Who Built the Ark?

Advanced rhythms with syncopation.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ta ti ta (ta) |
| ta ti (ti) ta ti (ti) | ti ta ti ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
| ta ta ta ta | ta ti ta/ (ta) | ti ti ti ta/ (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa – adding Fa to the pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Do\La, So/Mi, So/Fa, So/Do, Do/Mi, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; refrain/verse, syncopation
Key Words: sacred, animals science, Bible stories, Noah, ark, animals, hippopotamus, kangaroo, cats, bumble bee, window, door, hive, elephant, window, door, laughed, monkey, tricks, giraffe, camels, heaven, voyage, one by one, two by two, etc.;
abbreviations: cryin’ (crying), fallin’ (falling); contractions: rain’s (rain is), can’t (cannot)

**“Who Built the Ark?”**

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			Who built the ark? Noah, Noah, Who built the ark? Brother Noah built the ark.

		1.	Now didn’t old Noah build the ark? Built it out of a hickory bark. He built it long, both wide and tall, Plenty of room for the large and small.

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		2.	In came the animals two by two, Hippopotamus and kangaroo. In came the animals three by three, Two big cats and a bumble bee.

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		3.	In came the animals four by four, Two through the window and two through the door. In came the animals five by five, The bee came swarming from the hive.

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		4.	In came the animals six by six, The elephant laughed at the monkey’s tricks. In came the animals seven by seven, Giraffes and the camels looking up to heaven.

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		5.	In came the animals eight by eight, Some was on time and the others was late. In came the animals nine by nine, Some was a laughin’ and some were cryin’.

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		6.	In came the animals ten by ten, Time for the voyage to begin. Noah said, “Go shut the door, The rain’s started fallin’ and we can’t take more.”

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Whirlabout

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Playtime

Introducing sixteenths and advanced intervals, sung quickly!

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AABC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti ri |
| ta ti (ti) |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: advanced: descending tonic arpeggio So\Mi\Do, Do/Mi, Do/La, descending V7 arpeggio, La\Fa\Re, Fa\Ti, Ti/Re
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth, tempo: lightly, poco ritardando; dynamics: mezzo piano/medium loud, piano/soft, horizontal accent (sing/play the note a little louder/stronger), crescendo, decrescendo
Key Words: play songs, weather, earth science, windy, whirl, twirl, about, sink down, together

**“Whirlabout”**
Like a leaf or feather In the windy, windy weather, We will whirl about and twirl about, Then all sink down together.

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“Fountain in the Park”

Syncopation, raised submediant (Fi) and dominant (Si), repeated melodic rhythm patterns/intervals, and changing time signatures.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Ed Haley (1862-1932) circa. 1880
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4 and 3/4
Form: through composed
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a ta | ta/a ta ta |
| ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta/a/a ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta/ ti ta | syncopation, | ta/a ta | ta (ta) ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Fi So Si La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So – raised/sharp subdominant (4, Fi), raised/sharp dominant (5, Si)
Intervals: advanced: So/Do\So (P4), La/Re (P4), So/Ti (M3), La\Si/La (m2), So8\Do (P5), Ti\So (M3), So/Do/Mi ascending tonic arpeggio (I, G), Mi\La (P5), Ti/So8 (m6), So8\Mi/So8 (m3), So\Fi/So (m2)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; changing time signatures: 4/4 to 3/4 to 4/4, pickup beat, vocal slur, toed notes, accidental: sharp, melodic rhythm patterns with repeated interval patterns, raised/sharp subdominant and dominate (Fi, Si), note: tempo seems to slow down in 3/4 time
Key Words: USA history, strolling, merry month of May, roguish eyes, moment, poor heat, stole, neatly, raised, polite, remark, lovely, afternoon, fountain in the park, courting song, character education
Recorder: advanced: playing in G major, introducing C#, D#, and F#, syncopation, tonic arpeggio, ascending minor sixth (F#/D8), time signature changes: 4/4 to 3/4 to 4/4

“The Fountain in the Park”
also known as
“While Strolling in the Park One Day”
While strolling through the park one day, All in the merry month of May, I roguish pair of eyes they took me by surprise In a moment my poor heart she stole away. Oh, a sunny smile was all she gave to me And of course we were as happy as can be. So neatly I raised my hat and made a polite remark, I never shall forget that lovely afternoon, When I met her at the fountain in the park.

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