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Syncopation on the second half of the second and fourth beat and introducing the raised/sharped fourth (Fi).
Description
- Grade: Third
- Origin: Wales, United Kingdom – Welsh Carol
- Key: C Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: rhythm: AABA – pitches: AABa
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta/a | ti ti ta ti ti ta | - Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa Fi So La Ti Do – sharped fourth (Fi)
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Fa\Re, So\Re, Mi/Fi sharped 4th – melody moves primarily by steps
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; syncopation, raised fourth (Fi), sharp
- Key Words: holiday, seasonal, Christmas, December, New Year’s, carol, world geography, Untied Kingdom, Wales, Welsh, old carol, deck, hall, holly, boughs, season, jolly, gay apparel, ancient, yuletide, blazing, Yule, Yule Log, strike, harp, chorus, merry, measure, yuletide, treasure, passes, hail, lads, lasses, joyous, together, heedless, weather, caroling
| 1. | Deck the hall with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la, ‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la, Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la la la la, la la la, Troll the ancient yuletide carol, Fa la la la la, la la la la. |
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See the blazing Yule before us. Fa la la la la, la la la la, Strike the harp and join the chorus. Fa la la la la, la la la la, Follow me in merry measure. Fa la la la la la, la la la, While I tell of Yuletide treasure. Fa la la la la, la la la la. |
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| 3. | Fast away the old year passes. Fa la la la la, la la la la, Hail the new ye lads and lasses Fa la la la la, la la la la, Sing we joyous all together. Fa la la la la la, la la la, Heedless of the wind and weather. Fa la la la la, la la la la. |
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