Syncopation in 6/8 time: mastering ta ti ta ti, feeling
duple meter in triple meter time, and experiencing
what is also a triplet in dotted quarter time.
Description
Grade: Fourth
Origin: England - Game Song
Key: G Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation
(x10) feeling of double meter (dotted quarter) in 6/8 time, | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation (feeling of triplets in 6/8), | ta/a (ti) ti | syncopation
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, feeling duple meter in triple meter time (2 groups of 3 eighths),rhythmic phrases stepping up the staff/scale
Key Words: world geography: England; game song, circle song, running a business, horse, grab, rig, world, dance a jig, whatever