Two alternating pitch patterns, uncommon intervals, syncopated rhythms, and sounds added to each refrain will strengthen
literacy and memory skills with great fun!
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- Grade: Third
- Origin: Austrian - Yodeling Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: verse: AA - refrain: AaAa' - song: AB verse/refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta | ti ti ta ti ti |
| ta (ta) ti ti | ta (ti) ti ti ti | ti/ ri ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ti ta | syncopation
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: advanced: Do\So/Do, Re/Fa, Re\La, Do/Mi, Do/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Ti/So, Fa\Ti - two alternating pitch patterns: Do/So\Mi\Do, Ti/So\Fa\Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beats, multiple fermatas, syncopation, alternating pitch patterns
- Key Words: world geography, Austria, Austrian, natural science, avalanche, mountain, hiking, mountain hiking, interrupting, yodeling, Saint Bernard, rescue dog, Guernsey Cow, Martian; yodel imitation: yodelayheehoo, yodelayheehee
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"Alpine Song"
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Sounds are made for each interruption of the yodeler's cry.
Each sound is added to the preceding refrain. |
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Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high.
When along came an avalanche, interrupting his cry.
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Refrain:
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Yo-lay-dee, yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee Ohlay. |
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Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high.
When along came a Saint Bernard, interrupting his cry.
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Refrain: |
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Yo-lay-dee, yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(pant-pant, shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(pant-pant, shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(pant-pant, shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee Ohlay. |
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Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high.
When along came a Guernsey cow, interrupting his cry. |
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Refrain: |
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Yo-lay-dee, yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee Ohlay. |
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Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high.
When along came a Martian, interrupting his cry. |
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Refrain: |
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Yo-lay-dee, yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(beep-beep, moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(beep-beep, moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee, Oh yodelayheehoo.
(beep-beep, moo-moo, pant-pant, shh-shh)
Yodelayheehee Ohlay. |
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