How to Play Music on Music Baby Toys?

How to Play Music on Music Baby Toys?

Chances are you already have some kind of music toy for your baby – a toy with piano-like keys, a xylophone, or perhaps a baby piano. With a rare exception, these toys come with no manual. If you don’t play a musical instrument you will have a hard time playing anything music-like on this toy! Moreover, these toys are diatonic, meaning if they were a real piano they would only have the white keys. With the black keys missing there’s a limitation on what you can play.

If you would like to play music for your baby on her toy you can use these notes. Music toys can normally play 8 notes. Instead of musical notation the notes are written down using numbers from 1 through 8. To make it easier you can even use a permanent marker to mark the notes on the toy. You can also sing along to help yourself keep the rhythm. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Song
1121 43
1121 54
1186 4432
6664 54

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
11 55 665 44 33 221
55 44 332
55 44 332
11 55 665 44 33 221

Frère Jacques
1231 1231
345 345
565431 565431
414 414

Brahms Lullaby
335 335 3587 665
234 234 24765 78
118 645 3145 65
118 645 3143 21

Jingle Bells
333 333 35123
4445433
432232 5
333 333 35123
4445433 3355 421

London Bridge
5654 345
234 345
5654 345
2531

Hush Little Baby
2778766
2266667655
2778766
2266667655

Shaun the Sheep Theme Song
1345 3231
1345 1345 3231
4342 5678
6 535 653 231
6 535 655 678

Flea Waltz
651 88 651 88
651 83 84 77
654 77 654 77
654 73 71 88
18 38 4 77
47 37 1 88

Vivaldi – The four seasons – Spring
1333 215
54 333 215
54 345 432
15 434 565
15 434 565
165 4321 211

Offenbach – Can Can
1 2432 55 563422
24321 8765432
1 2432 55 5634 22
24321 5231 1

What other tunes can you come up with? Let us know!

Written by Georgiy, a father and a self-taught recorder player

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