Introducing uncommon intervals: Re/La, Fa\Ti and a
musical refrain which echoes the verse.
Description
- Grade: Third
- Origin: Germany – Folk Tune
- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: staves: AaAa – song: AA
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta ta ti ti |
| ta (ta) ti ti | - Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals:intermediate: So\Mi, Fa\Re, Re/La, Fa\T, Do/Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, verse/refrain, vocal slur
- Key Words: world geography, Germany, earth science, seasons, autumn, fall, leaves, fluttering, falling, tree tops, ground, trumpet, whirling, around, tired, huddled, heap, asleep; contraction: they’re (they are)
1. | Autumn leaves are now falling; Red and yellow and brown; Autumn leaves are now falling, See them fluttering down. |
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Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, Tra, la, la, la, la, la, Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, Tra, la, la, la, la, la. |
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Autumn leaves from the tree tops Flutter down to the ground, When the wind blows his trumpet, They go whirling around. |
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3. | Autumn leaves they’re tired, In a soft huddled heap, At the foot of the old tree, Soon will fall fast asleep. |
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