• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: France - Old Carol, 1862
• Key: F Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: phrases: AaBb - song: AB, verse/refrain
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta/ ti ta/a | syncopation, | ta ti/ ri ta ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a ti ti ti ti | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a/a |
• Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
• Intervals: beginners: Mi/So (m3), Do/Mi (M3), Re\So (P5), So/Do (P4), Re/So (P4)
• Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; long and short repeating melodic rhythmic patterns, melismatic (holding one vowel sound for many pitches), verse/refrain, syncopation, extended phrases
• Key Words: world geography: France, Bethlehem, West Bank, carol, Christmas carol, Christmas hymn, Bible story: Birth of Jesus, angels, heard, mountains, in reply, echoing, joyous, strains, shepherds, jubilee, prolong, tidings, inspire, birth, adore, bended, knee, Christ, Lord, new-born, King, Gloria in excelsis Deo, contractions: , abbreviations: o'er (over) , heav'nly (heavenly)
• Recorder: advanced: introducing B flat, strengthening breath control with extended slurs

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