"Hello, Somebody" is a traditional greeting song that appears in Jump Right In  Grade 3 General Music Series. I've been using it for several years, singing the song and engaging students in improvising on a woodblock between verses.  Listening and Improvising: Rhythm Focus  This week I decided to try something new. Instead of singing the entire verse before demonstrating improvisation, I broke each verse into phrases, and modeled improvising 4-macrobeat (two-measure) rhythm patterns on a woodblock after each phrase. I also transposed it to D-major to make it more accessible for developing voices (usually between D and A). VERSE 1: IMPROVISE ON THE WOODBLOCK ( two measures) IMPROVISE ON THE WOODBLOCK ( two measures ) VERSE 2: Hello, somebody, hello.  Somebody wants to know your name  (Improvise) Hello, somebody, hello.  Somebody wants to know your name  (Improvise) After I modeled the sequence--alternating singing and ...