Level 4: Six-note songs
Old MacDonald Had a Farm on piano
Old MacDonald Had a Farm is a farm song from the early 1900s. It sits around middle C and dips down to the low G and A.
Notes in this song:CDEGA
🐱COld
🐱CMac-
🐱CDon-
🦒Gald
🐊Ahad
🐊Aa
🦒Gfarm,
🐘EE-
🐘EI-
🦕DE-
🦕DI-
🐱CO!
🦒GAnd
🐱Con
🐱Cthat
🐱Cfarm
🦒Ghe
🐊Ahad
🐊Aa
🦒Gcow,
🐘EE-
🐘EI-
🦕DE-
🦕DI-
🐱CO!
🦒GWith
🦒Ga
🐱Cmoo
🐱Cmoo
🐱Chere,
🦒Gand
🦒Ga
🐱Cmoo
🐱Cmoo
🐱Cthere,
🐱Chere
🐱Ca
🐱Cmoo,
🐱Cthere
🐱Ca
🐱Cmoo,
🐱Cev-
🐱Cery-
🐱Cwhere
🐱Ca
🐱Cmoo
🐱Cmoo.
🐱COld
🐱CMac-
🐱CDon-
🦒Gald
🐊Ahad
🐊Aa
🦒Gfarm,
🐘EE-
🐘EI-
🦕DE-
🦕DI-
🐱CO!
Play the note that glows. Tap the keys, use the computer keys A S D F G H J K…, or plug in a keyboard. Any C counts as C, high or low.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm letter notes
Each letter is one key. The words are under the notes.
COldCMac-CDon-GaldAhadAaGfarm,
EE-EI-DE-DI-CO!GAnd
ConCthatCfarmGheAhadAaGcow,
EE-EI-DE-DI-CO!GWithGa
CmooCmooChere,GandGaCmooCmooCthere,
ChereCaCmoo,CthereCaCmoo,Cev-Cery-CwhereCaCmooCmoo.
COldCMac-CDon-GaldAhadAaGfarm,
EE-EI-DE-DI-CO!
How to play it
Lots of Cs in a row in the "moo moo" part. Change the animal each time you play it: cow, pig, duck.
Press Listen first to hear the song. Then play the note that glows: the song waits for your child, so there is no rush. Tick Slow for a calmer tempo.