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Bluebird Through My Window
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
K - 2
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Hexachord
Range
M6
Tone Set
Drmfsl
Melodic Motive(s)
f.f.mr.d
f.r.f.r
Melodic Elements
fa Tuning
Melodic Context
f-r
Rhythmic Element(s)
half note Practice
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
Partwork
Form Analysis
AA'AB
Form Type
Strophic with refrain
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ta-a

Source
Library of Congress AFS 311 B1. Collected by Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle.

Informant/Performer
Group of girls, Frederica, GA, 1935

State
Georgia

Region
Sea Islands

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Singing Game


Game Types
Circle


Sub-Game Types
Circle/Standing


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Colors
Birds


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles

General Comments
Order of verses revised from recording.