Rainbow Girl

This Chinese Folk Song is useful for:

  • Singing in extended la pentatonic scale. (This song has low la and low so as well as high do.)
  • Singing in a minor tonality.
  • Teaching the rhythm element 'syncopa'.
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Kodály Analysis:

Rainbow Girl Theme: Multicultural Games:
Partner: Form: Binary Song Type:
Scale: la Pentatonic CSP: C Age: Upper Primary - Lower Secondary
Tones: s low l low finalis d r m s l d high Rhythm: ; ; ;  
Melodic: l s m ; m l ; l s r d ; m s l d high ; d high l s m ; m s d ; m l low ; l low s low l low finalis
Prep:
MC:
Prac: la Pentatonic,

 

Origin: China
Source: My Mini Music Books by David Hooper

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