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"Above the Plain"
       
     
"Above the Plain"
 


"Above the Plain," Lyrics, Text Format



Contrasting straight and dotted syncopation, expanding the vocal range while singing a four part round in two parts, and practicing the intervals of the tonic chord/arpeggio in voice and on xylophones.

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Description
 
  • Grade: Fourth

  • Origin: Czech Republic - Folk Song

  • Key: E flat Major

  • Time: 4/4

  • Form: rhythm: AABB - phrases/song: AB

  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta/ ti | dotted syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta | straight syncopation

  • Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So Do

  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi\Do, So8/Do8\So8, Mi/So\Mi, Do\So, Mi/Do8, Mi/So8, So8\Mi- all intervals of the tonic chord/arpeggio, E flat Major (Bb-Eb-G-Bb-Eb), or I (one)

  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, four part round in two parts, singing in parts, reading two parts, verse/refrain, recognizing the intervals associated with the I chord

  • Key Words: world geography: Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia - now the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic), plain, gold, green, young, plainly, swiftly, flowing, river, lifted, head, spires, instead, pleasure, grand, castle, deep, shade

  • Xylophones: intermediate: Letter Names Format is presented in G Major; practicing tonic chord intervals

The orginal melody, taught in the 4th grade: "Ifca's Castle" is divided between the two parts.


 
 


"Above the Plain"

           
    1. Above the plain of gold and green,
A young boy's head is plainly seen;
   
      Refrain    
      A huya, huya, huyaya,
Swiftly flowing river;
A huya, huya, huyaya,
Swiftly flowing river.
   
   
2.
But no, 'tis not his lifted head,
'Tis Ifca's castle spires instead.
   
      Refrain    
    3. For our pleasure it was made
This grand old castle deep in shade.
   
      Refrain    
           

 

Additional Formats


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"Above the Plain," Music Format
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rhythm

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pitch numbers

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solfeggio

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letter names

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