This book includes complete melodies as well as substantial segments of uncomplicated, famous traditional folk songs from different countries. Their goal was to assist you in acquainting your students with the musical traditions of diverse nations and cultures.

I call this series "I Don't Read Music" since I are targeting beginners of all ages. This book includes 53 popular, rhythmic, and easy-to-play folk songs and melodies from all over the world.

Since this book is aimed at the absolute beginner without any knowledge of reading music, I do not use the classical music staff and do not show the note duration. Each song here is written without classic musical notation but only with circles and numbered notes inside.

So you can use an 8-tongue drum, but tongue drums are very different. Some may have three C notes and not a single F note.

Others have several chromatic notes included. Contents: North America Alice the Camel Ani Couni Chaouani Aura Lee Bim Bum Biddy Buckeye Jim Jacob's Ladder Li'l Liza Jane Kum-Ba-Yah Michel Row Your Boat Over the River Peace Like a River Latin America Brinca la Tablita Cucaracha DoDo Petit PoPo Tingalayo Cumpleanos Feliz Lost my Gold Ring Los Pollitos Dicen Africa Banuwa Che Che Koolay Do-Do-Ki-Do Funga Alafia Kanzenzenze Labe-igi-Orombo Obwisana Sansa Kroma Shosholoza Welcome Song Europe Five Little Duck Five Little Monkeys Hush Little Baby Old Mother Hubbard This Old Man See-Saw Margery Daw Buenos Dias Donde estan las Llaves Au Clair de la Lune Pirouette Cacahuete Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) Un Petit Cochon Vous Diraije Maman (Twinkle Little Star) Giro-Giro-Tondo Oh Che Bel Castello Mein Hut (My Hat) Asia Kalinka Kum Bachur Atzel Anile, Anile Gayatri Mantra Maha Mrityundjaya Mantra Zhao Peng You Hotaru Koi Australia and Oceania Epo-i-Tai-Tai-e Kangaroo, Skippy Roo.