Ah Poor Bird

"Ah Poor Bird" can be sung with "Rose Rose" and "Hey Ho Nobody Home". (Hey Ho is free!). Where two or more songs are able to be sung together, they are called a "quodlibet".
This beautiful song in the harmonic minor scale can be used to prepare, Make Conscious or practise 'si' (raised 7th of the minor scale).

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Kodály Analysis:

Ah Poor Bird		Theme:	Animals	Games:
Partner:	Rose Rose	Form:	Binary	Song Type:	4 or more Part Canon

Scale:

CSP:

D

Age:

Upper Primary - Lower Secondary

Tones:

l low finalis

ti low

Rhythm:

;

;

Melodic:

l low

ti low

;

;

;

;

;

ti low

l low finalis

Prep:

4 or more Part Canon,

MC:

4 or more Part Canon,

Prac:

,

Origin: English

Source: 150 Rounds Boosey & Hawkes

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