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The Camptown Races<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Uncommon advanced<\/span> syncopation, complete ascending tonic arpeggio, and whimsical verses make this old Southern United States standard both challenging and fun!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • Grade<\/strong>: Fifth<\/li>\n
  • Origin<\/strong>: USA – Stephen Foster (1826-1864), first publication 1850<\/li>\n
  • Key<\/strong>: D Major<\/li>\n
  • Time<\/strong>: 2\/4<\/li>\n
  • Form<\/strong>: AAB – song: AB verse\/refrain<\/li>\n
  • Rhythm<\/strong>:\u00a0advanced<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti (ti)\u00a0| ti ta\/<\/span> | syncopation<\/em>, | ti\/ ri ti ti | ti ti ti ti ri | ti ri ti ri ti (ti) | ta\/ (ti) | ta\/ ti | ti ti ti ri ti ri |\u00a0ti ti ri ri ti ri<\/span> <\/span>| syncopation <\/em>| ta ta |
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  • Pitches<\/strong>:\u00a0intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: do re mi fa so la so<\/li>\n
  • Intervals<\/strong>: intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: so\\mi\/so (m3), re\/so (P4), re\/fa (m3),\u00a0do\/mi\/so\/do8<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0ascending tonic arpeggio (D)<\/em>, do8<\/span>\\la\/do (m3)<\/li>\n
  • Musical Elements<\/strong>: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth (flag\/beam), pickup beat, repeat sign, syncopation, ascending tonic arpeggio style<\/strong>:\u00a0energetically<\/em>;\u00a0note<\/em><\/strong>: first phrase ending on the supertonic (2, re), second phrase ending picks up from the supertonic, passing it again before resolving to the tonic (1, do)<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Key Words<\/strong>: USA history, USA geography: Pennsylvania; westward expansion, American Minstrel, American Composers, tent city, whimsical song, comical song, hyperbole (exaggerated lyrics), folk tale, camptown, racetrack, horse race, caved, pocket full of tin, long-tail filly ( female horse), track, nag (very tired horse), blind horse, mud hole, bottom, ten foot pole, muley cow (without horns), bobtail (without a tail), bobtailed, flinged (tossed), railroad car, shooting star, ten-mile heat, repeat, money, tow-bag (gunny sack\/burlap bag), bay (reddish color horse); contraction: I’ll (I will); abbreviations: stickin’ (sticking), goin’ (going)<\/li>\n
  • Recorder<\/strong>: advanced<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: complete ascending tonic arpeggio (C Major), challenging syncopation, style: energetically<\/li>\n
  • style<\/strong>:\u00a0energetically<\/em>;\u00a0note<\/em><\/strong>: first phrase ending on the supertonic (2, re) stepping down from the mediant (mi), second phrase ending teases the supertonic before setting up the ending stepping down from the subdominant (fa).<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Also known as “Camptown Races” and “Goin’ to Run All Night.” Stephen Foster is known as the “father of American music.” Foster’s “camptown” experience occurred in Pennsylvania. A\u00a0“camptown”<\/strong><\/em>, or\u00a0“tent city”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was a temporary accommodation familiar in many parts of the United States, especially along the rapidly expanding railroad network.<\/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":"

    The Camptown Races<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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