{"id":9003,"date":"2014-11-24T04:46:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T04:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eagertest.com\/?product=now-is-the-month-of-maying"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:29:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:29:22","slug":"now-is-the-month-of-maying","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.musicyoucanread.com\/?product=now-is-the-month-of-maying","title":{"rendered":"Now is the Month of Maying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Now is the Month of Maying<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cut time (2\/2), raised\/sharp subdominant (fi), with ascending and descending dominant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicyoucanread.com\/?page_id=12802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">octave<\/a> skips, a descending dominant arpeggio, and a raised\/sharp subdominant (fi).<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"2\" width=\"500\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"486\">\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li class=\"height\">Grade: Fifth<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\">Origin: England &#8211; Thomas Morley 1595 &#8211; &#8220;Ballett&#8221;*<\/li>\n<li class=\"style6\"><span class=\"height\"><span class=\"height\">Key: G Major<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"height\">Time: 2\/2 &#8211; cut time (also shown in 4\/4)<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\">Form: AB<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\">Rhythm:<span class=\"advanced\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>Intermediate<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0<strong>2\/2<\/strong>: | ti ti ti\/ ri | ta ti ti | ti\/ ri ti ti | ta\/ ta ti ri |\u00a0 ta\/ ti | ta (ti) ti | ta (ti) ti ri | ti ri ti ri ti ri ti | ta\/a |<\/li>\n<li class=\"height\">Pitches:\u00a0<strong><span class=\"intermediate\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">intermediate<\/span><\/strong>: so la ti do re mi fa <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">f<span id=\"blue\">i<\/span><\/span>\u00a0so &#8211;<em>\u00a0raised\/sharp subdominant\u00a0(4, Fi)<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"height\">Intervals: <strong><span class=\"intermediate\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">intermediate<\/span><\/strong>: mi\\do\/mi (M3), m<span id=\"blue\">i\/<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">fi<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(M2), so\\re (P4), r<span id=\"blue\">e\\ti\\so<\/span>\u00a0<em>descending dominant arpeggio (V, D)<\/em>, so\/so <em>ascending dominant\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicyoucanread.com\/?page_id=12802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">octave<\/a> skip<\/em>, fa\\re (m3), re\/so (P4), s<span id=\"blue\">o\\fi\/so<\/span>\u00a0(m2), re\/fa (m3), do\/so (P5), so\\so <em>descending dominant\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicyoucanread.com\/?page_id=12802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">octave<\/a> skip<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"style6\"><span class=\"height\"><span class=\"height\">Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, multiple repeat signs, multiple endings, syncopation on 2\/2 (cut time), dominant arpeggios, dominant\u00a0<a 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