Introducing the thirty-second note, three (3) flags/beams with advanced syncopation, a tonic arpeggio and a dominate octave skip.
Description
Grade: Third
Origin: Ireland – Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABA – cumulative song
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |
| ti ti ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti ti ri ti ti ri | syncopation
Hi! Ho! The rattlin’ bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
Hi! Ho! The rattlin’ bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
1.
Now in the bog there was a tree,
a rare tree, a rattlin’ tree;
The tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
Refrain
2.
Now on this tree there was a limb,
a rare limb, a rattlin’ limb;
The limb on the tree
and the the tree in the bog
and the bog down in the valley-o.
Refrain
3.
Now on the limb there was a branch,
a rare branch, a rattlin’ branch;
The branch on the limb
and the limb on the tree
and the the tree in the bog
and the bog down in the valley-o.
Refrain
4.
Now on the branch there was a nest,
a rare nest, a rattlin’ nest;
The nest on the branch,
and the branch on the limb,
and the limb on the tree
and the the tree in the bog
and the bog down in the valley-o.
Refrain
5.
Now in the nest there was an egg,
a rare egg, a rattlin’ egg;
The egg in the nest,
and nest on the branch,
and the branch on the limb,
and the limb on the tree
and the the tree in the bog
and the bog down in the valley-o.
Refrain
6.
Now in the egg there was a bird,
a rare bird, a rattlin’ bird;
The bird in the egg
and egg in the nest,
and nest on the branch,
and the branch on the limb,
and the limb on the tree
and the the tree in the bog
and the bog down in the valley-o.
Counting beat divisions in 2/2 (cut) time, singing in
three parts, and introducing the coda.
Description
Grade: Fourth
Origin: England – Old Round
Key: F minor – pitched in A major
Time: 2/2, also counted in 4/4
Form: ABCa
Rhythm : 2/2 – advanced*: although the rhythm is identical to 4/4, counting the beat divisions in 2/2 is more challenging to comprehend;
4/4 – intermediate: | ta (ta) ta (ta) | ta ti ti ta (ta) |
| ta ta ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta (ta) | ta/ ti ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Mi So La Ti Do Re Mi
Intervals: intermediate: La\Mi, Mi\La, Ti/Mi
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth; rest: quarter; minor tonality where La is the tonal center, syncopation, repeat sign, three part round (coda is sung together), singing in parts, four part round, coda, fermata, cut time
Key Words: world geography, England, minor key, three part round with coda, three part round, nobody, meat, drink, nor, none, yet, merry
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; tied notes (tie = plus sign (+) in math), vocal slur, 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 time
Key Words: world geography: England; cat, fiddle, cow, jumped, moon, dog, sport, dish, ran spoon, laughed
“Hey Diddle Diddle”
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon:
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Syncopation on the last quarter of the first and second beat
(ee of 1, ee of two), advanced intervals, extended range, and mastering the intervals of the tonic chord; ascending
and descending tonic arpeggios in voice and recorder.
Description
Grade: Fourth
Origin: Denmark – Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: staves: ABABCB – song: AAB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
| ti ti ti ti ta/a | ta ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ta ti/ ri ti ti ta | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ti ti ti ta |
syncopation
Pitches: advanced: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi- extending the vocal range
Key Words: world geography, Denmark, seasons, fall, autumn, farming, farm harvest, harvesting grain, rye, wheat, hay; fall festivals, fall harvest, meadows, cradled, stacked, barn, fruit tree harvest, harvesting fruit trees, shaken, gathered, homeward, wend, gladness, throughout, land, merrily, bind, harvest wreath; abbreviation: ev’ry (every)
Recorder: advanced: mastering intervals of the tonic chord, ascending and descending tonic arpeggios
“Harvest Song”
Out in the meadows the grain has been cradled,
Rye and wheat are stacked and hay will soon be in the barn.
Trees have been shaken and fruit has been gathered,
Homeward now we wend our way upon the final load.
Gladness on ev’ry hand,
Games and dance throughout the land;
Singing merrily we bind the happy harvest wreath.
*Boatner, Edward (1927). Spirituals Triumphant, Old and New. Sunday School Publishing Board, National Baptist Convention.
“He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”
1.
He’s got the whole world in His hands,
He’s got the whole wide world in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.
2.
He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands,
He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands,
He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.
3.
He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands,
He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands,
He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands,
4.
He’s got the little bitty baby in His Hands,
He’s got the little bitty baby in His Hands,
He’s got the little bitty baby in His Hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.
5.
He’s got you and me Brother in His hands,
He’s got you and me Brother in His hands,
He’s got you and me Brother in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.
6.
He’s got everybody here in His hands,
He’s got everybody here in His hands,
He’s got everybody here in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.
