Contrasting syncopation on the second beat, with straight eights.
Description
- Grade: Second
- Origin: USA – African American Folk Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ti ta/ | syncopation, | ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti | ta/a | - Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Do, Mi\Do, Do/Mi, Mi\Do\La\So descending minor 6th w/7th arpeggio
(Dm 7), So/Do - Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; D minor seventh, Dm 7 arpeggio, moving to a syncopated second beat, contrasting syncopation with straight eights
- Key Words: play song, party song, African American playground song, brickyard, remember, step it, shake it, clap it; abbreviations: ’round (a round), goin’ (going)
1. | All ’round the brickyard, remember me. I’m goin’ to step it, step it, step it, and a remember me. |
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All ’round the brickyard, remember me. I’m goin’ to shake it, shake it, shake it, and a remember me. |
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3. | All ’round the brickyard, remember me. I’m goin’ to clap it, clap it, clap it, and a remember me. |
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