• Grade: First
• Origin: American, US Folk Song
• Key: C Major
• Time: 2/4
• Form: AaBa
• Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti | ta/a |
• Pitches: beginners: do re mi fa so
• Intervals: beginners: so\mi, fa\re, do/mi/so (tonic arpeggio)
• Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, ascending tonic arpeggio
• Key Words: play song, glassy, waves, smoothly, glide, silent, tide, wind, weather, mingled, harmony, sing, float, boat, contraction: o’er (over)
• Recorder: beginners: fourth Beginning Recorder Song
• Keyboard: beginners: perfect five finger exercise for left, right, and two hands unison

Extended learning: Music is always moving. Although the repeated pitches on the third staff are standing still, they can continue to grow using a crescendo making each repeated pitch grow a little louder. The rising pitches, following the repeated pitches, continue the increasing dynamics naturally. This is best practiced while reading the pitch formats, or on a neutral syllable, oo, or loo, prior to adding the text/lyrics.

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