Toot Toot Tootsie
A Spike Jones Style Musical Scavenger Hunt for Kids!
Many of us don’t pay as close attention to a song without words. So, this week we made a scavenger hunt within our wordless play-along from The Giraffe Collection, “Toot Toot Tootsie!” The recording is chock-full of funny sound effects like kazoos, whistles, duck quacks, and a horse whinny. The silly sounds are fitting for a song with an equally silly name. Yes, there are horn toots.
Spike Jones popularized this style of satirical performances replete with comical non-instruments. Check out an example of his band!
We have Spike to thank for inspiring rubber chicken versions of Mozart, Strauss, and Mahler. And, most likely, Weird Al.
Cynthia Sayer’s band had a lot of fun recording this version of Toot Toot Tootsie for TMC. They recorded all of The Music Class play-alongs, but none of the other songs feature a gong! Cynthia is in the Banjo Hall of Fame, is considered one of the top banjo players in the world, and is my aunt. 🤗
Musical Scavenger Hunt Instructions:
Turn on the song, either on YouTube or on The Music Class app if you're enrolled in classes this fall. Listen for each sound effect and try to call them out with your kids. Some of the sounds repeat. See if you can catch them all!
- Coach’s whistle
- Train whistle
- Old-fashioned car horn
- Washboard
- Horse neigh
- Kazoo
- Slide whistle
- “HEY!”
- Jingle Bells melody
- Duck quacks
- Old MacDonald melody
- Gong