Frog Went a Courtin'
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
k - 5
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Pentatonic
Range
M9
Tone Set
s,l, Drm sl
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
so, Tuning
Melodic Context
s,-d
Rhythmic Element(s)
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
D
Partwork
Form Analysis
A(ab)B(cdb)
Form Type
Strophic with refrain
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti
ti-tiri
tiri-ti
tai
rest
eighth rest

Source

Library of Congress AFS 656A. Collected y John A. Lomax



Informant/Performer
Children's group, Pond Springs School, near Austin, TX, 1936

State
Texas

Region
South

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Ballad


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Animals


Sub Subject
Frog

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General Comments