De Colores

Singing two part harmony in thirds, lowered leading tone (7, Te, B flat), long phrases and long tied notes will foster breath support for voice and recorder.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Mexico – Traditional
Key: C Major
Time: 3/4
Form: rhythm: AAABB – pitches:ABCDd
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a/a_|_a/a ta | (_=tie)
| ta ta/a_|_a ta ta | ta ta ta | ta ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/a/a_|_a/a/a_|_a/a/a_|_a (ta) (ta) | long ties
Pitches: advanced: melody: Re Mi Fa So La Te Ti Do – lowered/flat leading tone (7, Te, B flat), blue note
harmony: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: advanced: melody: Mi/So (m3), Re/Fa (m3), Fa/La (M3), La/Te\La (m2), So/Ti (P4)
harmony: Do/Mi (M3), Ti/Re (m3), Re/Fa (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, first and second endings, repeat signs, harmony in thirds, singing in parts, tied notes, long phrases foster breath control/support
Key Words: world geography: Mexico; Fiesta, Cinco de Mayo, language: Spanish; celebration song, colors, song of colors, springtime, seasonal colors, colors of birds, feather colors, happy, colors of the filed, colors of the rainbow
Recorder: advanced: introducing B flat, playing in thirds, playing in harmony, reading two part harmony, playing alone and with others, duet

“De Colores”

De colores, de colores
Se visten los campos en la primavera.
De colores, de colores
Son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera.
De colores, de colores
Es el arco iris que vemos lucir.

Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.
Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.

English

The colors, the colors
The fields dress in the springtime.
The colors, the colors
The birds that come from outside.
The colors, the colors
Is the rainbow we see shinning.

And so the great love
For many colors makes me happy.
And so the great love
For many colors makes me happy..

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Danny Boy NEW

Syncopated rhythms, descending tonic triad and arpeggio, and three intervals of a minor third.

Description

• Grade: Fifth (5)

• Origin: Old Irish Air – Words: Fred E Weatherly

• Key: C Major

• Time: 4/4

• Form: ABCD

• Pitches: advanced: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi – extended range

• Intervals:intermediate: Mi/La (P4), So\Mi (m3), La/Do (m3), Do/Mi (M3), So\Mi\Do descending tonic triad, Re\Ti (m3), So/Mi8 (M6), Do\La/Do (m3), Do\So\Mi\Do ascending tonic arpeggio,

• Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; syncopated rhythms, descending tonic arpeggio, descending tonic triad, three intervals of a minor third, melody moves primarily by steps

• Key Words: Geography: Ireland, Irish air, ballad, “Londonderry Air”, bagpipes, glen, bide, meadow, hushed, flowers dying, kneel, “Ave”, tread, grave, contractions: ye’ll (you will), Ave (Ave Maria) I’ll (I will), ‘tis (it is), flow’rs (flowers), possessive: summer’s

**“Danny Boy”**

	Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling, From glen to glen, and down the mountain side. The summer’s gone, and all the flow’rs dying, ‘Tis you, it’s you must go and I must bide.

	But come you back when summer’s in the meadow, Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow, ‘Tis I’ll be there in sunshine or in shadow, Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so!

	But if you come, and all the flow’res are dying, And I am dead, as dead I well may be, Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying, And kneel and say an “Avé” there for me;

	And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me, And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be, For you will bend and tell me that you love me, And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!

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Dale, Dale, Dale

Time signature change: 4/4 to 2/4 to 4/4, tonic arpeggios, three perfect fourths (P4), and a diminished fourth (d4).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Mexico – Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4 – 2/4 – 4/4, two time changes
Form: phrases: AaBBbB – song AB
Rhythm: intermediate: 4/4: | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a/ (ti) | 2/4: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta |
| ta/a | 4/4: | ta/a/ (ti) (ta) (pickup beat) |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Se So La Ti Do – lowered/flat dominate (5, Se)
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So/Do8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I, C), Do8\La (m3), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, C), Re/So\Re (P4), Re/Se (diminished fourth, d4), Mi/La (P4), Ti\So (M3), So/Do8 (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, time signature change (feels like a tempo increase), lowered/flat dominate (Se, G flat)
Key Words: world geography: Mexico; Piñata Song, party song, dale, pierdas, porque, camino, diste, una, dos, tres, tiempo, acabó, lose, aim, path, once, twice, three, times, finished; contraction: don’t (do not), birthday song, Cinco de Mayo celebration song, fiesta song
Recorder: advanced: introducing G flat

