On the Trailfrom

Grand Canyon SuiteBy Ferde Grofe

Moving through the Canyon

• There are only two ways to travel to the bottom of the Grand Canyon . . .• Your own two feet . . . Or• A Donkey!

They don’t even allow bicycles!

How do donkeys move?

• Try moving this way- make your steps:• LONG• Short• LONG• Short• LONG• Short SH SH SHORT• (then repeat the pattern)

• In Music, it would look this way:

TA-a TI TA-a TI

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TA-a TI TRI - P - LET

What if you changed your motion to this?• Try moving this way- make your

steps:• HOP• Step• HOP• Step• HOP• Step - TIP-PY TOE• (then repeat the pattern)

• Now, in Music, it would look this way:

TI TI TI TI

TI TI TRI - P - LET

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Listen to “On the Trail”and raise your hand when

you hear the donkey steps!Click Here

And what would the West be without a . . .

And what would the West be without a . . . RODEO!

• To listen to “Buckaroo Holiday” fromRodeo by Aaron Copland!

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