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My favorite classical pieces to use that the students also enjoy are
The Grand Canyon Suite (I'm thinking of playing it this year with a Powerpoint presentation to match the scenes in the music)
Aaron Copeland music
In the Hall of the Mountain King provides great background music for stories.
A fun silly song is Shari Lewis's The Song that Never Ends.
I was also wondering if there might be teachers reading my reply that the following might be helpful to:
If you have access to a keyboard, a couple of easy ways to create songs are
1. use only the black keys.
2. use only the white keys starting with middle C. For a more elaborate song, start with C, start with F for the next part, start with G for the third part, and end by starting and ending on middle C. (To find middle C, locate the two black keys. It is right below them. F is right below the three black keys. G is just above F).
If your keyboard has autochording, the chords, C, F, and G or probably G7, and then C will work with the above arrangement. These chords will not work with black key songs.
