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First Noel, The

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The First Noel

As well as beginning the song, each phrase ends on the mediant (mi), an ascending and descending perfect fourth do\so, so/do (P4) are the only intervals, with an ending which is imperfect.

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The First Noel

As well as beginning the song, each phrase ends on the mediant (mi), an ascending and descending perfect fourth do\so, so/do (P4) are the only intervals, and an ending which is imperfect.

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: England – Traditional Carol
  • Key: D Major
  • Time: 3/4
  • Form: staves: ABABCB – phrases: AAa – song: AB, verse/refrain
  • Rhythmbeginners: | ta/ ti ti ti | ta/a ti ti | ta ta ta |
  • Pitchesintermediate: do re mi fa so la ti do
  • Intervals: beginnersP4: do\so, so/do
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, two double barlines, verse/refrain, vocal slurs, melody primarily steps up and down the major scale, with each phrase ending on the mediant, imperfect ending:  final note is not the tonic
  • Key Words: world geography: England, Bethlehem; Christmas carol, sacred, Bible stories, birth of Jesus, Noel (Christmas), angel, certain, shepherds, night so deep, star in the east, beyond, earth, continued, wise men, country, nigh (near), northwest; abbreviation: o’er (over)

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