Sitting on the Door Step)
Yǒng é (To Goose)
Shàng Xué Gē (Going to School)
Du Shu Lang (The Little Schoolboy)
Diū Shǒu Juàn (Drop the Handkerchief)
Xiǎo Yàn Zi (Little Swallow)
Regional Folk Songs
Kang Ding (Sichuan Province)
Xiǎo hé tǎng shuǐ (Flowing River)
Wa Ha Ha (Xinjiang Province)
Zai Na Yao Yuan De Di Fang (Xinjiang Province)
Yí Méng Shān Xiǎo Diào (YiMeng Mountain)
Biān Huā Lán (Weaving Flower Baskets)
Xiān qǐ le nǐ dē gài tóu lǎi (Xinjiang Province)
Biān Huā Lán (Weaving Flower Baskets)
Jiāo Chěng Shān (Shanxi Province)
Shí Dòu Dòu (Shanxi Province)
Popular Classics
Hǎo Dà Yì Kē Shù (Great Big Tree)
Shì Shàng Zhǐ Yǒu Mā Mā Hǎo (Mom is the best in the World)
Mō Lì Huā (Jasmine Flower)
Chóng ér fēi (Fireflies)
Nán Wàng Jīn Xiāo (Unforgettable Night)
Wǒ Hé Nǐ(You and Me)
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