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"Ifca's Castle," Lyrics, Text Format


Contrasting straight and dotted syncopation, expanding the vocal range while singing in parts, and practicing the intervals
of the tonic chord/arpeggio in voice and on xylophones.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fourth
  • Origin: Czech Republic – Folk Song
  • Key: E flat Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: rhythm: AABB – phrases/song: AB
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta/ ti | dotted syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta | straight syncopation
  • Pitches: advanced: So Do Re Mi Fa So Do
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi\Do, So8/Do8\So8, Mi/So\Mi, Do\So – all intervals of the tonic chord/arpeggio, E flat Major (Bb-Eb-G-Bb-Eb), or I (one)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, four part round, singing in parts, verse/refrain, recognizing the intervals associated with the I chord
  • Key Words: world geography: Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia – now the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic), plain, gold, green, young, plainly, swiftly, flowing, river, lifted, head, spires, instead, pleasure, grand, castle, deep, shade
  • Xylophones: intermediate: Letter Names Format is presented in G Major; practicing tonic chord intervals

Same song as “Above the Plain,” fifth grade, two parts.

“Ifca’s Castle” 

1. Above the plain of gold and green,
A young boy’s head is plainly seen;
Refrain
A huya, huya, huyaya,
Swiftly flowing river;
A huya, huya, huyaya,
Swiftly flowing river.
2.
But no, ’tis not his lifted head,
‘Tis Ifca’s castle spires instead.
Refrain
3. For our pleasure it was made
This grand old castle deep in shade.
Refrain
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"Ifca's Castle," Music Format
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