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I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

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Advanced rhythms with syncopation and triplets, advanced intervals, repeated melodic rhythm patterns, ascending and descending tonic arpeggios and the raised/sharped tonic (di) makes this popular folk song challenging and fun. Includes all three (3) sections of the song.

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Advanced rhythms with syncopation and triplets, advanced intervals, repeated melodic rhythm patterns, ascending and descending tonic arpeggios and the raised/sharped tonic (di) makes this popular folk song challenging and fun. Includes all three (3) sections of the song.

  • Grade: Fourth
  • Origin: USA – Folk Song, cir. 1894 Princeton University
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: by page: 1-A, 2-BC, 3-D; song: ABCD
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ta/ ti ti/ ri ti/ ri| syncopation, | ta/a ta/a | ta/ ti ta ta | ta/a/a (ta) | ta/a ta ti/ ri | ta ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ta | ta ta ta/a | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ti/ ri ti/ ri ti ti ta | ta/a/a/a | ti-ti-ti ta ta/a | triplets, | ta ta ti-ti-ti ta | triplets, | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
  • Pitchesadvanced: so la ti do di re mi fa so la – raised/sharped tonic (di)
  • Intervals: advanced: do\so/do, mi\do, do/fa, fa\do, re\di/re, so/fa, mi\la, do\la, do/mi, so/do, la/re, re\ti, mi\do\so descending tonic arpeggio, so/do/mi ascending tonic arpeggio, fa/la8
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; repeated melodic rhythm patterns, advanced syncopation, vocal slurs, triplets
  • Key Words: USA history, glee club song, Princeton University, work song, railroad, live-long, pass time away, whistle, blowing, rise up, morn, captain, shouting, blow your horn, kitchen, strumming, banjo; contractions: I’ve (I have), don’t (do not), someone’s (someone is); abbreviation: strummin’ (strumming)

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