Counting beat divisions and rhythm in 2/2 (cut time),
minor tonality with tonic and submediant arpeggios.
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- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: Canada - Folk Song
- Key: D minor (pitched in F Major)
- Time: 2/2 - cut time (4/4 also shown)
- Form: phrases: ABbCD - song: AB, verse/refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: 2/2: | ta ti ti | ti ti ta
| ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ri ti ti | syncopation,
| ta/a | ta ta |
- Pitches: beginners: La Do Re Mi So La - also the pitches of the pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: La/Mi (P5) Mi\La (P5), Mi/La (P4), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, F) Mi\Do\La descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Dm), La/Do (m3), Do\La (m3)
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; tied notes, syncopation, vocal slur, pentatonic scale pitches, minor tonality, verse/refrain
- Key Words: world geography: Canada; Native North Americans, earth science, animal science, silver birch (tree), beaver, mighty moose, wanders, at will, lake, rocky shore, forest, lowlands, thee, hills, north, rocky ledge, wigwam, edge, silent, still; possessive: water's
- Recorder: intermediate: D minor, tonic (i, Dm) and mediate (III, F) descending arpeggios
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"Land of the Silver Birch"
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Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver,
Where still the mighty moose wanders at will,
Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more. |
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Boom de de boom boom,
Boom de de boom boom,
Boom de de boom boom, Boom. |
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Down in the forest, deep in the lowlands,
My heart cries out for thee, hills of the north,
Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more. |
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High on a rocky ledge I'll build my wigwam,
Close by the water's edge, silent and still,
Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more. |
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Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver,
Where still the mighty moose wanders at will,
Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more. |
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Refrain |
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