- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: USA – Irving Berlin (1888-1989), 1941
- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AB – counterpoint
- Rhythm: advanced: | ta/a/a ta | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a (ta) | ta/a/a/a | ta (ta) (ta/a) | ti ti ti ta ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ta/a/| syncopation, | (ta) ta ta ta |(ti) ti ti ti ti ti ta | syncopation
- Pitches: advanced: ti do re me mi fa so si la li ti do – lowered/flat mediant (3, me), raised/natural dominant (5, si), raised/sharp submediant (6, li)
- Intervals: advanced: mi/so/ti ascending mediant arpeggio (iii, Gm), fa\ti (d5 – diminished fifth), ti/so (m6), so/si (m2), si/ti (m3), so\re (P4), re/me/mi (chromatic m2’s), mi\do (m3), la\fa (m3), do8\so (P4), la/li/ti (chromatic m2’s), ti8\fa (P4), so\mi/so (m3), so/do (P5)
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rests: half, quarter, eighth; tied notes, repeated melodic rhythm patterns, note: the repeated rest on the first beat, chromatic movement; syncopation, counterpoint*: two melodies sung/played at the same time; coda: alternate short ending; coda mark, accidentals: sharp, flat, natural, D.C. al Coda (repeat from beginning, at coda sign go to coda)
- Key Words: USA theater history: “Watch Your Step” words and music by Irving Berlin, 1914; music composition: counterpoint, melody, harmony, tune; music types: classical, ragtime; old fashioned, musical drag, choppy, applause; contraction: won’t (will not), you’ll (you will), abbreviation: dreamin’ (dreaming)
* Performance suggestion: sing through song once before splitting into two groups singing at the same time; D.C. al Coda together.
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