Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal! This grand old folk tune has been around for a hundred years and still has the moxie to reach children today! Students will love the sound of the motion of the boat in the descending bass line and the staccato of the hammer played in the LH. Written in the key of G major, this song features a fun grace note and choral movements. Your intermediate pianist will find this song a fun change and their parents may remember it, too! A must have for music teachers to teach in their curriculum. Folk songs, the sound of the music and how it replicates the movement of the water, etc. Geography lessons and reading cross-curriculum and I’m sure you creative teachers will come up with many more uses!
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal! This grand old folk tune has been around for a hundred years and still has the moxie to reach children today! Students will love the sound of the motion of the boat in the descending bass line and the staccato of the hammer played in the LH. Written in the key of G major, this song features a fun grace note and choral movements. Your intermediate pianist will find this song a fun change and their parents may remember it, too! A must have for music teachers to teach in their curriculum. Folk songs, the sound of the music and how it replicates the movement of the water, etc. Geography lessons and reading cross-curriculum and I’m sure you creative teachers will come up with many more uses!
