Zum Gali Gali

Intermediate syncopation in a minor tonality which sounds festive when performed to a fast tempo.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Israel – Work Song
Key: E minor (pitched in G Major)
Time: 2/4
Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ri ti ri ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ri ti ti | syncopation, | (ti) ti ri ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ri ta_|_a ti ri ti ti | syncopation, (_=tie)
Pitches: beginners: Mi La Ti Do Re Mi
Intervals: beginners: La\Mi/La (P4), La/Do (m3), Mi\Do (M3)
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; syncopation, minor tonality: E minor, vocal slur, tied syncopation, tied notes, refrain/verse/refrain, D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines
Key Words: world geography: Israel; work song, pioneers, men, women, hand in hand, dawn, task; contraction: there’s (there is)
Recorder: intermediate: practicing pitches in the higher register, syncopation, minor tonality

**“Zum Gali Gali”**

		Refrain:
		Zum gali, gali, zum gali, gali, Zum gali, gali, zum gali, gali.
	1.	Pioneers work hard on the land, Men and women work hand in hand As they labor all day long, They lift their voices in song.
		Refrain
	2.	From the dawn till setting sun Every one finds work to be done. From the dawn till night does come There’s a task for everyone.
		Refrain

	Hebrew
		He-chalutz le’maan avodah, Avodah le’maan he-chalutz. He-chalutz le’maan avodah, Avodah le’maan he-chalutz.
	Translation:
		The pioneer for the sake of the work, The work for the sake of the pioneer.

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You’re in the Army Now

Intermediate syncopation in 6/8 time, and mastering intervals from the tonic triad, including ascending and descending arpeggios.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta/a ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ta ti ri | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: So Do Mi So
Intervals: beginners: all intervals of the tonic chord/arpeggio: So/Do (P4), Do/Mi (M3), Mi\So (M6), Do\So (P4), So/Do/Mi/So8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So8\Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio (I, F), Do/So8 (P5)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, melodic rhythm patterns, tied notes, tonic arpeggios, tempo parking: Weary March; 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter
Key Words: USA Armed Forces; Army, patriotic, military service, military life, plow, ditch, rich, salary, which; contractions: you’re (you are), you’ll (you will); abbreviation: diggin’ (digging)
Recorder: intermediate: mastering intervals of the C major tonic triad with ascending and descending tonic arpeggios (I, C), syncopation in 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter

**“You’re in the Army Now”**
You’re in the Army now, You’re not behind a plow; You’ll never get rich, a-diggin’ a ditch, You’re in the Army now. You’re in the Army now, You’re in the Army now, You’ll never get rich, on the salary which You get in the Army now.

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You’re a Grand Old Flag

Chorus to the popular Broadway tune: sharp tonic (Di), lowered leading tone (Te), tonic arpeggio, and chromatic minor seconds.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – George M. Cohan (1878-1942) 1906
from: “George Washington, Jr”
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: through composed*
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ta ti ti | ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/a | ta ti ti | ta/ ti | syncopation,
| (ta) ti ti | ti (ti ) ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Te Ti Do Di Re Mi So – raised/sharp tonic (1, Di), lowered/flat leading tone (7, Te)
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, F), Do\La (m3), So/Do (P4), Re\Ti (m3), So/Ti (M3), Ti\So (M3), Re\So (P5), Mi\Do (M3), Ti\Te\La (m2’s), La/Di (M3), Mi\La/Mi (P5), Re\Ti\So descending dominant arpeggio (V, C), La/Do (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation, raised/sharp tonic (Di), lowered/flat leading tone (Te), chromatic minor seconds (m2’s), melodic rhythm patterns
Key Words: USA history, Broadway musical: “George Washington, Jr.”, George M. Cohan, patriotic song, Fourth of July, Flag Day, emblem, red, white and blue, boast, brag, auld, acquaintance; contractions: you’re (you are), there’s (there is); abbreviations: ev’ry (every)
Recorder: intermediate: introducing Eb and F#, syncopation, chromatic minor seconds, dominant arpeggio

* chorus to the popular Broadway tune.

