Introducing syncopation for voice and keyboard.
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- 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
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"Sandy Land"
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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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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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