“Dale, Dale, Dale”

“The Piñata Song”

Spanish:

Dale, dale, dale,
No pierdas el tino;
Porque si lo pierdes
Pierdes el camino.Ya le diste una,
Ya le diste dos;
Ya le diste tres,
y tu tiempo se acabó.

English:

Go, go, go,
Don’t lose your aim;
Because if you lose it
You will lose the path.You hit it once
You hit it twice
You hit it three times
And your time is finished.

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Daisy Bell

Ascending and descending tonic arpeggios (I, F)
and a descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Dm).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Harry Dacre, 1892
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: through composed
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a/a | ta ta ta | ta/a ta |
| ta/a/a_|_a/a/a | ta/a/a_|_a/a ta | ta (ta) ti ti | (_=tie)
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: So8\Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio (I, F), Do\La/Do (m3), Do\So (P4), So/Re (P5), Re/So8 (P4), Mi\Do\La descending submediant arpeggio (vi Dm), So/Do/Mi repeated ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So/Do (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; tied notes
Key Words: USA – history, American Popular Songs, asking for marriage, love song, stylish, carriage, built, bicycle built for two, seat; contractions: I’m (I am) won’t (will not), can’t (cannot), you’d (you would)

**“Daisy Bell”**
Daisy, Daisy, Give me your answer do. I’m half crazy, All for the love of you. It won’t be a stylish marriage, I can’t afford a carriage, But you’d look sweet upon the seat Of a bicycle built for two. – The song is best known for the chorus, represented here.

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Dotted and straight syncopation, melodic rhythm patterns,
four minor thirds (m3) and three perfect fourths (p4).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – words: Edward Madden
music: Gus Edwards, circa. 1909
Key: A Flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: phrases: ABACD – chorus: AB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti (ti) ti/ ri ti/ ri ta | syncopation, | ti (ti) ta ta ta | syncopation,
| ti (ti) ti ti ti ti ta | syncopation, | ta/a ta/a |
| ta/a/a ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta |
| ta ti/ ri ti/ ri ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), Do\La (m3), La/Re (P4), Ti\So (m3), La\Mi (P4), Mi/So\Mi (m3), Re/Fa8 (m3) Do/Mi (M3), note: the placement of the minor thirds and the change to a major third at the end, just before landing on the tonic, Do
Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation, melodic rhythm patterns, vocal slur, use of minor third intervals, melody centered around the dominate (So) before arriving at the tonic (Do)
Key Words: USA history, Tin Pan Alley, turn of the century, ballad, courting song, silvery, moon, spoon, honey, croon, tune, honeymoon, beams, moon beams, dreams, cuddling; abbreviation: silv’ry (silvery); possessive love’s; echo singing
Recorder: intermediate: tied whole notes at the end of phrases foster breath support

**“By the Light of the Silvery Moon”**
By the light of the silvery moon, I want to spoon, to my honey I’ll croon love’s tune, Honeymoon keep a-shining in June, Your silv’ry beams will bring love dreams, We’ll be cuddling soon, By the silvery moon. (second time) By the light, (By the light, By the light), Of the silvery moon, (The silvery moon). I want to spoon, (Want to spoon, Want to spoon) To my honey I’ll croon love’s tune. Honeymoon, (Honeymoon, Honeymoon), Keep a-shining in June. (Keep a-shining in June) Your silv’ry beams will bring love dreams, We’ll be cuddling soon, By the silvery moon. Chorus to the popular turn of the century song, circa. 1909. One of a series of moon related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. A great concert addition to: “On Moonlight Bay” “Shine On Harvest Moon”.

