Dale, Dale, Dale -

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)
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So/Do8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I, C), Do8\La (m3), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, C), Re/So\Re (P4), Re/Se (diminished fourth, d4), Mi/La (P4), Ti\So (M3), So/Do8 (P4)
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.

Additional Formats (click to enlarge)

music

beats

rhythm

pitch numbers

Click to Enlarge: "Dale, Dale, Dale," "Piñata Song" Pitch Number Format

solfeggio

letter names