Brother John
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Brother John (Frenche: “Frère Jacques”), is a nursery rhyme of French origin. The rhyme is traditionally sung in a round.
Rounds
A round (also called a perpetual canon [canon perpetuus] or infinite canon) is a musical composition, a limited type of canon, in which a minimum of three voices sing exactly the same melody at the unison (and may continue repeating it indefinitely), but with each voice beginning at different times so that different parts of the melody coincide in the different voices, but nevertheless fit harmoniously together. It is one of the easiest forms of part singing, as only one line of melody need be learned by all parts, and is part of a popular musical tradition. Though not all rounds are nursery rhymes, "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is a well-known children's round for four voices. Other well-known examples are "Frère Jacques" and "Three Blind Mice".
Frère Jacques
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Frère Jacques (English: “Brother John“), is a nursery rhyme of French origin. The rhyme is traditionally sung in a round.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
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“Row, Row, Row Your Boat” is an English language nursery rhyme and a popular children’s song. It can also be an “action” nursery rhyme, whose singers sit opposite one another and “row” forwards and backwards with joined hands.