If you are like me and own most of the Hal Leonard books for beginning and intermediate students, you already have all these songs, just in different keys. Like most Hal Leonard products, this comes with a CD that allows you to change the key, which can be especially helpful for these young voices who may need a different key each week.
To help you get the most from this book, here's a list of the songs in the book and what keys they are in, plus where each songs shows up in other Hal Leonard publications.
- All Through the Night, Key of Bb.
- The Student Singer, High Voice, Key of Eb
- The Student Singer, Low Voice, Key of Ab
- Aura Lee, Key of C
- Easy Songs for the Beginning Baritone/Bass, Key of F
- Barbara Allen, Key of F
- 15 Easy Folksong Arrangements for the Progressing Singer, High Voice, Key of G
- 15 Easy Folksong Arrangements for the Progressing Singer, Low Voice, Key of Bb
- Bendemeer's Stream, Key of C
- Easy Songs for the Beginning Tenor Part II, Key of A
- Bill Groggin's Goat, Key of D
- Easy Songs for the Beginning Tenor Part II, Key of D
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, Key of Bb
- 36 More Solos for Young Singers, Key of F
- Come Again, Sweet Love, Key of Bb
- The Student Singer, High Voice, Key of A
- The Student Singer, Low Voice, Key of F
- Drink to me Only with Thine Eyes, Key of G
- 15 Easy Folksong Arrangements for the Progressing Singer, High Voice, Key of Eb
- 15 Easy Folksong Arrangements for the Progressing Singer, Low Voice, Key of C
- The Erie Canal, Key of gm/Bb
- Easy Songs for the Beginning Baritone/Bass, Key of cm/Eb
- I Gave My Love a Cherry, Key of Bb
- 15 Easy Folksong Arrangements for the Progressing Singer, High Voice, Key of G
- 15 Easy Folksong Arrangements for the Progressing Singer, Low Voice, Key of Eb
- It was a lover and his lass, Key of F
- The Student Singer, High Voice, Key of F
- The Student Singer, Low Voice, Key of D
- The Jolly Miller, Key of b flat minor
- Easy Songs for the Beginning Baritone/Bass, Key of f minor
- The Lark in the Morn, Key of Bb
- Easy Songs for the Beginning Baritone/Bass, Key of Bb
- Pastime with good company, Key of b minor
- The Student Singer, High Voice, Key of b minor
- The Student Singer, Low Voice, Key of g minor
- The Rambling Sailor, Key of F
- Young Ladies, Shipmates, and Journeys Baritone/Bass, Key of D
- It is also in the Tenor book of the same title, but I don't have that book.
- Shenandoah, Key of F
- 36 More Solos for Young Singers, Key of F
- The Silver Swan, Key of F
- The Student Singer, High Voice, Key of Eb
- The Student Singer, Low Voice, Key of C
- Simple Gifts, Key of Bb
- Easy Songs for the Beginning Baritone/Bass, Key of E
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Key of b minor
- The Student Singer, High Voice, Key of g minor
- The Student Singer, Low Voice, Key of e minor
- The Streets of Laredo, Key of Bb
- 15 Easy Folksong Arrangements for the Progressing Singer, High Voice, Key of G
- 15 Easy Folksong Arrangements for the Progressing Singer, Low Voice, Key of Eb
I have one boy that I will be sending to get this book. The keys aren't perfect for him (and I probably won't find a book that is perfect), but with my other books and the ability to choose the best key when using the CD, I feel like this will be something that we will be able to use until his voice matures a little more and I know whether to have him get tenor or baritone/bass books.
Another great bonus of this book, although it might be slightly confusing to students at first, is that all the songs are written in treble clef. It means that students will have to get used to reading as low as F in ledger lines, but it also means that these songs look low, and that has a major psychological effect. Many boys at this age are anxiously awaiting their lower voices. I think it will make a big difference in how a student approaches the song if he things of the ledger lines in treble clef as low notes as opposed to seeing ledger lines in bass clef as high notes.
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