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Crawdad Song

Syncopation, lowered mediant (3, Me) blue note, ascending and descending tonic arpeggios, and descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Dm).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: phrases: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ta | syncopation,
| ta ta/a/a _|_a/a/a/a | ta ta ta ti ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ta | ta ta/a ta | syncopation, (_=tie)
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Me Mi So La – lowered/flat mediant, Me, (3, A flat – blue note)
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi\Do (M3), Do\La (m3), La/Do (m3), Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So\M/So (m3), So\Re (P4), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, F), Mi/Do/La descending submediant (vi, Dm), So/Mi (M6), La\Me augmented 4th (A4)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; tied notes, syncopation, blue note, vocal slurs, variations on rhythms to match verse syllables, tonic arpeggios, submediant arpeggio
Key Words: USA history, crawdad: (crawfish) fresh water shrimp, courting song, fishing song, boy/girl song, camp song, fishing line, fishing pole, fishing hole, slept, too, to, gate, gunny sack, pack, apple pie, watch, honey, change
Recorder: intermediate: introducing A flat , blue note

blue note – a lowered/flatted note, especially the third or seventh note of a scale, in place of an expected major interval

“Crawdad Song”

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1.

You get a line and I’ll get a pole, honey,

You get a line and I’ll get a pole, babe,

You get a line and I’ll get a pole
And we’ll go down to the crawdad hole,

Honey,

baby,

mine.

2.

Come on, get up, you slept too late, honey,

Come on, get up, you slept too late, babe,

Come on, get up, you slept too late,
And the crawdad man done passed you gate,

Honey,

baby,

mine.

3.

Three’s a man with a gunny sack, honey,

Three’s a man with a gunny sack, babe,

Three’s a man with a gunny sack,
Filled with all the crawdads he can pack,

Honey,

baby,

mine.

4.

What will you do when the lake goes dry, honey,

What will you do when the lake goes dry, babe,

What will you do when the lake goes dry?
Sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die,

Honey,

baby,

mine.

5.

What will you eat when the crawdads die, honey,

What will you eat when the crawdads die, babe,

What will you eat when the crawdads die?
Just have to change to apple pie,

Honey,

baby,

mine.

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Colorado Trail

Advanced syncopation, descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Am),
using an extended pentatonic scale.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Cowboy Song
Key: C Major
Time: Common Time, 4/4
Form: Aa – verse/refrain
Rhythm: advanced: | ta/a ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ti ta/ ta/a | syncopation, | ta/a ta ta | ta/a/a/a |
| ti ta/ ta/ ti | syncopation, | ti ta/ ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta ti ta/ | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: La Do Re Mi So La Do – extended pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So (m3), So\Re (P4),
La8/Do8 (m3), Do8\So (P4), La8\Mi (P4), Do\La/Do (m3), La\Mi\Do descending submediant (vi, Am)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, half note, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; syncopation, submediant arpeggio, vocal slurs, verse/chorus
Key Words: USA history, westward expansion, USA geography: Colorado, Abilene, Texas; lover’s lament, cowboy song, morning star, rose cheeks, pretty, God, Almighty, weep, rains, winds, wail, along, lonely night, through, herd, dark, stormy night, dark sky, warm and dry, climate: abbreviation: movin’ (a moving); possessive adjective: its; contraction: I’d (I would)

**“Colorado Trail”**

	1.	Eyes like a morning star, Cheeks like a rose, Laura was a pretty girl, God Almighty knows.
		Chorus:
		Weep all you little rains, Wail, winds, wail. All along, along, along, That Colorado Trail.
	2.	Ride, all the lonely night Ride through the day, Keep the herd a-movin’ on Movin’ on its way.
		Chorus
	3.	Dark is the stormy night Dark is the sky, Wish I’d stayed in Abilene Nice and warm and dry.
		Chorus

