• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: France – Old Carol, 1862
• Key: F Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: phrases: AaBb – song: AB, verse/refrain
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta/ ti ta/a | ta ti/ ri ta ti ti | ta/a ti ti ti ti | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a/a |
• Pitches: intermediate: so do re mi fa so la
• Intervals: beginners: mi/so (m3), do/mi (M3), re\so (P5), so/do (P4), re/so (P4)
• Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; long and short repeating melodic rhythm patterns, melismatic (holding one vowel sound for many pitches), verse/refrain, extended phrases
• Key Words: world geography: France, Bethlehem, West Bank, carol, Christmas carol, Christmas hymn, Bible story: Birth of Jesus, angels, heard, mountains, in reply, echoing, joyous, strains, shepherds, jubilee, prolong, tidings, inspire, birth, adore, bended, knee, Christ, Lord, new-born, King, Gloria in excelsis Deo, contractions: , abbreviations: o’er (over) , heav’nly (heavenly)
• Recorder: advanced: introducing B flat, strengthening breath control with extended slurs

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