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class=\"height\"><strong>Grade<\/strong>: Fifth<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Origin<\/strong>: England &#8211; Traditional Scale Round<\/li>\n<li class=\"style6\"><span class=\"height\"><span class=\"height\"><strong>Key<\/strong>: C Major<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Time<\/strong>: 3\/4<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Form<\/strong>: ABC<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Rhythm<\/strong>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><span class=\"beginners\"><strong>beginners<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: | ta ta ta | ta\/a ta | ta\/a\/a | ta ti ti ti ti |<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Pitches<\/strong>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span class=\"advanced\"><strong>advanced<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: do re mi fa so la ti do re mi &#8211;\u00a0<em><span id=\"red\">extended range<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"height\"><strong>Intervals<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span class=\"advanced\"><strong>advanced<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span id=\"red\">do\/mi<span class=\"style2\">8<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0(<em>compound &#8211; Octave P8+Major 3rd=<strong><span id=\"red\">Major 10th<\/span><\/strong><\/em>), mi\\do (M3), m<span id=\"blue\">i<span class=\"style2\">8<\/span>\\mi<\/span><em>\u00a0descending mediant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicyoucanread.com\/?page_id=12802\">octave<\/a> skip (P8)<\/em>,\u00a0<span id=\"blue\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\">do<span class=\"style2\">8<\/span>\\do <\/span><em>descending tonic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicyoucanread.com\/?page_id=12802\">octave<\/a> skip (P8)<\/em>, do\/fa (P4), fa\\re (m3),\u00a0<span id=\"blue\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">re\/ti<\/span><\/span><strong> (M6)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"style6\"><span class=\"height\"><span class=\"height\"><strong>Musical Elements<\/strong>: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; three part round, 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