Fourth Grade

Let's Sing! This is a Broadway Musical song from the musical South Pacific. Musicals are are stage shows or movies that tell a story through singing, dancing and acting. The story takes place on an island in the South Pacific during World War II. A soldier is attracted to a girl he meets on the island. They do not speak the same language. An older native woman on the island sings a song on how they can communicate.

What is the time signature of this song? How many beats per measure? Which note gets the beat? Take a look at the last line of the song. Above the last line there is an Italian phrase Da Capo al Fine this tells us to go back to the beginning (Da Capo means "the head" or "the beginning"). and sing to Fine (the end...pronounced "feena"...with a long "a" sound at the end). We do this after singing the second verse. Listen to this song...it goes quite fast. You can practice it until you can sing it well! Click on the link to play the song.