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Cindy

Excellent for assessing grade level beginning reading skills.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA, North Carolina – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB – verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta/a ta |
| ta/a/a ta | ta/a ti ti ta | syncopation,
| ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta ta ti ti ta ta
| ta ta/a ta | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi So La – extended pentatonic scale
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi (m3), Do/So8 (P5), Mi/So (m3), Mi\Do (M3), Do\La/Do (m3), Do\So/Do (P5); distinguishing between the minor third (m3) Do\La/Do and the perfect fourth (P4, Do\So/Do)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, straight and dotted syncopation, pentatonic scale, verse/refrain
Key Words: USA history, USA geography: Appalachia, North Carolina, mountain music, courting song, love song, apple, passed, bite, along, needle, sew, fine, coat tails, road, ought, down south, sweet, honeybees, swarm, shapped, parlor, coolded, mortal man, mouth; abbreviations: hangin’ (hanging), ev’ry (every), contractions: she’d (she would), I’d (I would) pret’ist (prettiest), that’s (that is)
Recorder: intermediate: syncopated repeated pitches

**“Cindy”**

	1.	I wish I was an apple, A hangin’ from a tree, And ev’ry time my Cindy passed, She’d take a bite of me.
		Refrain:
		Get along home, Cindy, Cindy, Get along home, Cindy, Cindy, Get along home, Cindy, Cindy, I’ll marry you some day.
	2.	I wish I had a needle, As fine as I could sew, I’d sew that gal to my coat tails And down the road I’d go.
		Refrain
	3.	You ought to see my Cindy, She live away down south, She’s so sweet the honeybees All swarm around her mouth.
		Refrain
	4.	She took me to her parlor, She cooled me with her fan, She said I was the pret’ist thing That’s shaped like mortal man.
		Refrain

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Auld Lang Syne

Let’s practice the tonic arpeggio!

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Words: Robert Burns (1788), Scots poem, Scottland
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ta ta |syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ti ti | syncopation | ta/a/a ta |
Pitches: advanced: So La Do Re Mi So La Do
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do/Mi ascending inverted tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do\La (m3), Do/La (M6), Re/La (P5), La/Do (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: none; dotted rhythms, syncopation, pickup beat, vocal slurs, extended range
Key Words: Scottish poem, Scotland, traditional folk tune, bidding farewell, ending for occasions, multiple meanings for “auld lang syne”: “long long ago”, “for the sake of old times,” auld, acquaintance, brought, brought to mind, syne, yet

**“Auld Lang Syne”**
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days of auld lang syne? CHORUS: For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We’ll take a cup of kindness yet, For auld lang syne.

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The Caissons Go Rolling Along”

Syncopation in 2/2 (cut) time and an
ascending diminished fourth (d4) La/Re.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: England – Edmond L. Gruber
Key: C Major
Time: 2/2 – cut time
Form: AB
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ti | ti/ ri ti ti | syncopation, ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta/a_|_/ (ti) ti ti | ti ti ti ti | ta/a_|_a ti ti | (_=tie)
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re
Intervals: advanced: So\Mi/So (x7, m3), Fa\Re (m3), Re/So (P4), So/Do (P4), Do\So (P4), Do\La (m3), La/Re8 (d4, diminished fourth), Re8\So (P5)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, tied notes, two double barlines, syncopation, cut time, reading cut time
Key Words: world geography: England; world history: World War I, caisson (two-wheeled cart designed to carry artillery ammunition), counter march (reverse direction maintaining order), right-about, military drills, soldier formations, wagon soldiers, Field Artillery (canons, guns), contraction: it’s (it is), where’er (where ever)

The tune was later used by the United States Armed Services: “The Army Goes Rolling Along.”

“The Caissons Go Rolling Along”
“The Caisson Song”

		1.	Over hill, over dale, We have hit the dusty trail, As those caissons go rolling along.”Counter march! right-about!” Hear those wagon soldiers shout, As those caissons go rolling along.
			Chorus:
		2.	For it’s hi! hi! hee! in the Field Artillery, Call off you numbers loud and strong. And where’re we go, you will always know That those caissons go rolling along. Yes, those caissons go rolling along.

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5th Grade