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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Popular chorus from the Tin Pan Alley era with melodic rhythm patterns, four minor thirds (m3), and three perfect fourths (P4). A perfect echo song.

  • note: the placement of the minor thirds and the change to a major third at the end, just before landing on the tonic, do
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Popular chorus from the Tin Pan Alley era with melodic rhythm patterns, four minor thirds (m3), and three perfect fourths (P4). A perfect echo song.

Chorus to the popular turn of the century song, circa. 1909. One of a series of moon related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. 
A great concert addition to: “On Moonlight Bay” and “Shine On Harvest Moon“.

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – words: Edward Madden
    music: Gus Edwards, circa. 1909
  • Key: A Flat Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: phrases: ABACD – chorus: AB
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti (ti) ti/ ri ti/ ri ta | ti (ti) ta ta ta | ti (ti) ti ti ti ti ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a ti/ ri | ta ta ta ta | ta ti/ ri ti/ ri ta | ta/a/a/a |
  • Pitches: intermediate: mi fa so la ti do re mi fa
  • Intervals: intermediate: so/do (P4), do\la (m3), la/re (P4), ti\so (m3), la\mi (P4), mi/so\mi (m3), re/fa8 (m3) do/mi (M3), note: the placement of the minor thirds and the change to a major third at the end, just before landing on the tonic, do
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, melodic rhythm patterns, vocal slur, use of minor third intervals, melody centered around the dominant (so) before arriving at the tonic (do)
  • Key Words: USA history, Tin Pan Alley, turn of the century, ballad, courting song, silvery, moon, spoon, honey, croon, tune, honeymoon, beams, moon beams, dreams, cuddling; abbreviation: silv’ry (silvery); possessive love’s; echo singing
  • Recorder: intermediate: tied whole notes at the end of phrases foster breath support

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