A Ram Sam Sam – How to Play on the Glockenspiel / Xylophone

“A Ram Sam Sam” is a children’s song from Morocco and a singing game, as well. Older children can sing the “A Ram Sam Sam” as a round. It can be also sung as a name or hello song by substituting the word “a rafig” in the second verse with a greeting to a friend.

The Liverpool folk group The Spinners released a version of this rhyme, and claimed to have learned the song from an Israeli singer and that the words were in Aramaic, saying “Get up on your horse and gallop away”.

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Glockenspiel / Xylophone Tutorial Video

A Ram Sam Sam Glockenspiel / Xylophone Color Sheet Music and Note Chart

The song of A Ram Sam Sam uses here the notes of F major. We propose two versions: The simple one, which uses only natural notes, and the 2nd one with B♭. Both of them are easy and nice to sing and play on xylophone. Alternatively you can play them as tow voices at the same time: Find a second music instrument and a ask a friend to play with you.

As you can see on the sheet music, the song consists of tow parts, following the lyrics. Watch the video a couple of times and study each part at your own pace until you get the hang of it. Remember to use both mallets as much as you can – not only the one that is more convenient for you (e.g. the right one if you’re right-handed) as this an important basic technique.

To save this free glockenspiel sheet music of “A Ram Sam Sam” to your computer, right click (or tap and hold, on mobile devices) and choose “Save Image As…”. Alternatively, you can download the PDF file below.