Bells & Xylophone Easy

This Old Man Xylophone Notes with Letters

Letters and boomwhacker colors for bells, xylophone or boomwhackers, with the words under each note. Starts G E G G E G.

Key
C major
Range
C4–A4
Length
30 notes
Melody
1923, public domain

The notes and words

Key: C major, white keys only, so every note is on a C major set.

GThisEoldGman,GheEplayedGone,

AHeGplayedFnick-EnackDonEmyFdrum.

GNick-Cnack,Cpad-Cdy-Cwhack,CgiveDaEdogFaGbone,

GThisDoldDmanFcameEroll-DingChome.

Boomwhacker colors (C major set), always with the letter. Maker’s color list.
  • Cred
  • Dorange
  • Eyellow
  • Flight green
  • Gaqua
  • Aviolet
70%

Staff notation

Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s bells sound. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes

About this song

Melody
Traditional English folk song, 1923
Words
Traditional, 1923 (first verse shown)
Public domain
Melody 1923, words 1923: first published before 1931.
Source
A Kindergarten Book of Folk-Songs (E. C. Schirmer, 1923), No. 53, pp. 46–47, “This old man” (1923)

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