Mastering the beginning Orff interval So\Mi.
Centered around the 3rd (Mi) before arriving
at the tonic (Do) on the last pitch.
Description
Grade: Second
Origin: USA – African American Singing Game
Key: D Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABbbbb
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
| ta ti ta ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti-ti-ti ta ta | triplet,
| ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta ta | ti (ti) ta ta ta |
Recorder: advanced: introducing B flat, tempo:Vivace/lively and fast (132–140 BPM)
“The Galway Piper” also known as
“Piping Tim”
1.
Ev’ry person in the nation,
Or of great or humble station,
Holds in highest estimation,
Piping Tim of Galway;
Loudly he can play or low,
He can move you fast or slow,
Touch you hearts or stir your toe,
Piping Tim of Galway.
2.
When the wedding bells are ringing,
His the breath to lead the singing,
Then in jigs the folks so swinging,
What a splendid piper!
He will blow from eve till morn,
Counting sleep a thing of scorn,
Old is he, but not outworn,
Know you such a piper?
3.
When he walks the highway pealing
Round his head the birds come wheeling
Tim has carols worth the stealing,
Piping Tim of Galway.
Thrush and Linnet, Finch and Lark
To each other twitter, “Hark!”
Soon they sing from light till dark,
Piping Tim of Galway.
Time signature change: 4/4 to 2/4 to 4/4, tonic arpeggios, three perfect fourths (P4), and a diminished fourth (d4).
Description
Grade: Fifth
Origin: Mexico – Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4 – 2/4 – 4/4, two time changes
Form: phrases: AaBBbB – song AB
Rhythm: intermediate: 4/4: | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a/ (ti) | 2/4: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta |
| ta/a | 4/4: | ta/a/ (ti) (ta) (pickup beat) |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Se So La Ti Do – lowered/flat dominate (5, Se)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, time signature change (feels like a tempo increase), lowered/flat dominate (Se, G flat)
Key Words: world geography: Mexico; Piñata Song, party song, dale, pierdas, porque, camino, diste, una, dos, tres, tiempo, acabó, lose, aim, path, once, twice, three, times, finished; contraction: don’t (do not), birthday song, Cinco de Mayo celebration song, fiesta song
Recorder: advanced: introducing G flat
“Dale, Dale, Dale” “The Piñata Song”
Spanish:
Dale, dale, dale,
No pierdas el tino;
Porque si lo pierdes
Pierdes el camino.Ya le diste una,
Ya le diste dos;
Ya le diste tres,
y tu tiempo se acabó.
English:
Go, go, go,
Don’t lose your aim;
Because if you lose it
You will lose the path.You hit it once
You hit it twice
You hit it three times
And your time is finished.
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine days old.
Advanced syncopation, limited range, two intervals, and exploring variations in phrases between the verse and refrain.
Description
Grade: Fourth
Origin: USA – African American Work Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB – verse/refrain
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
| (ta) ta ta ta | ti ta ta/ (ti) ti | syncopation,
| ti ta ta/a/ | syncopation, | ta/ ta/ ta | syncopation
| ta/ ta/a/ | syncopation, | (ta) ta ta ta | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi (m3), Mi/La (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, two double barlines, call/response, verse/refrain, syncopation on the second half of the first, second, and fourth beats (& of 1, & of 2, & of 4), repeated syncopated entrances on the second beat, and syncopated rhythmic divisions of half beats into groups of 3-3-2
NOTE: refrain is composed of the calls and responses:
measures 10-11 are syncopated variations of measures 2-3,
measures 12-13 changes one pitch from measures 4-5,
measures 14-17 mirror measures 6-9omitting one beat/pitch
Key Words: USA history, African American history, Georgia Sea Islands, slave ships, slave trade, thought, captain, sailing day, boat, dock bar, boat dock, knocked, end of a spar (thick, strong pole), pay, money down
“Pay Me My Money Down”
1.
Call
I thought I heard the captain say,
Responce
“Pay me my money down,”
Call
Tomorrow is our sailing day,
Responce
“Pay me my money down,”
Refrain:
“Pay me, oh, pay me,
Pay me my money down,
Pay me or go to jail,
Pay me my money down,”
2.
