Syncopation in 6/8 time: mastering ta ti ta ti, feeling
duple meter in triple meter time, and experiencing
what is also a triplet in dotted quarter time.
Description
- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: England – Game Song
- Key: G Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: ABCB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation
(x10) feeling of double meter (dotted quarter) in 6/8 time, | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation (feeling of triplets in 6/8), | ta/a (ti) ti | syncopation - Pitches: beginners: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
- Intervals: beginners: So/Do\So (P4), Mi\Do/Mi (M3), Fa\Re (m3)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, feeling duple meter in triple meter time (2 groups of 3 eighths),rhythmic phrases stepping up the staff/scale
- Key Words: world geography: England; game song, circle song, running a business, horse, grab, rig, world, dance a jig, whatever