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Down in the Valley<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Uncommon time signature: 9\/8, feeling triple meter in 9\/8, harmony in thirds,\u00a0 and an ascending tonic arpeggio.
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  • Grade<\/strong>: Fifth<\/li>\n
  • Origin<\/strong>: USA, Kentucky – Folk Song<\/li>\n
  • Key<\/strong>: G Major<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Time<\/strong>:\u00a09\/8<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0uncommon<\/em>\u00a0time signature<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Form<\/strong>: ABaB<\/li>\n
  • Rhythm<\/strong>:\u00a0intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: |ta\/ ta ti ti ti ti<\/span>\u00a0| ta\/a (ti) ti ti ti | ta\/ ta\/ ti ti ti |<\/li>\n
  • Pitches<\/strong>:\u00a0intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0melody<\/strong>: so ti do re mi fa so
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  • Intervals<\/strong>: intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>:\u00a0melody<\/strong>: so\/do (P4), mi\/so (m3), so\\re (P4),\u00a0so\/ti\/re\/so<\/span>\u00a0ascending tonic arpeggio (I, D)<\/em>;\u00a0harmony<\/strong>: ti\/mi (P4), so\/ti (m3), ti\\fa (P4),\u00a0ti\/re\/fa\/ti<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Musical Elements<\/strong>: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beats, tied notes, two part harmony (3rds), repeated melodic rhythm patterns;\u00a09\/8 time<\/strong>: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s)<\/em>,\u00a0<\/strong>feeling triple meter (3) in 9\/8<\/strong>: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Key Words<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>USA history, USA geography: Kentucky, pining (heart-broken) love song, ballad, unrequited love, earth science, valley, hang your head, wind blow, roses, sunshine, violets, dew, angels, Heaven, sacred, I love you, write, letter, containing, will you be mine, build, castle, forty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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
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    Down in the Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Uncommon time signature: 9\/8, feeling triple meter in 9\/8, harmony in thirds,\u00a0 and an ascending tonic arpeggio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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