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Are You Sleeping (Frère Jacques): the melody (soprano)

The melody of Are You Sleeping (Frère Jacques), sung by the soprano, in Eb, from Bb3 to C5. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Starts the round alone and carries the tune twice through, so the others hear it first.

Range
Bb3 to C5
Key
Eb
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  1. 01 · Your part

    Hear your part on its own until the tune of it is in your ear.

  2. 02 · With the others

    Hear it with the others, so you know where it sits in the chord.

  3. 03 · Sing it

    Sing it with the others under you and watch each note light up as you land it. The mic listens only while it plays, and nothing is recorded.

About Are You Sleeping (Frère Jacques)

Words: traditional English version

Tune: "Frère Jacques", traditional French (known from a manuscript of about 1780)

Are You Sleeping is the English version of Frère Jacques, a traditional French tune known from a French manuscript of about 1780; the English words are traditional, from the 19th century. In the original words, the sleeping brother is late to ring the bells for matins, the early morning prayers, and the ding, dang, dong is those bells. Here it is a round for 2 to 4 singers: everyone sings the same tune twice, entering two bars apart, with the tenor and bass pitched lower for lower voices, and the harmony happens by itself. The easiest way into singing parts.

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  • Your notes light upEach note shows where you landed, and a hint when to go up or down.
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