March 2, 2012

Japanese Clapping Game

In my music class today we played this game called, the Japanese Clapping Game.  It's kind of like how we do the clapping thing with, "this old man" but not exactly.  So one person is like an crocodile with your hand clapping but up and down, not side to side.  The other person claps his/her hands above the persons clapping hands and then below.  And while clapping like that he/her sings, "Omo  cheo suki macho."  Twice.  The after that without stopping pats his hand and then the crocodile's hands back and fourth.  And he/her sings,  "Peten co Peten co, peten peten peten co."  Then the fun part begins.  You slide your hand across your other hand and go through the crocodiles hands (without getting touched) while singing, " shook ono te' shook ono te', shook ono te' cono te' cono te'."  Then without stopping you clap side to side below the crocodiles hands, in between and above the crocodiles hand while singing, "Bom bom bom bom bom, bom bom bomb bom bom, bom bom bom bom bom bom bom.  From low to high then high to low then low low medium high high.