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Arkansas Traveler<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Extended range, and two\u00a0ascending tonic arpeggios sung to a fast pace.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • Grade<\/strong>: Fifth<\/li>\n
  • Origin<\/strong>: USA – music: Colonel Sanford C. ‘Sandy’ Faulkner – words: Arkansas State Committee*<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Key<\/strong>: F Major<\/li>\n
  • Time<\/strong>: 2\/4<\/li>\n
  • Form<\/strong>: ABCD, A,B, & D include a portions of previous phrases<\/li>\n
  • Rhythm<\/strong>:\u00a0advanced<\/strong><\/span>: | ti ri ti ri ti ti | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ti ri |ti ri ti ri ti ti ri<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0ti ri ti ti ri ti<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0ti ti ri ti ti ri<\/span><\/span>\u00a0| ti ti ri ti ti |<\/li>\n
  • Pitches<\/strong>:\u00a0intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: so la do re mi fa so la ti do – extended range<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Intervals<\/strong>: intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: so\/do\/mi ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F)<\/em>\u00a0do\\la (m3),\u00a0so\/do\/so\/do8<\/span> ascending tonic arpeggio omitting the 3rd (mi)<\/em> – intervals: P4, P5, P4<\/em><\/span>; do8\\so (P4), fa\\re (m3), re\\so (P5), re\/so (P5)<\/li>\n
  • Musical Elements<\/strong>: notes: eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, two tonic arpeggios, melodic rhythms<\/li>\n
  • Key Words<\/strong>: USA geography: Arkansas, state song, upon, cabin door, fiddled, played by ear, sawed, popular air, roof tree, leaked, waterfall, bother, traveler, a-practicing, a-float, feet, seem to fret, stranger, seems, mend, rainy day, replied, quite, true, patch, fair and bright, good and tight, a-playing, reel, tapped, ground, leathery heel, pain, leaks; contractions: tho’ (though), didn’t (did not), you’d (you would), couldn’t (could not), doesn’t (does not)<\/li>\n
  • Recorder<\/strong>: advanced<\/strong><\/span>: introducing B flat,\u00a0improving finger dexterity<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    *<\/strong> The state song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963, the state historical song since 1987. Begins with the same melody as “Baby Bumblebee.”<\/p>\n

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    Selecting All Formats includes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

    Individual Song Formats<\/strong>; music, beats, rhythm, pitch numbers, solfeggio, pitch letter names, text\/lyrics
    \nScrolling Song Formats: <\/strong>one file – all formats
    \nSong Description<\/strong>: grade, origin, key, time, form, difficulty levels for rhythm, pitches, intervals; musical elements, key words, song lyrics
    \nMP3 audio of melody<\/strong> (accompaniment where available)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Arkansas Traveler<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Extended range, and two\u00a0ascending tonic arpeggios sung to a fast pace.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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