Introducing uncommon intervals: Re/La, Fa\Ti and a
musical refrain which echoes the verse.
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- Grade: Third
- Origin: Germany - Folk Tune
- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: staves: AaAa - song: AA
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta ta ti ti |
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ta (ta) ti ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Fa\Re, Re/La, Fa\T, Do/Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, verse/refrain, vocal slur
- Key Words: world geography, Germany, earth science, seasons, autumn, fall, leaves, fluttering, falling, tree tops, ground, trumpet, whirling, around, tired, huddled, heap, asleep; contraction: they're (they are)
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"Autumn Leaves Are Falling"
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1. |
Autumn leaves are now falling;
Red and yellow and brown;
Autumn leaves are now falling,
See them fluttering down.
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Refrain: |
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Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Tra, la, la, la, la, la,
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Tra, la, la, la, la, la.
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2. |
Autumn leaves from the tree tops
Flutter down to the ground,
When the wind blows his trumpet,
They go whirling around. |
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Refrain |
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3. |
Autumn leaves they're tired,
In a soft huddled heap,
At the foot of the old tree,
Soon will fall fast asleep.
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Refrain |
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