Humpty Dumpty -

Teaching the dotted quarter note and syncopation in 6/8 time,
while singing two perfect fourths (P4) Do/Fa and Mi/La.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme
Key: G Major
Time: 6/8
Form: AABB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ta/ | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, Mi/La, Do/Fa, Fa\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighths; 6/8 time: counting eighth notes, eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8
Key Words: world geography: England; rhyming words: wall/fall, King’s men/again; horses, together; contraction: couldn’t (could not); possessive: King’s