Riding in the Buggy -

Dotted quarters and eighths will challenge your best readers.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA – South Carolina Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AB
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ri ti ri ti ri ti | ti/ ri ti ti |
syncopation, | ta/ ri ti (ti) | ti/ ri ti ti ri | ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/ (ti) | ta (ta) |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So La Do – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, Do\La, La\Mi, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth, syncopation
Key Words: USA geography, South Carolina, buggy, ridding, morn, darling

**“Riding in the Buggy”**
Ridding in the buggy, Miss Mary Jane, Miss Mary Jane, Miss Mary Jane, Ridding in the buggy, Miss Mary Jane, I’m a long ways from home. Who morns for me? Who morns for me? Who morns for me, my darling, Who morns for me?

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