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Pop Goes the Weasel

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Skipping in 6/8 time with a quarter followed by an eighth.
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABCD (4 measures) AB (8 measures)
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/ ta ti | ti (ti) (ti) ta ti | ta/ ta/ |
  • Pitches: advanced: So Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re - wide range
  • Intervals: advanced: Mi/So, So\Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio, So/Do, Do/La, La\Re, Re/Fa, Do/Do ascending octave skip, Do\La, Ti\So, So/Do8, Ti/Re8, Re8\Ti
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; descending tonic arpeggio, ascending tonic octave skip, extending the vocal range
  • Key Words: nursery rhyme, cobbler, bench, chased, weasel, monkey, thought, sigh, patience, by and by, nickel, spool, thread, sewing, regal; contractions; I've (I have), 'twas (it was); possessive: cobbler's

A seemingly nonsense rhyme with many interpretations. In the United States, the first verse represents children working in the fabric shops prior to the industrial revolution; chasing yarn balls.
 
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