Adding the sixth, La, to the beginning Orff interval So\Mi.
Description
- Grade: First Grade
- Origin: Zarian Folk Song
- Key: A Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABABaBaBcBcB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ta ti | ta/a |
| ti ti ta | ti ri ti ri ti ti | - Pitches: beginners: Mi So La, structured around the fifth pitch (So) of the major scale
- Intervals: beginners: La\Mi, Mi/La, So\Mi, Mi/So
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; syncopation, multiple repeats, call and response
- Key Words: hoe, garden, farming, jugs, pound, yellow, corn, mush, stir, eat, gather, campfire, pots, cooking
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First we go to hoe our garden, | ||||
Ya, ya, ya, ya. | ||||
Next we carry jugs of water, | ||||
Ya, ya, ya, ya. | ||||
Then we pound the yellow corn, | ||||
Ya, ya, ya, ya. | ||||
Then we stir our pots of mash, | ||||
Ya, ya, ya, ya. | ||||
Now we eat, come gather ’round the campfire, | ||||
Ya, ya, ya, ya. | ||||
Now we eat, come gather ’round the campfire, | ||||
Ya, ya, ya, ya. | ||||