Six Little Ducks -

Practicing the ascending and descending major 6th Mi\So/Mi,
changing rhythms for second verse syllables.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA, Maryland – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCDD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
| ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
| ti ti ti ti ta/a | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ta ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\So/Mi (M6), Re\So/Re, Do/Mi, Re/So8, Mi\Do, Do/So8
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; changing rhythms for verse syllables, verse/refrain
Key Words: USA geography, Maryland; ducks, fat, skinny, fair, feather, ruled, animal science, duck sounds: quack

**“Six Little Ducks”**

	1.	Six little ducks that I once knew, Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too,
		Refrain:
		But the one little duck with the feather in his back, He ruled the others with a quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. He ruled the others with a quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.
	2.	Down to the river they would go, Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble to and fro,
		Refrain:
		But the one little duck with the feather in his back, He ruled the others with a quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. He ruled the others with a quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.

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