Love Somebody Folk Song Lesson Plan And Orff Arrangement

This Love Somebody resource will guide you through teaching a simple Orff arrangement with choices for games, movement, body percussion, and sixteenth note rhythms for Valentine’s Day and themes of caring and kindness.

How many times do you think,
“I’d love to use this song in a concert
but it’s so short?”

A BONUS B section has been added to offer some song length and variety for concerts AND the classroom. 💖 This B section would be a super cute opportunity to hold up giant candy hearts with LOVE quotes.

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Origin

Love Somebody is a folk song and thought to be based on a Scottish fiddle tune, “Soldier’s Joy,” with earliest known publications of the tune from the 18^th century.

This arrangement of Love Somebody uses a reduction of the fiddle tune.

Love Somebody Orff Resource

Lesson Plan

Let’s look in more detail at how the resource guides you in your teaching.

Orff Arrangement

NEW B section

As you can see above, a B section has been added to offer some variety for concerts AND the classroom. It would be a super cute opportunity to hold up giant candy hearts with LOVE quotes.

Games, Movement, & Body percussion

Three games (guessing, chasing, cup) provide options for different grade levels. You can also use movement and body percussion to let kids explore musical concepts.

Melodic Direction for love somebody

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Learn More

Learn more about the origins of this folk song.

• “The American Songbag” by Carl Sandburg, 1927
• The Combs Collection by Gilbert Reynolds Combs of Kentucky
• The Bluegrass Messengers
• American Roots Music
• Celtic Scores
• The Kodaly Collection