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Doney Gal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Practicing the ascending major sixth (M6) and the descending minor sixth (m6), with ascending and descending\u00a0 tonic arpeggios in the pentatonic scale.<\/strong><\/p>\n

imperfect ending<\/strong>: melody does not resolve to the tonic, ending on the dominant (so), which is symbolic of the wide open spaces and never ending cycles in the life of a cowboy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • Grade<\/strong>: Fifth<\/li>\n
  • Origin<\/strong>: USA, Oklahoma – Cowboy Song*<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Key<\/strong>: G Major – pentatonic scale<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Time<\/strong>: 3\/4<\/li>\n
  • Form<\/strong>: AB, refrain\/verse<\/li>\n
  • Rhythm<\/strong>:\u00a0beginners<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: | ta\/a ti ti | ta ta ta |\u00a0ta ta ta_|_a\/a ti ti | ta\/ ti ta | ta\/ ti ti ti | (_=tie)<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Pitches<\/strong>:\u00a0intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: mi so la do re mi so – pentatonic scale<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Intervals<\/strong>:\u00a0advanced<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: so\/mi8<\/span>\u00a0(M6), do\\mi (m6)<\/span>, mi\/so (m3), la\/do (m3), do\/mi8<\/span>\/so8<\/span>\u00a0ascending tonic arpeggio (I, G)<\/em>, so8<\/span>\\mi8<\/span>\\do descending tonic arpeggio (I, G)<\/em>, do\\la (m3), so\/do (P5), so\\mi\/so (m3), mi8<\/span>\/so8<\/span>\\mi8<\/span>\u00a0(m3)<\/li>\n
  • Musical Elements<\/strong>: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, vocal slur, tonic arpeggios,\u00a0imperfect ending<\/strong>: melody does not resolve to the tonic, ending on the dominant (so), which is symbolic of the wide open spaces and never ending cycles in the life of a cowboy<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Key Words<\/strong>: USA history, USA geography: Oklahoma; westward expansion, cowboy song, cowboy horse song, life of a cowboy, rain, wind, hail, dogies (young cow), range, break of day, weary, rope, brand, ride, sing, trail: contractions: we’re (we are), we’ll (we will), he’s (he is), it’s (it is); abbreviation: drivin’ (driving); possessive: cowboy’s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    *<\/strong> Notated by John Lomax in 1910, from the singing of Louise Henson, San Antonio, Texas<\/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":"

    Doney Gal<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Practicing the ascending major sixth (M6) and the descending minor sixth (m6), with ascending and descending\u00a0 tonic arpeggios in the pentatonic scale.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    imperfect ending<\/strong>: melody does not resolve to the tonic, ending on the dominant (so), which is symbolic of the wide open spaces and never ending cycles in the life of a cowboy<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8174,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[22],"product_tag":[3294,6130,3261,4300,4297,2126,6101,4299,2132,2519,6698,6699,4298,6700,2353,4301,696,3337,1967,2172,660,2076,91,495,6120,2959,4123,944],"class_list":{"0":"post-8173","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fifth-grade-songs","7":"product_tag-american-cowboy-song","8":"product_tag-ascending-tonic-arpeggio","9":"product_tag-brand","10":"product_tag-break-of-day","11":"product_tag-cowboy-horse-song","12":"product_tag-cowboy-song","13":"product_tag-descending-tonic-arpeggio","14":"product_tag-dogies-young-cow","15":"product_tag-driving-cattle","16":"product_tag-hail","17":"product_tag-imperfect-ending","18":"product_tag-john-lomax","19":"product_tag-life-of-a-cowboy","20":"product_tag-louise-henson","21":"product_tag-oklahoma","22":"product_tag-oklahoma-cowboy-song","23":"product_tag-rain","24":"product_tag-range","25":"product_tag-ride","26":"product_tag-rope","27":"product_tag-sing","28":"product_tag-trail","29":"product_tag-usa-geography","30":"product_tag-usa-history","31":"product_tag-vocal-slur","32":"product_tag-weary","33":"product_tag-westward-expansion","34":"product_tag-wind","35":"pa_songs-all-formats","36":"pa_songs-beats","37":"pa_songs-letter-names","38":"pa_songs-music","39":"pa_songs-pitch-numbers","40":"pa_songs-rhythm","41":"pa_songs-solfeggio","42":"pa_songs-text","44":"first","45":"instock","46":"purchasable","47":"product-type-variable","48":"has-default-attributes"},"yoast_head":"\r\nDoney Gal -<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Music You Can Read\u00ae - 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