Partitions arc-en-ciel

Children’s sheet music in French

Partitions arc-en-ciel, children’s sheet music in French from the Rainbow Songs collection, is part of a multilingual teaching project that offers music materials adapted to different languages, with Catalan as the base language of the publishing project.

This book brings together 20 children’s folk songs in French, selected and adapted with educational and therapeutic aims in mind. It’s designed for schools, families and professionals who use music as a tool for education, expression and emotional support in their work with children.

Each song includes the main melody in standard notation, together with chords for the ukulele – an instrument particularly well suited to children’s music education thanks to its simplicity, portability and accessibility. Every piece also includes sheet music adapted to the rainbow colour code, a visual system that makes reading music easier and helps reduce barriers to learning.

The Rainbow Songs collection is available in several languages and follows a common method that uses colour as a learning aid. Each language edition adapts the songs to its own cultural context while keeping the same teaching and therapeutic consistency.

This approach makes the book especially suitable for music therapy, inclusive education and emotional work with children, as well as for settings where music becomes a tool for communication, expression and emotional regulation. The visual format offers a gradual introduction to music without requiring any prior knowledge of music theory.

Children’s sheet music in French is also a good way to introduce French vocabulary through traditional songs, for natural, meaningful and motivating learning in the classroom and at home.

This edition belongs to a growing educational collection committed to accessible, visual and culturally adapted music materials, designed to explore music, language and emotions in a playful, structured and inclusive way.

Song list

À LA CLAIRE FONTAINE

À LA PÊCHE AUX MOULES

À LA SOUPE

AH ! VOUS DIRAI-JE, MAMAN

ARLEQUIN DANS SA BOUTIQUE

AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE

DANSONS LA CAPUCINE

EN PASSANT PAR LA LORRAINE

FAIS DODO MON PETIT FRÈRE

FRÈRE JACQUES

J’AI DU BON TABAC

L’ALOUETTE EST SUR LA BRANCHE

LA CHANSON DE L’ALPHABET

LUNDI MATIN

MEUNIER TU DORS

PIROUETTE CACAHUÈTE

POMME DE REINETTE ET POMME D’API

PROMENONS-NOUS DANS LES BOIS

UN CANARD DIT À SA CANE

UN ÉLÉPHANT QUI SE BALANÇAIT