Call
As soon as the boat was clear of the bar,
Responce
“Pay me my money down,”
Call
He knocked me down with the end of a spar.
Responce
“Pay me my money down,”
Refrain:
“Pay me, oh, pay me,
Pay me my money down,
Pay me or go to jail,
Pay me my money down,”
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, eighth triplet, sixteenth; triple meter in duple time, tonic/dominate chord transitions, the sixth (La) represents the 7th of V7 (last staff)
Key Words: pawpaw (fruit from southern United States), yonder (being at a distance within view or at a place or in a direction known or indicated), patch, basket; contractions: let’s (let us), put’n’em (putting them); abbreviations: pickin’ (picking)
Keyboard: advanced: left hand: add tonic (I) and dominate (V) root or chord – beginning of each measure or as a steady beat; right hand: tonic (I) and dominate (V) arpeggios
“The Pawpaw Patch”
1.
Where, oh where is dear little Mary?
Where, oh where is dear little Mary?
Where, oh where is dear little Mary?
Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch.
2.
Come on boys, and let’s go find her,
Come on boys, and let’s go find her,
Come on boys, and let’s go find her,
Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch.
3.
Pickin’ up pawpaws put’n’em in the basket,
Pickin’ up pawpaws put’n’em in the basket,
Pickin’ up pawpaws put’n’em in the basket,
Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch.
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rests: none; minor tonality, the 6th/La of the relative major D-Major is the tonal center, repeated melodic and rhythm patterns, raised dominate (5th-Si)
Key Words: World Geography: France; French Carol, Bernard de La Monnoye, Christmas Carol, Bible Story, sacred, flute, drum, tune, King of Kings, God, Christmas day, praise, onomatopoeia: the sound of a drum; pat-a-pan
“Pat-A-Pan”
1.
Willie take your little drum;
Robin bring your flute and come.
When you hear the tune you play.
Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan,
When you hear the tune you play
On the joyful holiday.
2.
When the man of olden days,
Gave the King of Kings their praise,
They had pipes on which to play,
Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan,
They had pipes on which to play
Full of joy on Christmas day.
3.
God and man this day become
Joined as one with flute and drum,
Let the happy tune play on,
Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan,
Flute and drum together play
As we sing on Christmas day.
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, eighth, sixteenth; 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: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter
Southern USA Blues with advanced syncopation
and a limited range; excellent practice
for the recorder’s lower register.
Description
Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional Southern Blues Folk Song*
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ti ti ri ti/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/a (ta) ti ti | ta/a (ta) ri ti/ | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ri ta/ ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti/ ti ti |
syncopation, | (ti) ti ti ti ti ri ti/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/a/a (ti) ti | ta/a (ta) (ti) ti | ta/a (ta) ti ti |
| ti ti ti ti ti ti ri ti/ | syncopation, | ti ri ti ri ti/ ta ti ti |
syncopation, | ta ta ta ti ti |
Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi – pentatonic scale
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation on the second quarter of the beat (ee), D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, refrain/verse/refrain
Key Words: USA history, music styles: blues/country; camp song, scout song, character education, friendship, caring for others, empathy, camp song, pallet, dissatisfied, account, nearly, someday, friend, home; contraction; it’ll (it will), don’t (do not); abbreviation: ’cause (because)
Recorder:intermediate: beginners pitches with advanced syncopation, practicing the lower register with a quick tempo
* W. C. Handy used a variation of this tune for his song “Atlanta Blues.”
“Pallet on the Floor”
also known as
“Make Me a Pallet on the Floor”
Refrain
You made me a pallet on the floor,
Yes, you made me a pallet on the floor,
When I had no place to go,
You opened up the door, and you,
Made me a pallet on the floor.
1.
Oh, I was sad and so dissatisfied,
Yes, I was sad and so dissatisfied,
I was sad and dissatisfied,
That I nearly cried, then you,
Made me a pallet on the floor.
Refrain
2.
I don’t want to see this town no more.
No, I don’t want to see this town no more.
But if I ever do,
It’ll be on account of you, ’cause you,
Made me a pallet on your floor.
Refrain
3.
So don’t turn a good friend from your home.
No, don’t turn a good friend from your home,
For maybe someday you’ll find,
That you will roam, and be,
Looking for a pallet on the floor.
