Mastering the intervals of the tonic arpeggio while practicing syncopation, including a sixteenth note.
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- Grade: Third
- Origin: USA - African American Spiritual
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABC - call/response/refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti (ti) ti | syncopation, | ta (ta) | ti ta/ | syncopation,
| ti ta (ti) | ta/ ti | syncopation, | ri ti/ ta | syncopation
- Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi\Do, So\Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, eighth, pickup beat, call/response, phrase ending with rest on fourth or 2nd half of fourth beat
- Key Words: USA African American history, play song, playground song, game song, gardening, farmer, farming animals, rabbit, rabbit ears, soul, cabbage patch, rabbit tail; abbreviation: ev'ry (every), goin' (going); contraction: they're (they are)
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"Mister Rabbit"
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"Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit, your ears mighty long!"
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"Yes, indeed, they're put on wrong." |
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Ev'ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.
Ev'ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.
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"Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit, your in my cabbage patch!" |
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"Yes, indeed, I won't come back." |
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Ev'ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.
Ev'ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.
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"Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit, your tail's mighty white!" |
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"Yes, indeed, I'm goin' out of sight." |
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Ev'ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.
Ev'ry little soul must shine, shine, shine. |
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