Three Blind Mice -

Intermediate four part round with 6/8 syncopation,
multiple repeated signs, repeated melodic rhythm patterns,
and mastering the perfect fourth (P4) Do\So/Do.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: England – Traditional Round
Key: D Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCccA
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ta/ | ta/a (ti) (ti) |
| ta/ ti (ti) ti | syncopation, | ta/ (ta) ti | syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi/So, So/Do8,
Do8\So
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; four part round, singing in parts, two repeated phrases (repeat signs), first and second endings, syncopation in 6/8, 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter
Key Words: world geography: England; carving knife, such a sight; possessive: farmer’s wife
Recorder: intermediate: grades 3,4,5 – 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter

**“Three Blind Mice”**
Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run, see how they run. They all ran after the farmer’s wife. She cut off their tails with the carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three blind mice?

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