This infectiously happy, upbeat, and positive song refers to the value and necessity of music, not just in America, but around the world. The combination of South American and African styles adds to the global emphasis.
There's a percussion/dance break where you can join in either by adding dance or movement, or by adding your own variety of percussion instruments.
To make it more usable for a variety of grade levels, we have included an (optional) second part which can be sung in the bottom octave as indicated. This will work well for changing or changed voices. (from Music K-8, Vol. 3, No. 1)