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You’re a Grand Old Flag<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chorus to the popular Broadway tune: syncopation, raised\/sharp tonic (di), lowered\/flat leading tone (te), descending tonic arpeggio so\\mi\\do, descending dominant arpeggio re\\ti\\so, with chromatic minor seconds ti\\te\\la.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • Grade<\/strong>: Fifth<\/li>\n
  • Origin<\/strong>: USA – George M. Cohan (1878-1942) 1906
    \nfrom: “George Washington, Jr”<\/li>\n
  • Key<\/strong>: F Major<\/li>\n
  • Time<\/strong>: 2\/4<\/li>\n
  • Form<\/strong>: chorus<\/em><\/strong>: through composed<\/li>\n
  • Rhythm<\/strong>:\u00a0beginners<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: | ta ta | ta ti ti | ti ta ti | syncopation<\/em>, | ta\/a | ta ti ti | ta\/ ti | (ta) ti ti | ti (ti ) ti ti |<\/li>\n
  • Pitches<\/strong>:\u00a0intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: so la\u00a0te<\/span><\/span>\u00a0ti do\u00a0di<\/span><\/span>\u00a0re mi so – raised\/sharp tonic (1, di<\/span>), lowered\/flat leading tone (7, te<\/span>)<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Intervals<\/strong>: intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>: so\\mi\\do descending tonic arpeggio (I, F)<\/em>, do\\la (m3), so\/do (P4), re\\ti (m3), so\/ti (M3), ti\\so (M3), re\\so (P5), mi\\do (M3), ti\\te<\/span><\/span>\\la chromatic<\/em> (m2’s)<\/strong> ,la\/di<\/span>\u00a0(M3)<\/strong>, mi\\la\/mi (P5), re\\ti\\so descending dominant arpeggio (V, C)<\/em>, la\/do (m3)<\/li>\n
  • Musical Elements<\/strong>: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation, raised\/sharp tonic (di), lowered\/flat leading tone (te), chromatic minor seconds (m2’s), melodic rhythm patterns, tonic arpeggio, dominant arpeggio<\/li>\n
  • Key Words<\/strong>: USA history, Broadway musical: “George Washington, Jr.”,\u00a0<\/em>George M. Cohan, patriotic song, Fourth of July, Flag Day, emblem, red, white and blue, boast, brag, auld, acquaintance; contractions: you’re (you are), there’s (there is); abbreviations: ev’ry (every)<\/li>\n
  • Recorder<\/strong>: intermediate<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>:\u00a0introducing Eb and F#<\/span><\/em>, syncopation, chromatic minor seconds, dominant arpeggio<\/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":"

    You’re a Grand Old Flag<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Chorus to the popular Broadway tune: syncopation, raised\/sharp tonic (di), lowered\/flat leading tone (te), descending tonic arpeggio so\\mi\\do, descending dominant arpeggio re\\ti\\so, with chromatic minor seconds ti\\te\\la.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9744,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[22],"product_tag":[5554,6849,5561,5240,5560,5558,5559,5553,6854,6446,6101,5556,5555,6592,3704,4506,2933,6732,6108,4017,6398,153,6399,6126,495,5557],"class_list":{"0":"post-9743","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fifth-grade-songs","7":"product_tag-george-washington","8":"product_tag-accidentals-sharp-flat","9":"product_tag-acquaintance","10":"product_tag-american-popular-song","11":"product_tag-auld","12":"product_tag-boast","13":"product_tag-brag","14":"product_tag-broadway-musical","15":"product_tag-chromatic-minor-seconds","16":"product_tag-descending-dominant-arpeggio","17":"product_tag-descending-tonic-arpeggio","18":"product_tag-emblem","19":"product_tag-flag-day","20":"product_tag-flat-seventh-te","21":"product_tag-fourth-of-july","22":"product_tag-george-m-cohan","23":"product_tag-jr","24":"product_tag-lowered-leading-tone-te","25":"product_tag-lowered-seventh-te","26":"product_tag-patriotic-song","27":"product_tag-raised-tonic-di","28":"product_tag-red","29":"product_tag-sharp-tonic-di","30":"product_tag-syncopation","31":"product_tag-usa-history","32":"product_tag-white-and-blue","33":"pa_songs-all-formats","34":"pa_songs-beats","35":"pa_songs-letter-names","36":"pa_songs-music","37":"pa_songs-pitch-numbers","38":"pa_songs-rhythm","39":"pa_songs-solfeggio","40":"pa_songs-text","42":"first","43":"instock","44":"purchasable","45":"product-type-variable","46":"has-default-attributes"},"yoast_head":"\r\nYou're a Grand Old Flag -<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Music You Can Read\u00ae - Grade: Fifth, Origin: USA - George M. 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