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An alphabet song is any of various songs used to teach children an alphabet. Alphabet songs typically follow the alphabetic principle (though the phonics method offers variants). In languages such as English with morphophonemic variation (e.g. "cake" is , not ), an alphabet song usually chooses a particular pronunciation for each letter in the alphabet and also typically for some words in the song. == The A.B.C. (Verse 1) == "The A.B.C." or "A.B.Cs" is one of the best-known English language alphabet songs, and perhaps the one most frequently referred to as "the alphabet song", especially in the United States. The song was first copyrighted in 1835 by the Boston-based music publisher Charles Bradlee, and given the title "The A.B.C., a German air with variations for the flute with an easy accompaniment for the piano forte". The musical arrangement was attributed to Louis Le Maire (sometimes Lemaire), an 18th-century composer. This was "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1835, by C. Bradlee, in the clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts", according to the Newberry Library,〔( Newberry Library catalog )〕 which also says, "The theme is that used by Mozart for his piano variations, Ah, vous dirai-je, maman."〔The alphabet song is sometimes said to come from another of Bradlee's publications, "The Schoolmaster", but the first line of that song is given as "Come, come my children, I must see", in (Yale University's library catalog ). It is described as "a favorite glee for three voices, as sung at the Salem glee club."〕 This tune is the same as the tune for "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep". Lyrics: ''(each line represents two measures, or eight beats)'' :''A, B, C, D, E, F, G...'' () :''H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P...'' ( "l, m, n, o," spoken twice as quickly as rest of rhyme) :''Q, R, S.../ and T, U, V...'' ( pause between s and t) :''W... X.../ and Y and/& Z.'' ( pause between x y, w and x last for two beats) :''Now, I know my ABCs.'' () :''Next time, won't you sing with me?'' (). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「alphabet song」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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