• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – Folk Song
• Key: G Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: ABBC
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ta ti| syncopation, | ta ta ta/ ti | ta ti ti ta/ ti |
• Pitches: intermediate: so la do re mi so la – expanded pentatonic scale
• Intervals: beginners: la/do (m3), do\la (m3), so/do (P4), mi/so (m3), so\mi (m3)
• Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, repeated melodic rhythm patterns, imperfect ending (so), syncopation, pentatonic scale; note: intervals are most common in minor tonalities, giving the tune a minor feeling; instructional formats*
• Key Words: USA history, riddle, earth science: cherry stone, ring with no end, baby crying, animal science: piping chicken, chicken bone, blooming, rolling, sleeping; abbreviation: cryin’ (crying)
• Recorder: intermediate: syncopation, expanded pentatonic scale, melodic rhythm patterns
• Keyboard: intermediate: challenges students to change hand position from G Major to D minor

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