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Two alternating pitch patterns, uncommon intervals, syncopated rhythms, and sounds added to each refrain will strengthen
literacy and memory skills with great fun!
Description
- Grade: Third
- Origin: Austrian – Yodeling Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: verse: AA – refrain: AaAa’ – song: AB verse/refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta | ti ti ta ti ti |
| ta (ta) ti ti | ta (ti) ti ti ti | ti/ ri ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ti ta | syncopation - Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: advanced: Do\So/Do, Re/Fa, Re\La, Do/Mi, Do/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Ti/So, Fa\Ti – two alternating pitch patterns: Do/So\Mi\Do, Ti/So\Fa\Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beats, multiple fermatas, syncopation, alternating pitch patterns
- Key Words: world geography, Austria, Austrian, natural science, avalanche, mountain, hiking, mountain hiking, interrupting, yodeling, Saint Bernard, rescue dog, Guernsey Cow, Martian; yodel imitation: yodelayheehoo, yodelayheehee
| Sounds are made for each interruption of the yodeler’s cry. Each sound is added to the preceding refrain. |
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| 1. | Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high. When along came an avalanche, interrupting his cry. |
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| Refrain: |
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| Yo-lay-dee, yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (shh-shh) Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (shh-shh) Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (shh-shh) Yodelayheehee Ohlay. |
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Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high. When along came a Saint Bernard, interrupting his cry. |
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| Refrain: | |||
| Yo-lay-dee, yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (pant-pant, shh-shh) Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (pant-pant, shh-shh) Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (pant-pant, shh-shh) Yodelayheehee Ohlay. |
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| 3. | Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high. When along came a Guernsey cow, interrupting his cry. |
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| Refrain: | |||
| Yo-lay-dee, yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh) Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh) Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh) Yodelayheehee Ohlay. |
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| 4. | Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high. When along came a Martian, interrupting his cry. |
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| Refrain: | |||
| Yo-lay-dee, yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (beep-beep, moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh) Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (beep-beep, moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh) Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo. (beep-beep, moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh) Yodelayheehee Ohlay. |
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