Brave Boys
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
4 - 8
Tonal Center
la
Scale
Hexatonic
Range
m10
Tone Set
m, s,L,t,drm s
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
mi, Tuning
Melodic Context
s,-m,
Rhythmic Element(s)
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
Partwork
Form Analysis
A(aav)Av(avvbavvv)
Form Type
Strophic
Rhythm Set
ta
ti
ti-tiri
tiri-ti
tai

Source
Brave Boys: New England Traditions in Folk Music. New World Records NW 239. Recorded by Sandy Paton.

Informant/Performer
Gale Huntington, Martha's Vineyard, MA, 1977

State
Massachusetts

Region
New England

Origin
Anglo-American

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Figures


Subject(s)
Occupations


Sub Subject
Sea

Alternate Titles
Greenland Whale Fishery

General Comments