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Waltzing Matilda<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Extended range with a descending submediant arpeggio, an ascending tonic arpeggio, an ascending minor sixth mi\/do8 (m6), and an introduction to Australian vocabulary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • Grade<\/strong>: Fifth<\/li>\n
  • Origin<\/strong>: Australia – Banjo Paterson, 1895 – (unofficial National Anthem)<\/li>\n
  • Key<\/strong>: D Major<\/li>\n
  • Time<\/strong>: Common Time (4\/4)<\/li>\n
  • Form<\/strong>: AB – verse\/refrain<\/li>\n
  • Rhythm<\/strong>:\u00a0beginners<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta | ta ti\/ ri ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ti ti | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ti ti ta (ta) | ta ti\/ ri ta ta | ta ti\/ ri ta ti\/ ri | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta ti ti ta\/a |<\/li>\n
  • Pitches<\/strong>:\u00a0intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: so la ti do re mi fa so la ti do –\u00a0extended range<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Intervals<\/strong>: intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: mi\\do\\la<\/span>\u00a0descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Bm)<\/em>\u00a0do\\so (P4),\u00a0so\/do\/mi\/so<\/span><\/span>8<\/span><\/span><\/span> ascending tonic arpeggio (I, D), so\\mi (m3)<\/em>,\u00a0mi\/do<\/span><\/span><\/strong>8 <\/span><\/span><\/span>(m6, minor sixth<\/strong>)<\/li>\n
  • Musical Elements<\/strong>: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, tonic and submediant arpeggios, ascending minor sixth mi\/do (d6), two double barlines, vocal slur, melodic rhythm patterns<\/li>\n
  • Key Words<\/strong>: world geography: Australia; Australian vocabulary: swag (portable shelter that is rolled (usually with belongings inside) and carried on a person’s back), swagman (temporary worker, who travelled by foot carrying the traditional swag), Matilda (bag carried over one’s back), billabong (backwater river branch\/stagnant pool), coolibah tree (Eucalyptus tree), billy (pot for boiling water), jumbuck (sheep), tucker bag (lunch\/dinner bag), squatter (temporary landlord); holiday: Halloween; grabbed, glee, stowed, mounted, thoroughbred (horse), catch, ghost; contractions: you’ll (you will), who’s (who is), who’ll (who will), you’ve (you have); abbreviations: camp’d (camped), watch’d (watched)<\/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
    \nMP3 audio of melody<\/strong> (accompaniment where available)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Waltzing Matilda<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Extended range with a descending submediant arpeggio, an ascending tonic arpeggio, an ascending minor sixth mi\/do8 (d6), and an introduction to Australian vocabulary.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9609,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[22],"product_tag":[6400,6130,5462,5463,5478,5468,5470,2149,5469,6402,1221,5474,2608,5471,5467,6311,5476,5473,5475,5464,5465,5477,5472,5479,6120,5466,162],"class_list":{"0":"post-9608","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fifth-grade-songs","7":"product_tag-ascending-minor-sixth-mi-do","8":"product_tag-ascending-tonic-arpeggio","9":"product_tag-australia","10":"product_tag-australian-vocabulary","11":"product_tag-banjo-paterson","12":"product_tag-billabong-backwater-river-branchstagnant-pool","13":"product_tag-billy-pot-for-boiling-water","14":"product_tag-catch","15":"product_tag-coolibah-tree-eucalyptus-tree","16":"product_tag-descending-submediant-arpeggio","17":"product_tag-ghost","18":"product_tag-glee","19":"product_tag-grabbed","20":"product_tag-jumbuck-sheep","21":"product_tag-matilda-bag-carried-over-ones-back","22":"product_tag-melodic-rhythm-patterns","23":"product_tag-mounted","24":"product_tag-squatter-temporary-landlord-holiday-halloween","25":"product_tag-stowed","26":"product_tag-swag-portable-shelter-that-is-rolled-usually-with-belongings-inside-and-carried-on-a-persons-back","27":"product_tag-swagman-temporary-worker","28":"product_tag-thoroughbred-horse","29":"product_tag-tucker-bag-lunchdinner-bag","30":"product_tag-unofficial-anthem-of-australia","31":"product_tag-vocal-slur","32":"product_tag-who-travelled-by-foot-carrying-the-traditional-swag","33":"product_tag-world-geography","34":"pa_songs-all-formats","35":"pa_songs-beats","36":"pa_songs-letter-names","37":"pa_songs-music","38":"pa_songs-pitch-numbers","39":"pa_songs-rhythm","40":"pa_songs-solfeggio","41":"pa_songs-text","43":"first","44":"instock","45":"purchasable","46":"product-type-variable","47":"has-default-attributes"},"yoast_head":"\r\nWaltzing Matilda -<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Music You Can Read\u00ae - 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