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Chord Theory

Certified Teachers

Solfege Ear Training

Age Appropriate Methods

We agree with this great educator and musician!

That's why we put so much attention and care into every one of our 21 albums containing over 400 songs.

"Only the best is good enough for a child" ~ Zoltan Kodaly

Our Music

Music Selection

We carefully curated each album and selected folk songs, classical music, and songs that teach music theory.

Each semester album has 2-3 fully orchestrated classical pieces licensed from professional orchestras such as The London Symphony Orchestra. Pieces are selected for their age-appropriate appeal and easily distinguishable melodic themes. Each of our programs introduces classical music in age appropriate ways:

 

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Classical Music

Quality folk songs are the 'mother tongue' of a child's music language. The folk songs of each culture are passed down in oral tradition because of their natural appeal to children.

 

The folk songs in our curricula contain intervals, form, and harmonies that train the ear and engender intelligent listening.

Folk Songs

First Year

Keyboard Prep

Second Year

Introduction to Keyboard

Third Year

Piano Skills

"Let the music do the talking". The lyrics in our songs teach our students concepts! So they learn while they sing and listen. 

 

Sound Beginnings songs teach preschool skills such as colors, calendar skills, shapes, letters, numbers, seasons, manners, and more.

 

Let's Play Music and Presto songs teach music theory concepts such as key signatures, chord structure, interval recognition, note naming, and more.

Music that Teaches

Singalong Storybooks

Many of our songs from Sound Beginnings are included with our Singalong Storybook series. These books are of premium quality and engagement.

The Let's Play Music curriculum is centered in the teachings of the music masters Kodaly, Orff and Dalcroze.  These men were revolutionist who changed the attitudes of teaching music to children.  Their philosophies are at the heart of our curriculum and you will see their methodologies in each detailed lesson plan.

Zoltán Kodály

In the Kodály Method children are first introduced to musical concepts through playful, natural experience. He emphasized the use of the folk song in all early music education, stating that they are the ‘mother tongue’ for teaching music.   Melodic patterning, the repetition of certain notes in a row, trains both the ear and the eye to read the patterns on the staff.  Adding solfeg handsigns and syllables further enhanced the learning experience. He used both folk music and songs that are based on the pentatonic scale to help teach the art of singing in tune.

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

The Dalcroze method, taught in his Eurhythmics schools, is another approach music educators use to foster music appreciation, ear-training and improvisation while improving musical skills. In this method, the body is the main instrument.  Students learn rhythm and structure by listening to music and expressing what they hear through spontaneous bodily movement. (I.e. walking to quarter notes, skipping to dotted notes.)

Carl Orff

In the Carl Orff approach, children are taught concepts through improvisation, composition and a natural sense of play.  He taught using folk music and music composed by the children themselves.  All musical concepts were taught through singing, chanting, dance, movement, drama and the playing of percussion instruments. He believed the order of instruments should be: 1. Body Percussion  2. Voice  3. Simple Percussion Instruments  4. Barred Instruments

(For example, our tone bell set is an Orff instrument!)

Let's Play Music was founded in great educational philosophies

Learning From the Masters

Making the Music

Our music is created and produced with "only the best is good enough for a child" in mind. We use authentic, acoustic instruments and professional musicians. Our foreign language songs are sung by native speakers. The arrangements are engaging, entertaining, and musically exceptional.

Our Albums

Sound Beginnings Albums:

White Horses, Silver Buttons, Black Spiders, Gold Stars, Brown Teddy Bears and Pink Piggies

Let's Play Music Albums:

Red Balloons, Blue Bugs, Green Turtle Shells, Yellow Arrows, Purple Magic and Orange Roots

Presto Albums:

Presto Rockets, Presto Arrows, Presto Magic and Presto Roots

Have a Listen!

Select a song to hear a sample of the quality and variety of music in our programs.

ABC Song - ABC With Sounds SNIPPET-1
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All The Pretty Little Horses SNIPPET
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Bickle Bockle SNIPPET
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Bill Grogan's Goat SNIPPET
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Five Green and Speckled Frogs
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Close Your Eyes
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Che Che Kule
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C Song
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Four Little Birds
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Frog In The Middle
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Hokey Pokey
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Hurry, Hurry, Drive The Firetruck
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I Am Robin Hood
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I Love the Mountains
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I Spot a Dot
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I Won't Tell Who
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II Court II Court le Furet
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It's Presto Time
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It's Raining
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Kitty Casket
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Let's Find the Root
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Love Somebody
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Magic Keys
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Ni Hao
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Old Joe Clark
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Piano Drum
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Rockets
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
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Uno, Dos, Tres
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Meet the Performers

Our world class singers and instrumentalists make our music top of its class. Our premiere performers are shown below. All performers are listed which curriculum they are featured.

Sound Beginnings Performers

Heather Prusse

Jenny Smith

Jess Soelberg

Julie Fischbeck

Dallas Rowley

Josh Ostler

Michael Sacket

Tierra Jones

Ruby Seeston

Hailee Smith

Halle Prusse

Rosevelt Rawls

Hailee Smith

Halle Prusse

Juliette Pelissie

Sebastien Pelissie

Cannon Call

Abigail Mullins

Rachel Akers

Nathanial Akers

Elliot Lovell

David Lovell

Emery Duffin

Parker Duffin

Parker Jennings

Josh Mortensen

Collette Bentz

Abigail Lovell

Elsie O’Bryant

Millie O’Bryant

Camryn O’Bryant

Jack Andersen

Charlie Hight

Kiera Chen

Kennedy Waite

Amy Seiter

Let's Play Music Performers

Shelle Soelberg

Jenny Smith

Jess Soelberg

Heather Prusse

Artie Whiting

Kira Hawkins

Julie Fischbeck

Erica Soelberg

Shawn Aker

Roosevelt Rawls

Payden Brown

Niki Richins

Laetner Fischbeck

Abigail Mullins

Audrey Miller

Halle Prusse

Jane Soelberg

Cannon Call

Parker Duffin

Mick Huber

Collette Bentz

Tyson Smith

Rachel Akers

Nathanial Akers

Krissy Nielsen

Stephen Martin

David Lovell

Emery Duffin

Presto Performers

Annalee Lundell

Jenny Smith

Julie Fischbeck

Jess Soelberg

Sadie Smith

Tyson Smith

Carson Robles

Josh Mortensen

Emma Adams

Lauren Adams

Jess Soelberg Productions (JSP) arranged and produced our album series.

Our Artists

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Jenny Smith is our vocal coach and lead singer on our albums. Jenny is a singer/songwriter and has written, performed, and produced her own albums. She has been a Let's Play Music teacher since 2003 and has been a Teacher Trainer since 2008. 

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