Mastering the tonic arpeggio with advanced rhythms.
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- Grade: Second
- Origin: Canada - Street Song
- Key: G Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: AaBb (w/coda)
- Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ta ti | ta ti ta/ |
| ta ti ti ti ti | ta/ (ta) ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ti ti ti ta ti | ta (ti) ta ti | ta/ ta ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi So
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do\So, Mi\So, Re\So only interval not in the tonic arpeggio
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, staves three and four composed of the tonic arpeggio in second position (5-1-3) (So-Do-Mi)
- Key Words: counting song, rhyming words for counting one to ten: bun, shoe, tree, door, jive, sticks, eleven, skate, line, again, math, crossing the sea, jumped, aboard, sailor-man, ship, standing at attention, soldier; possessive: sailor-man's
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"Going Over the Sea"
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When I was one I ate a bun,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
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Refrain:
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"Going over, going under,
Standing at attention like a soldier,
With a one, two, and three."
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2. |
When I was two, I tied my shoe,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
Refrain
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3. |
When I was three, I climbed a tree,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
Refrain
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4. |
When I was four, I shut the door,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
Refrain
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5. |
When I was five, I danced the jive,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
Refrain
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6. |
When I was six, I picked up sticks,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
Refrain
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7. |
When I was seven, I counted to eleven,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
Refrain
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8. |
When I was eight, I learned to skate,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
Refrain
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9. |
When I was nine, I towed the line,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
Refrain
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10. |
When I was ten, I started again,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
Refrain
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