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ecollard

Oct 14, 2009, 5:38 AM

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Mexican children's songs

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I would like to learn to sing/play some well-known, easy kid songs. I hear that Cri-Cri's music is well known and might fit that description and would like to know about other singers or songs that would be good to get familiar with. Any ideas of web sites with free words/chords/music? I play autoharp, so guitar tabs work just fine if I know the melody already...
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Zarcero

Oct 14, 2009, 7:21 AM

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Re: [ecollard] Mexican children's songs

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See the "Developing an Ear for Spanish" thread. Go for the boleros, not the children's songs.

esperanza / Moderator

Oct 14, 2009, 8:30 AM

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Re: [Zarcero] Mexican children's songs

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See the "Developing an Ear for Spanish" thread. Go for the boleros, not the children's songs.

Well...for developing an ear for Spanish, I agree--go for the boleros. But if you want to learn children's songs to sing for children (for example, for sing-alongs at an orphanage), Cri-Cri is the gold standard. Youtube will give you lots of examples of his delightful music.

http://www.mexicocooks.typepad.com

Zarcero

Oct 14, 2009, 9:35 AM

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Re: [esperanza] Mexican children's songs

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"...But if you want to learn children's songs to sing for children...Cri-Cri is the gold standard..." I agree 100%

(This post was edited by Zarcero on Oct 14, 2009, 9:36 AM)

esperanza / Moderator

Oct 14, 2009, 11:01 AM

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To start, I highly recommend "La Marcha de las Letras" and "La Muñeca Fea". Utterly charming and 99.9% of Mexican children will be able to sing along.

http://www.mexicocooks.typepad.com