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Introducing the major sixth (So/Mi), the minor sixth (So\Ti),
and the ascending tonic arpeggio (Do/Mi/So).
Description
- Grade: First
- Origin: USA – Singing Game
- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ti ti ta ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a ti ti |
syncopation, | ta/a ta | - Pitches: beginners: So Ti Do Re Mi So
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi (M6), Mi\Do/Mi, Do/So, So\Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So\Ti (m6)
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tonic arpeggio, intervals of a major and minor sixth
- Key Words: USA, singing game, things that move this way and that: traffic light, tumbleweed, trumpeter, hummingbird, sailing ship, waving flag, swinging gate, marching band, carpenter
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When I was a traffic light, And a traffic light was I, Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way, And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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When I was a tumbleweed, And a tumbleweed was I, Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way, And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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| 3. | When I was a trumpeter, And a trumpeter was I, Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way, And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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| 4. | When I was a hummingbird, And a hummingbird was I, Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way, And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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| 5. | When I was a sailing ship, And a sailing ship was I, Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way, And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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| 6. | When I was a waving flag, And a waving flag was I, Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way, And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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| 7. | When I was a swinging gate, And a swinging gate was I, Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way, And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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| 8. | When I was a marching band, And a marching band was I, Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way, And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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| 9. | When I was a carpenter, And a carpenter was I, Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way, And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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