**“You’re a Grand Old Flag”**

	You’re a grand old flag you’re a high flying flag, And forever in peace may you wave.
	You’re the emblem of the land I love, The home of the free and the brave.
	Ev’ry heart beats true for the red, white and blue, Where there’s never a boast or brag.
	But should auld acquaintance be forgot, Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

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The Young Man Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn

Minor tonality, beginning syncopation, and mezzo forte
help teach character education.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: E minor (pitched in G Major)
Time: 4/4
Form: through composed
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ta | | ti ti ta ta (ti) ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta/a |
| ta ta ta ta |
Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi So – pentatonic scale pitches
Intervals: intermediate: m3: Do\La, Mi/So8\Mi;
P4: So/Do; P5: Mi\La/Mi
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat; minor tonality, dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, syncopation
Key Words: USA courting song, character education, responsibility, farming, planting crops, earth science, hoe corn, reason, peeped, weeds, grass, chin, sigh, neighbor, miss, marry me, wed, corn bread, single (miss), remain, lazy, maintain; contractions: can’t (cannot), I’ll (I will), it’s (it is); hyphenated: a-wanting; possessives: man’s, neighbor’s

**“The Young Man Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn”**

	1.	I’ll sing you a song and it’s not very long. It’s about a young man who wouldn’t hoe corn. He reason why, I can’t tell. The young man was always well.
	2.	He planted his corn in the month of June And in July it was knee high; First of September came a big frost And all this young man’s corn was lost.
	3.	He went to the fence and there peeped in, The weeds and the grass came up to his chin; The weeds and the grass grew so high, They caused this young man for to sigh.
	4.	So he went down to his neighbor’s door, Where he had often been before: “Pretty little miss, will you marry me? Pretty little miss, what do you say?”
	5.	“Here you are, a-wanting for to wed And cannot make your own corn bread! Single I am, single I’ll remain, A lazy man I’ll not maintain.”

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Yellow Rose of Texas

Three levels of difficulty: beginning syncopation, intermediate range,
and advanced intervals with a minor seventh So/Fa.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Texas Folk Song, circa. 1858
Key: A flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: Aa – verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta/a ta
| ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta/a/a ta | ta/a/a ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
Intervals: advanced: Mi/So (m3), Mi/So/Do/ ascending tonic arpeggio (I, Ab), Mi8\So (m6), So/Mi8 (m6), Re\So (P5), So\Mi/So (m3), So/Fa(m7), Do\So (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, interval of a minor seventh (So/Fa), melodic rhythm patterns
Key Words: North American geography: Rio Grande (river); USA history, Texas Folk Lore; Texas love song, fellow, nearly, never part, sweetest rose, diamonds, sparkle, dew, Clementine, Rosalie, flowing, starry skies, quiet summer night, remembers, parted, promised, woe, banjo, gaily, yore, evermore; contractions: there’s (there is), I’m (I am), we’ll (we will), she’s (she is); abbreviation: goin’ (going)
Recorder: intermediate: introducing high F, syncopation, minor seventh Eb/Db, tonic arpeggio

**“Yellow Rose of Texas”**

	1.	There’s a yellow rose of Texas, I’m going back to see, No other fellow loves her as half as much as me. She cried so when I left her, it nearly broke my heart, And when we two shall meet again, we’ll never, never part.
		Refrain:
		She’s the sweetest rose in Texas, a fellow ever knew. Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew, You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosalie, But the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl for me!
	2.	When the Rio Grande is flowing, the starry skies are bright, She walks along the river in the quiet summer night, I know that she remembers, When we parted long ago, I promised to return again, and not to leave her so.
		Refrain
	3.	Oh now I’m goin’ to find her, for my heart is full of woe, And we’ll sing the songs together, that we sang so long ago. We’ll play the banjo gaily and we’ll sing the songs of yore, And the yellow rose of Texas shall be mine for evermore.
		Refrain

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While Strolling in the Park One Day

“Fountain in the Park”

Syncopation, raised submediant (Fi) and dominant (Si), repeated melodic rhythm patterns/intervals, and changing time signatures.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Ed Haley (1862-1932) circa. 1880
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4 and 3/4
Form: through composed
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a ta | ta/a ta ta |
| ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta/a/a ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta/ ti ta | syncopation, | ta/a ta | ta (ta) ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Fi So Si La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So – raised/sharp subdominant (4, Fi), raised/sharp dominant (5, Si)
Intervals: advanced: So/Do\So (P4), La/Re (P4), So/Ti (M3), La\Si/La (m2), So8\Do (P5), Ti\So (M3), So/Do/Mi ascending tonic arpeggio (I, G), Mi\La (P5), Ti/So8 (m6), So8\Mi/So8 (m3), So\Fi/So (m2)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; changing time signatures: 4/4 to 3/4 to 4/4, pickup beat, vocal slur, toed notes, accidental: sharp, melodic rhythm patterns with repeated interval patterns, raised/sharp subdominant and dominate (Fi, Si), note: tempo seems to slow down in 3/4 time
Key Words: USA history, strolling, merry month of May, roguish eyes, moment, poor heat, stole, neatly, raised, polite, remark, lovely, afternoon, fountain in the park, courting song, character education
Recorder: advanced: playing in G major, introducing C#, D#, and F#, syncopation, tonic arpeggio, ascending minor sixth (F#/D8), time signature changes: 4/4 to 3/4 to 4/4

“The Fountain in the Park”
also known as
“While Strolling in the Park One Day”
While strolling through the park one day, All in the merry month of May, I roguish pair of eyes they took me by surprise In a moment my poor heart she stole away. Oh, a sunny smile was all she gave to me And of course we were as happy as can be. So neatly I raised my hat and made a polite remark, I never shall forget that lovely afternoon, When I met her at the fountain in the park.

