Intermediate straight syncopation using sixteenth notes
and descending minor 7th, Fa\So.
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- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA - Cowboy Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: staves: ABAbCD - song: AB, verse/refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ri ti ti | ti ti ta |
| ti ri ti ta | syncopation, | ti ri ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti ri | ti ti ti ri ti |
syncopation
- Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: advanced: So/Do, Do/Mi\Do, Fa\So, Do\So, So/Do/Mi ascending tonic arpeggio, Re\Ti, Do/La, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; repeat signs, syncopation, verse/refrain
- Key Words: USA cowboy song, western dance song, campfire song, handsome, shy, fiddle, bow; contractions: don't (do not), wasn't (was not), where'd, (where did)
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"Cotton-Eyed Joe"
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Do you remember, don't you know?
Don't you remember Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Cotten-Eyed Joe, he was some guy!
He was handsome and he wasn't shy.
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Hold my fiddle and hold my bow,
Watch me dance like Cotton-Eyed Joe. |
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Where did you come from, where'd you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Cotten-Eyed Joe, he came to town,
Played the fiddle making quite a sound!
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Hold my fiddle and hold my bow,
Watch me dance like Cotton-Eyed Joe. |
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