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There’s a Little Wheel a Turnin’

"There's a Little Wheel a Turnin'," Lyrics, Text Format

Advanced syncopation, extended pentatonic scale, and,
an ascending tonic octave skip.

 

Description

  • Grade: Third
  • Origin: USA – African American Folk Song
  • Key: E Major 
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: rhythm: AABA – pitches:ABCB
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ri ta ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
    | ta (ta) (ta) ti ti | ta/ ti ta ti ti | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: La Do Re Mi So La Do – extended pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, La8\Do, Mi\Do, Do\La/Do, Do/So, So/Do8, Do\Do descending tonic octave skip, Re/So, So\Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, syncopation, extended pentatonic scale, tonic octave skip, repeated melodic rhythm patterns 
  • Key Words: USA history, African American History, character education: positive attitude, song singing, dancing, frog leaping, rising, wheel turning, heart, frog, sun rising, world; abbreviations: turnin’ (turning), singing’ (singing), leapin’ (leaping), risin’ (rising)
  • Recorder: advanced: playing in F Major, introducing G above high C, advanced syncopation, practicing the higher register, tonic octave skip, melodic rhythm patterns


“There’s a Little Wheel a Turnin'” 
1.
 There’s a little wheel a-turnin’ in my heart.
There’s a little wheel a-turnin’ in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
There’s a little wheel a-turnin’ in my heart.
2.
 There’s a little song a-singin’ in my heart.
There’s a little song a-singin’ in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
There’s a little song a-singin’ in my heart.
3. There’s a little frog a-leapin’ in my heart.
There’s a little frog a-leapin’ in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
There’s a little frog a-leapin’ in my heart.
4. I see the sun a-risin’ in my heart.
I see the sun a-risin’ in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
I see the sun a-risin’ in my heart.
5. We’re dancing round the world in my heart.
We’re dancing round the world in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart,
We’re dancing round the world in my heart.
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