Syncopation in cut time: on the second quarter of the first beat
(ee of 1) and the second half of the first and second beat
(& of 1, & of 2) and practicing the perfect fourth (P4).
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- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA - Folk Song
- Key: D Major
- Time: 2/2, cut time, also shown in 4/4
- Form: AaBC
- Rhythm: intermediate*: | ti ri ta ti | syncopation,
| ta ti ti | ta/a_|_a ta | ti ta ti | syncopation
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Fa (P4), La\Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation in 2/2 time, tied notes, arpeggio, perfect fourth, vocal slur
- Key Words: USA history, counting song, counting two-nine, carry, river, train, brought, love, still true, anymore, survive, trix, heaven, Pearly Gate, mine, sacred; contractions: I'm (I am), gonna (going to), can't cannot); abbreviation: ridin' (riding)
* How do the lyric syllables change the beat divisions and rhythms in measures eleven and twelve (11,12)?
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"New River Train"
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I'm ridin' in that new river train,
I'm ridin' in that new river train,
The same old train that brought me here's
Gonna carry me home again.
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Darling, you can't love two,
Darling, you can't love two,
You can't love two and still to me be true,
Darling, you can't love two, |
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Darling, you can't love three,
Darling, you can't love three,
You can't love three and still be true to me,
Darling, you can't love three, |
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Darling, you can't love four,
Darling, you can't love four,
You can't love four and love me anymore,
Darling, you can't love four, |
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Darling, you can't love five,
Darling, you can't love five,
You can't love five and have me love survive,
Darling, you can't love five, |
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Darling, you can't love six,
Darling, you can't love six,
You can't love six and do those trix,
Darling, you can't love six, |
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Darling, you can't love seven,
Darling, you can't love seven,
You can't love seven and ever get to heaven,
Darling, you can't love seven, |
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Darling, you can't love eight,
Darling, you can't love eight,
You can't love eight and pass the Pearly Gate,
Darling, you can't love eight, |
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Darling, you can't love nine,
Darling, you can't love nine,
You can't love nine and still be mine,
Darling, you can't love nine, |
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I'm ridin' in that new river train,
I'm ridin' in that new river train,
The same old train that brought me here's
Gonna carry me home again. |
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