• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: Canada – Folk Song
• Key: D minor (pitched in F Major)
• Time: 2/2 – cut time (4/4 also shown)
• Form: phrases: ABbCD – song: AB, verse/refrain
• Rhythm: intermediate: 2/2: | ta ti ti | ti ti ta | ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ri ti ti | ta/a | ta ta |
• Pitches: beginners: la do re mi so la – also the pitches of the pentatonic scale
• Intervals: intermediate: la/mi (P5) mi\la (P5), mi/la (P4), so\mi\do descending tonic arpeggio (I,F) mi\do\la descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Dm), la/do (m3), do\la (m3)
• Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; tied notes, syncopation, vocal slur, pentatonic scale pitches, minor tonality, verse/refrain
• Key Words: world geography: Canada; Native North Americans, earth science, animal science, silver birch (tree), beaver, mighty moose, wanders, at will, lake, rocky shore, forest, lowlands, thee, hills, north, rocky ledge, wigwam, edge, silent, still; possessive: water’s
• Recorder: intermediate: D minor, tonic (i, Dm) and mediate (III, F) descending arpeggios

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