• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: Scotland, United Kingdom – Folk Song (1841)
• Key: F Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: Chorus of the popular tune – through composed*
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti/ ri ta ti/ ri | ta ti/ ri ta ti ti | ta/a ta/ ti | ti ti ti ti ta ti/ ri | ta/a ta ta |
• Pitches: intermediate: so la ti do re mi fa so la
• Intervals: intermediate: so/do (P4), do\la (m3), do/mi/so/la8 ascending tonic arpeggio w/6th (I6, F6), so8\mi (m3), mi/so8 (m3), so/ti (M3)
• Musical Elements: notes: half. dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat
• Key Words: world geography: Loch Lomond**, Scotland, Highland Boundary Fault (separating the lowland from the highland), Great Britain, freshwater loch (lake), high road, low road; Old English: afore (before), ye (you) , bonnie (pretty); contractions: ye’ll (you will), I’ll (I will)
• Recorder: intermediate: syncopation on the fourth quarter of the second and fourth beats (uh of 2, uh of 4), ascending tonic arpeggio w/6th (I6, F6), excellent practice moving up and down the staff by steps and skips

* Only the chorus is represented here.
** Lomond: large freshwater lake containing many islands.

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