Excellent for reviewing notes and their values, alone or tied.
Introducing a Calypso syncopated rhythm.
Description
- Grade: First
- Origin: West Indian Calypso
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABab
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a ta/a | ta/a ta ta |
| ta ti ti-a/a | ta/a/a/a | – syncopation - Pitches: beginners: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Do, Re/Fa, Fa\Ti, Ti/Re, Do/Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; tied notes, calypso rhythms, syncopation
- Key Words: geography, tongue twister, calypso, Caribbean, seashore, shifting, children, band, sand