“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Fair Days and Stormy
Fair Days and Stormy
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Introducing the ascending and descending tonic octave skip.
Description
- Grade: First
- Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
- Key: D Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: AaBB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ta ti |
| ti ti ti ta/ | ta/ ti ti ti | ta/_a (ti) | ta/_a ti | - Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: advanced: La/Do\La, So\Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re\Ti, Do/Do (ascending dominate octave leap), Do\Do (descending dominate octave leap)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth, repeat signs, tied notes, multiple endings, tempo: allegro moderato/moderately fast (98-120 BPM)
- Key Words: playing a train, railroad, train sounds: whoo-woo, choo-choo, clickety clack; wheels, track, all aboard, rattle, spin, train station, spin, haste, zum
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With “Whoo, woo, woo!” and “Ding a ding, dong!” And “All aboard!” shouted, the train starts along. Ding! Ding-a-ding dong! Ding! Ding-a-ding dong! |
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Then “Choo, choo, choo! Choo, Choo!” and Clickety clack!” As faster and faster, it speeds on the track. Click! Clickety clack! Click! Clickety clack! |
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| 3. | Now steadily, swiftly, around the wheels spin, While on the train rushes with rattle and din. Zum! How the wheels spin! Zum! How the wheels spin! |
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| 4. | Then slowly “Choo, choo, choo!” and “Whoo, whoo!” again, For here is the station and here stops the train. Haste! Haste from the train! Haste! Haste from the train! |
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