El Caballito for Elementary Mariachi Orff Ensemble (30/40)

Alternative title

El Caballito for Elementary Mariachi Orff Ensemble (30/40)

Composer

folklore

Arranger

Rodolfo Gonzalez

Publisher

Rodolfo Gonzalez

Genre

World / Ethnic / Mariachi

Instrumentation

Glockenspiel, Metallophone, Xylophone, Bongos, Claves, Maracas, Conga, Güiro, Classical guitar, Soprano Recorder, Ukulele

Scored for

Large ensemble (9 or more players)

Type of score

Full score

Key

G major

Duration

2'30"

Year of composition

2016

Description
“El Caballito” is the 30th of 40 Mexican children's song arranged for Elementary Mariachi Orff Ensemble. It is a Kodaly Level III song in G/D Major, in 3/4, using LTdrmfs, quarter and eighth notes and rests, dotted quarter notes, dotted sixteenth-eighth notes, half notes, dotted half notes, and I and V7 in G and D Major harmony. The Elementary Orff Ensemble is made up of children's voices, soprano recorder, soprano and alto glockenspiel, soprano, alto and bass xylophones and metallophones, guitar, ukulele, bongos, conga, maracas, guiro, claves.