- Grade: Third
- Origin: Jamaica – Calypso Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4 – common time
- Form: ABAb
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ti ta/ (ta) ta | syncopation
- Pitches: intermediate: so ti do re mi fa so la
- Intervals: advanced: do/mi, mi\so, so/do, do/so, re/fa, fa\so, so/ti/re ascending dominant arpeggio
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, syncopation, ascending arpeggio
- Key Words: world geography, Jamaica, Trinidad, calypso, African rhythms, harvesting mangoes, deed (did); family relations: father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin; abbreviation: ‘leven (eleven), multi-cultural music
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