I Jing-a-ling -

Advanced syncopation sung and played,
with a raised/sharp tonic (Di).

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA, Georgia – Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: advanced: | ti/ ri ta | syncopation,
| ti ri ti ri ti ti | ti ti ti ti | ti ri (ri) ri ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Di Re Mi – raised/sharp tonic (Di)
Intervals: intermediate: Do\La, So/Re, Re\Di/Re (m2), Mi\Do, So/Do, Do/Mi
Musical Elements: notes: dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: sixteenth; pickup beat, syncopation, raised tonic (Di), melodic rhythm patterns, moving/playing syncopated rhythms; note: excellent for reviewing common rhythm instruments: how they are played and the sounds they make
Key Words: USA geography: Georgia; drumming, snapping, and shaking rhythm instruments

**“I Jing-a-ling”**

	1.	I jing-a-ling, jing-a-ling-a-ling, I jing-a-ling, jing, jing, jing, I jing-a-ling, jing-a-ling-a-ling, I jing-a-ling, jing, jing-a-ling.

	2.	I drum along, boom-tee-boom-tee-boom, I drum along, boom, boom, boom, I drum along, boom-tee-boom-tee-boom, I drum along, boom, boom-tee-boom.

	3.	I snap along, snap-a-snap-a-snap, I snap along, snap, snap, snap, I snap along, snap-a-snap-a-snap, I snap along, snap, snap-a-snap.

	4.	I shake along, shake-a-lake-a-lake, I shake along, shake, shake, shake, I shake along, shake-a-lake-a-lake, I shake along, shake, shake-a-lake.

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