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An ascending m6 (So/Mi), descending M6 (Fa\La, and
descending dominate arpeggio (Ri\Ti\So – Eb Major)
Description
- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: music: George Fredrick Root (1820-1895)
words: Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby (1920-1915) - Key: A flat Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AABb
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a |
| ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta/a/a ta | ta/a/a (ta) |
| ta ta ta/a | ta ta ta ti ti | - Pitches: beginners: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
- Intervals: intermediate: m3: La/Do, m6: So/Mi,
P4: Do\So, Do/Fa, So/Do, P5: So/Re, M6: Fa\La,
Re\Ti\So descending dominate arpeggio (EbM – V),
So/Do/Mi ascending tonic arpeggio - Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, vocal slur
- Key Words: Art Song, infant, morn, nigh, faint, blush, laughing, ecstatic, profound, thrill, enchanted, noontide, sultry, reflects, mountain, stream. beneath, aching, twilight, gentle, breast, pensive, celestial, angels; possessives: harp’s, its, noontide’s, sorrow’s, twilight’s, evening’s
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There’s music in the air, When the infant morn is nigh, And faint its blush is seen On the bright and laughing sky. Many a harp’s ecstatic sound, With its thrill of joy profound, While we list, enchanted there, To the music in the air. |
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There’s music in the air, When the noontide’s sultry beam Reflects a golden light On the distant mountain stream. When beneath some grateful shade, Sorrow’s aching head is laid, Sweetly to the spirit there Comes the music in the air. |
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| 3. | There’s music in the air, When the twilight’s gently sigh Is lost on evening’s breast, As its pensive beauties die. Then, oh, then the loved ones gone Wake the pure celestial song, Angel voices greet us there, In the music in the air. |
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