"Songs of a Little Child's Day"
Fair Days and Stormy
Excellent for mastering quarters followed by eighths in 6/8.
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- Grade: First
- Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
- Key: F Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: ABCD - longer phrasing, AB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ta/_a ti | (_=tie)
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti - adding Fa and Ti to the pentatonic scale
- Intervals: beginners: Mi/So
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; repeat signs, tied notes, repeated pitches, pickup beat begins ti ta rhythm pattern, horizontal accent (sing/play note a little louder/stronger), tempo: andante/walking pace (73-77 BPM); dynamics: piano/soft, crescendo, decrescendo
- Key Words: weather, earth science, sun shine, roam, play, yet, time, too, curly, crown, mother, father, afar, bug (i.e., bug-eyed, large); contraction: 'tis (it is)
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"Sunshine Far and Near"
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The bug, bright sun shines down on me
When out at play I roam
Yet all the time 'tis shining too,
On Mother dear, at home.
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And while at home 'tis shining bright
On Baby's curly crown,
It shines on father at his work
Afar off in the town. |
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