Intermediate syncopation, limited range, and uncommon arpeggios: I6(F6), vii (Ed -diminished).
Description
- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: Mexico – Folk Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: through composed
- Rhythm: intermediate: | (ti) ti ri ti ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti (ta) | ti ti ri ti ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ri ti ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti | ta (ta) | - Pitches: beginners: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
- Intervals: advanced: Mi\Do (M3), Re\Ti (m3), Ti/Re/Fa ascending arpeggio (vii, Ed – diminished), Do\La (m3), La/Re (P4), Mi\Do\La\So descending arpeggio (I6, F6), Ti\So (M3)
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, eighth; repeat signs, first and second endings, syncopation, tonic arpeggio w/sixth, vii arpeggio (diminished)
- Key Words: world geography: Veracruz, Mexico; popular song from the 1958, Ritchie Valens, Cinco de Mayo