Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with A-B-C
When you sing you begin with do-re-mi
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi
[Maria:]
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
[spoken]
Let's see if I can make it easier
Do(Doe) - a deer a female deer
Re(Ray) - a drop of golden sun
Mi(Me) - a name I call myself
Fa(Far) - a long long way to run
So(Sew) - a needle pulling thread
La - a note to follow so
Ti(Tea) - a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)
[Maria and Children:]
Do(Doe) - a deer a female deer
Re(Ray) - a drop of golden sun
Mi(Me) - a name I call myself
Fa(Far) - a long long way to run
So(Sew) - a needle pulling thread
La - a note to follow so
Ti(Tea) - a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to
Do(Doe) - a deer a female deer
Re(Ray) - a drop of golden sun
Mi(Me) - a name I call myself
Fa(Far) - a long long way to run
So(Sew) - a needle pulling thread
La - a note to follow so
Ti(Tea) - a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do
[Maria:]
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do
So-do!
[Maria: (spoken)]
Now children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so on
are only the tools we use to build a song.
Once you have these notes in your heads,
you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up.
Like this.
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[spoken]
Can you do that?
[Children:]
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[Maria:]
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Children:]
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Maria:][spoken]
Now, put it all together.
[Maria and Children:]
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Maria:][spoken]
Good!
[Brigitta:][spoken]
But it doesn't mean anything.
[Maria:][spoken]
So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this.
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
[spoken]
Together!
[Maria and Children:]
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
Do(Doe) - a deer a female deer
Re(Ray) - a drop of golden sun
Mi(Me) - a name I call myself
Fa(Far) - a long long way to run
So(Sew) - a needle pulling thread
La - a note to follow so
Ti(Tea) - a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re
[Children:]
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti
[Repeat above verse 4x as Maria sings]
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti
[Maria:]
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
[Maria and Children:]
Do(Doe) - a deer a female deer
Re(Ray) - a drop of golden sun
Mi(Me) - a name I call myself
Fa(Far) - a long long way to run
So(Sew) - a needle pulling thread
La - a note to follow so
Ti(Tea) - a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to
[Maria:]
[Children:]
Do . . . So Do
Re . . . La Fa
Mi . . . Mi Do
Fa . . . Re
So . . . So Do
La . . . La Fa
Ti . . . La So Fa Mi Re
Ti Do - oh - oh Ti Do -- So Do