Song Book In the Pentatonic Mode and Mood of the Fifth

Since my last posting, I've continued to make progress on my song book. To my disappointment, I found out that the Christopher Robin poems are not yet in the public domain.It was harder to figure out from whom to get permission to use them than to just wait the 10 years or so until they are no longer under copyright. So, while these 2 songs have been enthusiastically received by the children, I've decided, for now, not to include them in the book.

That decision left me temporarily with an insufficient number of songs. So I've been working to make up the deficit. What I came up with were a couple of playground songs and a singing game. As I get all these songs notated, there may be others that arise from my work deserving of inclusion in the book. And so the project grows, as so many of my projects do. Already I am thinking that I'll need to also make MP3's of the songs for people who can't read music. I won't let that hold up the book, but I am aware that there are many people who might enjoy and use the songs if they could learn them by ear instead of deciphering the notated music. Another way for people to learn my songs would be through a workshop. Please contact me at msilians.opportunities@gmail.com if you are interested in that option.