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The Herald Angels Sing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Six perfect fourths, an ascending dominant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicyoucanread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/octaves.mov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">octave<\/a> skip, and, repeating melodic rhythm patterns highlight this storied carol.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"2\" width=\"525\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"height\" width=\"486\">\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Grade<\/strong>: Fifth<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Origin<\/strong>: England\/German &#8211; words: Charles Wesley, 1739<br \/>\nmusic: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), 1840*<\/li>\n<li class=\"style6\"><strong>Key<\/strong>: F major<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Time<\/strong>: 4\/4<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Form<\/strong>: ABCDE<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Rhythm<\/strong>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong><span class=\"beginners\">beginners<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>: | ta ta ta\/ ti | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta\/a | ta ti ti ta\/ ti |<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Pitches<\/strong>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><span class=\"intermediate\">intermediate<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>: so la ti do re mi fa so la<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Intervals<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><span class=\"intermediate\">intermediate<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>:\u00a0<strong>m3<\/strong>: re\\ti, fa\\re;\u00a0<strong>M3<\/strong>: do\/mi;\u00a0<strong>P4<\/strong>: so\/do, re\/so<span class=\"style2\">8<\/span>, do\\so, so<span class=\"style2\">8<\/span>\\re, do\/fa, mi\/la;\u00a0<strong>P5<\/strong>: so\\do, re\/la;\u00a0<strong>P8<\/strong>: so\/so<span class=\"style2\">8<\/span>\u00a0<em>(dominant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicyoucanread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/octaves.mov\">octave<\/a>\u00a0skip)<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"style6\"><strong>Musical Elements<\/strong>: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; vocal slurs, repeating melodic rhythm patterns, dominant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicyoucanread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/octaves.mov\">octave<\/a>\u00a0skip<\/li>\n<li class=\"style6\"><strong>Key Words<\/strong>: world geography: England, Germany, Bethlehem; invention of the Gutenberg printing press, William H. 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