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Song 04 · Para Pop

Para Pop's Loud-and-Soft Beat

Join Para Pop as a soft tap, a big drum boom, a high bell ping and a low bass pong take turns in a cheerful toy band.

  • Music opposites
  • Rhythm
  • Listening
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For ages 2–6 · No autoplay · Best enjoyed together

Para Pop listening beside a small drum, large blue drum, bell and shaker.

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Para Pop's Loud-and-Soft Beat lyrics

Para Pop's Loud-and-Soft Beat is a loud and soft song for kids that also explores high and low sounds, rhythm, and careful listening. Join Para Pop as a soft tap, a big drum boom, a high bell ping, and a low bass pong take turns in a cheerful toy band.

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Lyrics preview Intro - spoken Para: Can you hear it? Children: Yes! Para: Can you copy it? Children: Let's make a beat! Show full lyrics Hide full lyrics

Intro - spoken

Para: Can you hear it? Children: Yes! Para: Can you copy it? Children: Let's make a beat!

Sound cue: Tap-tap... BOOM!

Verse 1

Para found a red round drum. Silver bell went ting-ting-tum. Tiny shaker shushed, "Shake-shake." Big blue bass drum made blooms shake. All at once went boom-ting-pong. Every sound bumped into the song. Para paused and cupped one ear. "One by one, each sound is clear!"

Pre-Chorus

Listen first, then play it back. Soft little tap or big bright clap. Every sound can have a go. Ready, ears? Let's start the show!

Chorus

Tap-tap soft, BOOM-BOOM loud! Ping flies high up to a cloud. Pong rolls low beside your toe. Listen, copy - here we go! Soft then loud, high then low, Take a turn and make it flow. Tap, boom, ping, pong - sing along! Every sound can join the song!

Verse 2 - Soft and Loud

Tiny sticks went tip-tip-tap, Soft and sweet upon Para's lap. Round red drum went BOOM just right, One clear beat, both big and bright. Tap-tap soft, then one big boom. Clear bright beats filled up the room.

Call and Response

Para: Show me soft! Children: Tap-tap-tap! Para: Show me loud! Children: CLAP! Para: Soft, soft, loud! Children: Tap-tap-CLAP!

Chorus

Tap-tap soft, BOOM-BOOM loud! Ping flies high up to a cloud. Pong rolls low beside your toe. Listen, copy - here we go! Soft then loud, high then low, Take a turn and make it flow. Tap, boom, ping, pong - sing along! Every sound can join the song!

Verse 3 - High and Low

Little bell went ping up high. Silver notes flew to the sky. Big blue bass went pong down low. Round notes bounced beside a toe. Ping flew up, a bright balloon. Pong rolled low across the room.

Action Break

Ping up high - point to the sky. Pong down low - touch a toe. Tap-tap softly, one, two, three. Make one big clap along with me!

Sound Pattern

Tap-tap - BOOM! Ping-ping - PONG! Shake-shake - STOP! Now sing along!

Final Verse

Para raised one guiding hand. Every toy joined Para's band. Soft taps started, neat and slow. High bells answered, "Ping, hello!" Drum went boom and bass went pong. Every sound now had a song.

Final Chorus

Tap-tap soft, BOOM-BOOM loud! Ping flies high up to a cloud. Pong rolls low beside your toe. Listen, copy - here we go! Soft then loud, high then low, Take a turn and make it flow. Tap, boom, ping, pong - sing along! Every sound can join the song!

Outro

Tap, boom, ping, pong. We listened and made a song!

Sound cue: Tap-tap... BOOM... ding!

Listen for

Little discoveries in this song

  • Compare loud and soft sounds.

  • Hear the difference between high and low sounds.

  • Copy a rhythm, pause and listen for a turn.

Move-and-sing prompt

Make tiny soft taps, one careful boom, then freeze and listen for the next sound.

After the song

Loud-and-soft kitchen band

Take turns making one quiet tap and one louder beat. Pause and listen before every turn.

  • Time: 5–10 minutes
  • Adult help: Adult supervision
  • Materials: Safe containers and wooden spoons

Choose large, child-safe objects and stay nearby whenever materials are used.

Para's listen-and-copy music game

Play Para's loud-and-soft echo drum

Turn a safe plastic tub into a hands-only drum! Listen to the leader’s beat, hear whether it is soft or louder, echo it back and freeze together!

Picture key Follow the action Work in order Check before the next step
  1. A small sky-blue plastic bowl placed upside down on a folded yellow towel as a safe drum.
    Step 1

    Set up a safe drum

    Place an empty plastic tub or bowl upside down on a folded towel so it stays steady. Sit with plenty of space for your drumming arms!

    Check: Your safe drum is steady on the towel and ready for gentle hand drumming.

  2. A folded white paper volume card with a blue feather symbol and a coral drum symbol.
    Step 2

    Make a two-sided volume card

    Fold a paper card in half. Draw a soft feather and write “SOFT” on one side. Draw a drum and write “LOUDER” on the other side!

    Check: Your volume card has two clear sides: quiet SOFT and happy LOUDER.

  3. A child’s hand making a gentle fingertip tap on a sky-blue bowl drum on a yellow towel.
    Step 3

    Find two comfortable sounds

    Test your sounds! Use light fingertips for a tiny soft tap-tap. Use an open flat hand for a full, gentle boom-boom. Never hit hard!

    Check: You can play two distinct sounds: a whisper-soft tap and a clear louder beat.

  4. A sky-blue bowl drum on a yellow towel beside a white card with a blue feather listening symbol.
    Step 4

    Listen to the leader

    Leader’s turn! The leader shows one side of the card and plays a short 2-beat or 3-beat rhythm. Keep your hands in your lap and listen carefully until they finish!

    Check: You listened with your ears and kept your hands still until the beat stopped.

  5. A child’s hand gently playing a sky-blue bowl drum beside a card with a blue feather symbol.
    Step 5

    Echo the same beat

    Echo time! Drum the exact same rhythm back at the volume shown on the card. Then swap roles so you can be the beat leader!

    Check: Your echo matched both the rhythm count and the soft or louder volume.

  6. A child’s hand held still above a sky-blue bowl drum beside a blue feather volume card.
    Step 6

    Try Para’s pattern challenge

    Para’s freeze challenge! Play tap-tap-BOOM (soft-soft-LOUDER), then freeze like a statue in silence! Can you freeze without moving a finger?

    Check: You changed volumes and froze in silence right on cue!

Great listening!

Swap leaders and invent a beat

Let each player invent one short pattern. The best echo drummer is not the loudest—it is the player who listens, remembers and leaves space for the next turn.