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Hello! Ma Baby<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Syncopation, ascending tonic arpeggio with added seventh do\/mi\/so\/ti (I7, F7), raised\/sharp tonic (di) and melodic rhythm patterns.
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  • Grade<\/strong>: Fifth<\/li>\n
  • Origin<\/strong>: USA – Ida Emerson, Joseph E. Howard (1899)<\/li>\n
  • Key<\/strong>: F Major<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Time<\/strong>: 4\/4<\/li>\n
  • Form<\/strong>: staves: ABaC – song: AB<\/li>\n
  • Rhythm<\/strong>:\u00a0beginners<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation<\/em>,\u00a0| ta\/a\/a\/a | ta\/a\/a (ta) | ta ta ta ta | ti ti ta\/a ta |<\/li>\n
  • Pitches<\/strong>:\u00a0intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: la do\u00a0di<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0re mi fa so la ti – raised\/sharp tonic (di)<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Intervals<\/strong>: intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: re\\la (P4), la\/mi (P5),\u00a0re\\di<\/span>\u00a0(m2)<\/strong>,\u00a0di\/mi<\/span>\u00a0(m3)<\/strong>, re\/so (P4), so\\do (P5),\u00a0do\/mi\/so\/ti\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>ascending tonic arpeggio w\/seventh (I7, F7)<\/em>\u00a0do\/mi (M3)<\/li>\n
  • Musical Elements<\/strong>: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; syncopation, melodic rhythm patterns, raised\/sharp tonic (di)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Key Words<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>USA history, Tin Pan Alley, first song about the telephone, long distance courting\/romance, ragtime, refuse; contractions: heart’s (heart is), you’ll (you will), you’re (you are)<\/li>\n
  • Recorder<\/strong>: intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: introducing Bb and F#<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    The song’s subject is a man who has a girlfriend he knows only through the telephone. The song is better known for the chorus which is represented here. Introductory song in the famous Warner Bros. cartoon “One Froggy Evening”<\/em>\u00a0(1955), sung by the character later dubbed\u00a0Michigan J. Frog<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/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":"

    Hello! Ma Baby<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Syncopation, ascending tonic arpeggio with added seventh do\/mi\/so\/ti (I7, F7), raised\/sharp tonic (di) and melodic rhythm patterns.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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