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Introducing syncopation for voice and keyboard.
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Description
- Grade: Second
- Origin: USA – Texas Folk Song
- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: rhythm: AAAB – pitches: AaAB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ri ti ri ti/ ri ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So
- Intervals: beginners: Mi/So, So\Mi, Do/Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, syncopation
- Key Words: USA geography, Texas, sandy land, farming, taters (potatoes), sweet potatoes, dig, raise, make a living, fare you well, ladies
- Keyboard: intermediate: Upper grades: Excellent
five finger exercise; left, right, and two hands together
| 1. | I make my living in the sandy land, I make my living in the sandy land, I make my living in the sandy land, Oh ladies, fare you well. |
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They raise big taters in the sandy land, They raise big taters in the sandy land, They raise big taters in the sandy land, Oh ladies, fare you well. |
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| 3. | They dig sweet potatoes in sandy land, They dig sweet potatoes in sandy land, They dig sweet potatoes in sandy land, Oh ladies, fare you well. |
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