Friends
Subject
true friendship
Year Composed
1986
Year Copyrighted
2011
Voicing
Three-Part Partner Song
Musical Form
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Parts 1, 2, and 3 together
- Coda
Song Details
“Friends” offers a set of three engaging texts that children will identify with and love. Lots of variety in the rhythms and melodic movement of the three parts makes for vocal fun when the parts combine!
Performance options
instead of following the indication in the score to have the previous parts singing quietly as each new part is introduced, they may hum; another form variation: Part 1, Part 2, Parts 1 and 2 together, Part 3, Parts 1, 2 and 3 together, Coda
Suggested uses
- all-school sing
- intermediate and upper grade elementary choruses
- elementary music classroom