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When the Saints Go Marching In NEW

"When the Saints Go Marching In" Lyrics, Text Format

Practicing the intervals of the tonic triad/arpeggio
while singing a strophic gospel arrangement.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional Gospel
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a/ ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ta | ta/a (ti) ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ti ta ti ti | syncopation, | ti ta/a/ ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: m3: So\Mi; M3: Do/Mi;
P5: So/Do; arpeggio: ascending tonic Do/Mi/So (I, G), descending tonic So\Mi\Do (I, G)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beats, tied notes, syncopation, tonic ascending and descending arpeggios; strophic: different verses sung to the same melody
Key Words: USA geography: New Orleans, Jazz, Dixieland, gospel hymn, sacred, saints, Lord, refuse, trumpet sound, bible stories, ‘that number’
Keyboard: intermediate: excellent five finger exercise for the right, left and two hands together, practicing the intervals of the tonic triad
Recorder: intermediate: playing in G Major, transitional tune after completion of the Beginning Recorder Songs

**“When the Saints Go Marching In”**

	1.	Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number, When the saints go marching in.
	2.	Oh, when the sun refuse to shine, Oh, when the sun refuse to shine, Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number, When the sun refuse to shine.
	3.	Oh, when I hear that trumpet sound, Oh, when I hear that trumpet sound, Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number, When I hear that trumpet sound.

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We Shall Not Be Moved

Raised/sharp tonic (F#, Di) and a lowered/flat leading tone (Eb, Te) with chromatic minor seconds, Ti\Te\La.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB – verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta/a ta/a |
| ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta (ti) ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
| (ti) ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a (ta/a) |
| ta ta ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Te Ti Do Di Re Mi Fa – raised/sharp tonic (F#, Di) lowered leading tone (Eb, Te – blue note)
Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi (M6), Re\Di/Re (m2), Re\So/Re (P5), Ti\Te\La (chromatic m2’s), Do\La (m3), La/Do (m3), Mi\Do/Mi (M3)
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rests: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, verse/refrain. syncopation, raised/sharp tonic (F#, Di), lowered/flat leading tone (Eb, Te – blue note), repeated melodic rhythm patterns
Key Words: USA history: secular union movement, labor rights; African American Spiritual: tune “I Shall Not Be Moved“, African American history: sacred, Civil Rights Movement; union, freedom, fighting, building, black and white together, young and old, heavy burden, God’s marching, church of God, deceive
Recorder: advanced: playing in F Major, introducing B flat, F sharp, and E flat, syncopation, blue note, repeated melodic rhythm patterns

**“We Shall Not Be Moved”**

		Secular Union Protest Version
	1.	The union is behind us, we shall not be moved, The union is behind us, we shall not be moved, Just like a tree that’s planted by the river, We shall not be moved.
		Refrain:
		We shall not be, we shall not be moved, We shall not be, we shall not be moved, Just like a tree that’s planted by the river, We shall not be moved.
	2.	We’re fighting for our freedom, we shall not be moved, We’re fighting for our freedom, we shall not be moved, Just like a tree that’s planted by the river, We shall not be moved.
		Refrain
	3.	We’re fighting for our children, we shall not be moved, We’re fighting for our children, we shall not be moved, Just like a tree that’s planted by the river, We shall not be moved.
		Refrain
	4.	We’re building a strong union, we shall not be moved, We’re building a strong union, we shall not be moved, Just like a tree that’s planted by the river, We shall not be moved.
		Refrain
	5.	Black and white together, we shall not be moved, Black and white together, we shall not be moved, Just like a tree that’s planted by the river, We shall not be moved.
		Refrain
	6.	Young and old together, we shall not be moved, Young and old together, we shall not be moved, Just like a tree that’s planted by the river, We shall not be moved.
		Refrain



		Sacred Version
	1.	When my burden’s heavy, we shall not be moved, When my burden’s heavy, we shall not be moved, Just like a tree that’s planted by the river, We shall not be moved.
		Refrain
	2.	The church of God is marching, we shall not be moved, The church of God is marching, we shall not be moved, Just like a tree that’s planted by the river, We shall not be moved.
		Refrain
	3.	Don’t let the world deceive you, we shall not be moved, Don’t let the world deceive you, we shall not be moved, Just like a tree that’s planted by the river, We shall not be moved.
		Refrain

	Encourage students to compose original verses!

