Tree in the Wood, The
Song Analysis
Grade Level
2 - 6
Tonal Center
so
Scale
Pentatonic
Range
P8
Tone Set
s,l, Drm s
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
so, Tuning
Melodic Context
s,-l,
Rhythmic Element(s)
anacrusis Tuning
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
D
Partwork
Form Analysis
ABCDD
Form Type
Cumulative
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ta-a
ti
tai
tam-ti
ta-a-a
eighth rest
anacrusis

Source

Sharp, Cecil J., English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachains. London: Oxford University Press, 1932. 282.



Informant/Performer
Mrs. Frances Richards, St. Peter's School, VA, 1918

State
Virginia

Region
Appalachia

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)


Game Types


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Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Nature


Sub Subject
Tree

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