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The American Folk Song Collection
Wabash Cannonball #2
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
4 - 8		 Tonal Center
do
Scale
Major (inc)		 Range
M6
Tone Set
s,l,t,Drm		 Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
  
 
Original Starting Pitch
Ab 		Partwork
Form Analysis
ABAB'		 Form Type
Verse-chorus
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
syn-co-pa
ti-tiri
tim-ri
eighth rest

Source

MIssouri State University. Max Hunter Folk Song Collection.  Collected by Max Hunter.



Informant/Performer
Boyce Davis, Lincoln, AR, 1968

State
Arkansas

Region
Ozarks

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Story


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Travel and Transportation


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles

General Comments

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