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Threading My Grandmother's Needle

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Analysis

Song Analysis

Grade Level 3 - 5	Tonal Center do
Scale Hexachord	Range M6
Tone Set Drmfsl	Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements	Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
Original Starting Pitch Eb	Partwork
Form Analysis A(aa)B(ba)A(aa)B(ba)C(cc)	Form Type Strophic

Rhythm Set

ta
ti
ti-ti-ti
ti-ta
tai
ti-ta
ta-ti
ri
eighth rest

Source
Flanders Ballad Collection D40A05a. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. Collected by Helen Hartness Falnders.

Informant/Performer
Mrs. John Fairbanks, North Springfield, VT, 1943

State
Vermont

Region
New England

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Singing Game

Game Types
Double Line

Sub-Game Types

Sub-Game Types

Figures

Subject(s)
Greeting and Farewell

Sub Subject

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