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Intermediate syncopation, submediant arpeggio (vi, Em),
and a minor quality to a major tonality.
Description
- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: USA – Sea Chanty. circa. 1880’s
- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: through composed
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta/ ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ta/ (ta) ti ti | syncopation,
| ta/a/ ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ta/ (ta) ti ti |
syncopation, | ta/a/a/ ti | syncopation, | ti ta/a/ ta | syncopation - Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), So8/Do8(P4), So\Mi/So (m3), La\Mi (P4), Mi\Do (m3), Do/Mi/La ascending submediant arpeggio (vi, Em) So\Do (P5)
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest (quarter); pickup beat, tied notes, vocal slur, note: the prominent use of minor thirds, perfect fourths, and a minor arpeggio, give the tune a minor (sad) quality
- Key Words: USA history, USA geography: Missouri, Missouri River; sea chanty, rolling river, bound away, daughter, rover, deceive; contractions: we’re (we are), I’ll (I will); abbreviation: ‘cross (across)
- Recorder: intermediate: syncopation, ascending submediant arpeggio (vi, Em)
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Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you. Away, you rolling river. Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you. Away, we’re bound away. ‘Cross the wide Missouri. |
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Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter. Away, you rolling river. Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter. Away, we’re bound away. ‘Cross the wide Missouri. |
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| 3. | ‘Tis seven years, I’ve been a rover. Away, you rolling river. ‘Tis seven years, I’ve been a rover. Away, we’re bound away. ‘Cross the wide Missouri. |
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| 4. | Oh, Shenandoah, I’ll not deceive you. Away, you rolling river. Oh, Shenandoah, I’ll not deceive you. Away, we’re bound away. ‘Cross the wide Missouri. |
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