- Grade: Third (3)
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Origin: Appalachian Folk Song
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Key: D minor
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Time: 4/4
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Form: Rhythm: AABC - Pitches:ABCD
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Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a ta ti ti | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a/a | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti ta ta |
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Pitches: intermediate: La Do Re Mi La
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Intervals: intermediate: Mi\La (P5), La/La ascending octave skip, La\Mi (P4), Mi\Do (M3), La/Do (m3)
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Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; rests: none; running eighth notes, minor tonality, ascending octave skip on the 6th pitch (La)
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Key Words: geography: United States: Appalachian Mountains, lessons on dying and death, funeral, planning a funeral: death, die, grave, preacher, clergy, spade, hoe, chain; song, harp, animals: sparrow, fly, crow, cane, lark; contraction: fun’rel (funeral)
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