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Developing breath control for six measure phrases while singing a full ascending tonic arpeggio, and a subdominant arpeggio;
arpeggios suggest chord progressions.
Description
- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA – Folk Ballad
- Key: D Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: rhythm: ABAb – pitches: ABaC – song AB
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta ta/a_|_a/a ta |
| ta/a/a_|_a/a ta | ta/a ti ti | (_=tie) - Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So/Do8 ascending tonic (I) arpeggio D, Do\La\Fa descending subdominant (IV) arpeggio G, So\Do (P5), So\Re (P4)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, first and third staves end on the leading tone for the phrase ending pitch, distinguishing between a M3 Do\La and a m3 So\Re, tonic and subdominant arpeggios, song chord progression: I-IV-I-V7-I, six measure phrases
- Key Words: USA history, mountain song, mountain ballad, snow covered, true love, courtin’ (courting), pleasure, partin’ (parting), false-hearted, worse, thief, rob, crave, lead, grave, decay, dust, boy, hundred, poor girl, trust, hug, kiss, lies, cross-ties, railroad, stars, sky
| 1. | On top of Old Smoky All covered with snow, I lost my true lover, For a courtin’ too slow. |
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For courtin’s a pleasure, But partin’ is grief, And a false-hearted lover, Is worse than a thief. |
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| 3. | A thief will just rob you, And take what you crave But a false-hearted lover, Will lead you to your grave. |
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| 4. | The grave will decay you, And turn you to dust, Not one boy in a hundred A poor girl can trust. |
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| 5. | They’ll hug you and kiss you, And tell you more lies, Than crossties on a railroad, Or stars in the sky. |
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