Pizza, Pizza, Daddy-O -

Mastering the beginning Orff interval So\Mi.
Centered around the 3rd (Mi) before arriving
at the tonic (Do) on the last pitch.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA – African American Singing Game
Key: D Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABbbbb
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
| ta ti ta ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti-ti-ti ta ta | triplet,
| ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta ta | ti (ti) ta ta ta |
Pitches: beginners: Mi So La Do
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/La, Mi/So, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, eighth triplet; rest: quarter, eighth; triplet, tied notes, syncopation
Key Words: African American History Month, playground songs, jump-rope song, boyfriend, pizza, rope, twist; abbreviation: ’cause (because); hyphenated: daddy-o

**“Pizza, Pizza, Daddy-O”**
Annie has a boyfriend, Pizza, pizza, daddy-o, How do you know it? Pizza, pizza, daddy-o, ‘Cause she told me, Pizza, pizza, daddy-o, Let’s rope it! Rope it, rope it, daddy-o, Let’s twist it! Twist it, twist it, daddy-o Let’s end it! End it, end it, daddy-o.

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