Old Bald Eagle #1
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
4 - 8
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Major (inc)
Range
M6
Tone Set
s, t,Drm
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
ti, Tuning
Melodic Context
r-t,
Rhythmic Element(s)
tim-ri Preparation
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
Eb
Partwork
Form Analysis
A(ab)A'(a-2c)
Form Type
Strophic with refrain
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ta-a
tim-ri

Source
Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains, Smithsonian Folkways FC 7054, 1957. A7

Informant/Performer
Jean Ritchie, Viper, KY

State
Kentucky

Region
Appalachia

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Play-Party


Game Types
Circle


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures
Reel


Subject(s)
Animals


Sub Subject
Eagle

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