• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – George Frederick Root (1825-1895) 1862
• Key: F Major
• Time: 2/4
• Form: AB – verse/chorus
• Rhythm: advanced: | ri ti/ ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta ta | ta/a | ta ti/ ri | ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti | ta (ti) ti | ti ta ti |
• Pitches: advanced: mi fa so la ti do re mi fa so la – extended range
• Intervals: intermediate: do\la/do (m3), mi/so/do ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), mi/so/do/mi8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), do/so (P5), so\mi (m3), so8\mi8\do descending tonic arpeggio (I, F)
• Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, tonic arpeggios, syncopation, repeated melodic rhythm patterns, extended range, verse/chorus
• Key Words: USA history: civil war, patriotic song of the Union (North); holiday song: Fourth of July, Independence Day; rally, shouting, battle cry, freedom, hillside, plain, traitor, springing, gone before, brothers, vacant ranks, million, loyal, brave, poor, slave, rebel, crew, marching, glorious, fight, host, fearless, Uncle Sam, amid, fray, comrades, rushing, Liberty, might; contractions: we’re (we are), we’ll (we will); abbreviations: altho’ (although) , vict’ry (victory)
• Recorder: advanced: introducing the E, F, G, and A above high C, syncopation and tonic arpeggios

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