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Weggis Song

Extended range, tonic octave skip and tonic arpeggios,
and an interval of a minor seventh (m7, Ti/La).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Switzerland – Folk Song
Key: E flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB – verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ta ta/a |
| ta ti ti ta ta | ta ti ti ta/a | ta/a ta/a | ta/a ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi So La Do – extended range
Intervals: advanced: So/Do (P4), Re\La/Re (P4), Re\Ti (m3), Ti/La8 (m7), So8\Ti (m6), Do/La8 (m6), Do/Mi\Do (M3), Do/Do8 ascending tonic octave skip, So8\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, Eb)
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; verse/refrain, two double barlines, melodic rhythm patterns, interval of a minor seventh (m7), tonic octave skip, tonic arpeggio
Key Words: world geography: Switzerland; Lucerne (city in north-central Switzerland), Weggis (municipality in the district of Lucerne); vocal yodel sounds (holdiridia, holdia,), girls, boys, climb, will
Recorder: intermediate: playing in F major, introducing high F, melodic rhythm patterns, tonic octave skip, tonic arpeggio

**“Weggis Song”**

	1.	From Lucerne to Weggis on, Holdiridia, holdia, Shoes and stocking we have none, Holdiridia, holdia.
		Refrain:
		Holdiridia, holdiridia, holdiria. Holdiridia, holdiridia, holdiria.
	2.	Weggis starts to highest hill, Holdiridia, holdia, Boys and girls climb with the will, Holdiridia, holdia.
		Refrain:
		Holdiridia, holdiridia, holdiria. Holdiridia, holdiridia, holdiria.
	3.	On the lake we all shall go, Holdiridia, holdia, See the pretty fish below. Holdiridia, holdia.
		Refrain:
		Holdiridia, holdiridia, holdiria. Holdiridia, holdiridia, holdiria.

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The Water Is Wide

Syncopation in cut time (2/2) with echoed melodic
rhythm patterns.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: England – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 2/2 (4/4)
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a_|_a ti ri ti ti | (_=tie) syncopation, | ta/a | (ti) ti ti ti | ta/a_|_a ti ti ti ri | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: So/Do (P4), Do\La (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, quarter, eighth; in cut time (2/2, includes beats and rhythm in 4/4), counting half notes, echo song, pick up beats, tied syncopation, vocal slur, repeated melodic rhythm patterns
Key Words: world geography: England; echo song, love ballad, love song, wings to fly, get o’er, boat, true love, meadows, gay, little thought, bush, sweetest, against, oak, trusty, prove false, planted, buds, blossoms, rose, pleasant smell, excel, bound, childish, break my heart, ship/sailing/sea, sink or swim, handsome, charming, groweth, morning dew; abbreviations: o’er (over) gath’ring (gathering), flow’rs (flowers), flow’r (flower), prick’d (pricked), lean’d (leaned)
Recorder: intermediate: introducing high F and G, excellent practice for the high register, tied syncopation, playing in cut time (counting half notes), repeated melodic rhythm patterns

**“The Water Is Wide”**

	1.	The water is wide, I cannot get o’er, And neither have I wings to fly. Oh go and get me some little boat To carry o’er my true love and I.

	2.	A-down in the meadows the other day A-gath’ring flow’rs both fine and gay A-gath’ring flowers, both red and blue, I little thought what love could do.

	3.	I put my hand into one soft bush, Thinking the sweetest flow’r to find. I prick’d my finger to the bone And left the sweetest flow’r alone.

	4.	I lean’d my back up against some oak, Thinking it was a trusty tree. But first he bended then he broke, So did my love prove false to me.

	5.	Where love is planted, O there it grows, It buds and blossoms like some rose; It has a sweet and pleasant smell, No flow’r on earth can it excel.

	6.	Must I be bound, O and she go free! Must I love one thing that does not love me! Why should I act such a childish part, And love a girl that will break my heart.

	7.	There is a ship sailing on the sea, She’s loaded deep as deep can be, But not so deep as in love I am; I care not if I sink or swim.

	8.	O love is handsome and love is fine, And love is charming when it is true; As it grows older it groweth colder And fades away like the morning dew.

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5th Grade