Introducing the major sixth (So/Mi), the minor sixth (So\Ti),
and the ascending tonic arpeggio (Do/Mi/So).
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- Grade: First
- Origin: USA - Singing Game
- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ti ti ta ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a ti ti |
syncopation, |
ta/a ta |
- Pitches: beginners: So Ti Do Re Mi So
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi (M6), Mi\Do/Mi, Do/So, So\Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So\Ti (m6)
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tonic arpeggio, intervals of a major and minor sixth
- Key Words: USA, singing game, things that move this way and that: traffic light, tumbleweed, trumpeter, hummingbird, sailing ship, waving flag, swinging gate, marching band, carpenter
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"My Dream"
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When I was a traffic light,
And a traffic light was I,
Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way,
And a-this-a-way, went I.
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When I was a tumbleweed,
And a tumbleweed was I,
Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way,
And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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When I was a trumpeter,
And a trumpeter was I,
Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way,
And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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When I was a hummingbird,
And a hummingbird was I,
Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way,
And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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When I was a sailing ship,
And a sailing ship was I,
Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way,
And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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When I was a waving flag,
And a waving flag was I,
Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way,
And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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When I was a swinging gate,
And a swinging gate was I,
Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way,
And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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When I was a marching band,
And a marching band was I,
Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way,
And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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When I was a carpenter,
And a carpenter was I,
Oh, a-this-a-way, and a-that-a-way,
And a-this-a-way, went I. |
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