Elementary Unit 6 Song Analysis

Written by Nicholas Paradas

Song: “Away, Rio”

Song Analysis
Pitch set: Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do’

Range: P11

Rhythm: 6/8

Rhythm set: ta, ti, ti-ti-ti, ti-ta, tai, ta-ti, tie, anacrusis

Form: ABA’B, (verse-chorus w/refrain)

Pedagogical Use

Melody: La-Ti

Rhythm: 6/8

Other: History of Windlass Chantey: taking in the

anchor on British and American ships
regarding the Rio Grande del Norte (border
between Mexico and the United States).

Source: http://kodaly.hnu.edu/song.cfm?id=938#analy
sis
“Away, Rio” Sheet music:
Song: “A-Working on the Railroad”

Song Analysis
Pitch set: Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol

Range: P5

Rhythm: 6/8

Rhythm set: Ti-ti-ti, tai, ta-ti

Form: AB (Verse-chorus)

Pedagogical Use

Melody: Sol-Fa-Mi

Rhythm: 6/8

Other: History of Irish immigration in Utah between

the 1820s and the 1860s on the
Transcontinental Railroad. (sung as a Shanty
on ships to raise the anchor using a
pump-style windlass.

Source: http://kodaly.hnu.edu/song.cfm?id=1128
“A-Workin’ on the Railroad” Sheet Music:
Song: “Little Sally Walker”

Song Analysis
Pitch set: Sol-La-Te-Do-Re-Mi

Range: P8

Rhythm: 6/8

Rhythm set: Ta, ti-ta, tai, ti-ta, ta-ti

Form: Strophic (AA’BB’)

Pedagogical Use

Melody: Te

Rhythm: 6/8

Other: Game (dancing), accidental (Te) modes

(mixolydian)

Source: http://kodaly.hnu.edu/song.cfm?id=929#analy
sis
“Little Sally Walker” Sheet Music:
Song: “Dutch Lullaby”

Song Analysis
Pitch set: Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol, Ti-Do’

Range: P8

Rhythm: 6/8

Rhythm set: Ti-ti-ti, tai, ta-ti, eighth rest, anacrusis

Form: ABCCA (Strophic w/refrain)

Pedagogical Use

Melody: Do’-Ti

Rhythm: 6/8

Other: Cultural context, counting rests in 6/8

Source: http://kodaly.hnu.edu/song.cfm?id=651

“Dutch Lullaby” Sheet Music:

Song: “Lazy Mary”

Song Analysis
Pitch set: Sol-Ti-Do-Re-Mi

Range: P8

Rhythm: 6/8

Rhythm set: Ti-ti-ti, tai, ta-ti, quarter rest, anacrusis

Form: AA’ (call and response)

Pedagogical Use

Melody: Re-Ti

Rhythm: 6/8

Other: Game, counting rests in 6/8

Source: http://kodaly.hnu.edu/song.cfm?id=631#analy
sis
“Lazy Mary” Sheet Music:
Song: “When the Wind Begins to Blow”

Song Analysis
Pitch set: Sol-Ti-Do-Re-Ri-Mi-Sol

Range: P8

Rhythm: 6/8

Rhythm set: Tai, ta-ti

Form: AAA3v (semi-strophic)

Pedagogical Use

Melody: Mi-Ri

Rhythm: Ta-ti

Other: Glissandi, physics context

Source: http://kodaly.hnu.edu/song.cfm?id=999

“When the Wind Begins to Blow” Sheet Music: