Introducing the perfect fourth (P4) La\Mi/La, syncopation in 6/8,
natural/raised subdominant (Fi), sharped dominant (Si).
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- Grade: Second
- Origin: USA - music: variation of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" - words: Traditional
- Key: G minor (pitched in B flat Major)
- Time: 6/8
- Form: rhythm: AABC,Coda - pitches: ABCD,Coda
- Rhythm: advanced:
| ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta/a ti | syncopation, | ta/ (ti) (ti) ti | syncopation,
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ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/ ta/ |
| ta/ (ti) ti ti | ta/ ta ti |
- Pitches: advanced: Mi Fi So Si La Ti Do Re Mi - natural/raised subdominant (Fi), raised/sharp dominant (Si)
- Intervals: advanced: La\Mi/La (P4), Do\La, So\Mi/So, Mi8\Do/Mi8, Re\Ti, Mi/Fi (M2), Fi/Si (M2), Si/La (m2)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation in 6/8 time, 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti's), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter; accidentals: natural subdominant (Fi), sharp dominant (Si)
- Key Words: USA history: Civil War tune, counting song, animal science, marching, hurrah, thumb, ground, climb a tree, close the door, dive, gather, roller skate, rhyming words for numbers one through ten
- Recorder: intermediate: grades 3-5: playing in A minor, syncopation in 6/8 time, 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti's), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter, introducing F# and G#
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"The Ants Go Marching"
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The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching one by one, the little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom! |
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The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching two by two, the little one stops to tie his shoe
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom! |
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The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching three by three, the little one stops to climb a tree
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom! |
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The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching four by four, the little one stops to close the door
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom! |
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The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching five by five, the little one stops to take a dive
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom! |
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The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching six by six, the little one stops to gather sticks
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom! |
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The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching seven by seven, the little one stops to count to eleven
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom! |
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The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching eight by eight, the little one stops to roller skate
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom! |
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The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching nine by nine, the little one stops to check the time
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom! |
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The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah,
The ants go marching ten by ten, the little one stops to say "the end"
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom! |
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