Introducing syncopation while increasing memory skills.
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- Grade: Kindergarten
- Origin: Kentucky Mountain Song
- Key: C Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta | ta/ ti | syncopation
- Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi La Do - pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, So/Do, Do\So
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, eighth; pick-up beat, dotted quarter, tied notes
- Key Words: USA geography, culture: Kentucky; farm animals hen, duck, cat, goose, sheep, cow, horse, farm animal sounds
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"Barnyard Song"
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I had a a cat and the cat pleased me.
I fed my cat under yonder tree.
Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. |
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I had a hen...
Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck,
Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. |
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I had a duck...
Duck goes quack, quack,
Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck,
Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. |
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I had a goose...
Goose goes hissy, hissy,
Duck goes quack, quack,
Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck,
Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. |
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I had a sheep...
Sheep goes Baa, Baa,
Goose goes hissy, hissy,
Duck goes quack, quack,
Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck,
Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. |
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6. |
I had a cow...
Cow goes moo, moo,
Sheep goes Baa, Baa,
Goose goes hissy, hissy,
Duck goes quack, quack,
Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck,
Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. |
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7. |
I had a horse...
Horse goes neigh, neigh,
Cow goes moo, moo,
Sheep goes Baa, Baa,
Goose goes hissy, hissy,
Duck goes quack, quack,
Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck,
Cat goes fiddle-i-fee. |
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