Over the River, Charlie #1
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
4 - 6
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Mixolydian
Range
P8
Tone Set
s, ta,D mfs
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
ti-tiri Tuning
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
F#
Partwork
Form Analysis
A(ab)A'(a'c)
Form Type
Verse-chorus
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti-tiri
tim
ri

Source

Library of Congress AFS 2817 B3. Collected by Herbert Halpert.



Informant/Performer
Mary Fuller Cain (from Colley, VA), Clintwood, VA, 1939

State
Virginia

Region
Appalachia

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Play-Party


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Love and Courtship


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles
Weevily Wheat

General Comments