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Arpeggios: So\Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So, Mi\Do\So, and Fa\Re\Ti
make sheep shearing fun!
Description
- Grade: Third
- Origin: Sweden – Folk Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: verse: ABAb – refrain: AB – song AB verse/refrain
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti ta |
| ta ta (ta) | - Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, Fa\Re\Ti descending arpeggio, Ti/Re, Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio, Do\So
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, verse/refrain, two double bars
- Key Words: world geography, Sweden, animal science, sheep farming, sheep shearing, harvesting wool, spinning wool, wheel, clipping, stockings, spinning wheel, spinning wheel sound, knit, scarf, dance, morning; contraction: we’re (we are)
| 1. | Go get the sheep, we’re clipping today, Clipping their wool, yes, clipping their wool So we can knit some stockings for you, Then we shall dance till morning. |
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| Surr, surr, surr, surr, surr, surr, Wheel spins around, now hear the sound; Surr, surr, surr, surr, surr, surr, Then we shall dance till morning. |
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Tell mother dear we’re carding today, |
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