Simple Gifts
Song Analysis
Grade Level
2 - 7
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Hexatonic
Range
P8
Tone Set
s, t,Drmfs
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
ti-tiri Practice
tim-ri Tuning
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
D
Partwork
2- part arrangement - SA (Aaron Copland)
Form Analysis
AA'BA'
Form Type
Verse-chorus
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti
ti-tiri
tiri-tiri
tim
tim-ri
tai
ri
anacrusis
other

Source
Andrews, Edward D. The Gift to be Simple. N.Y.: Dover Publications, Inc. 1962, 136.

Informant/Performer
Elder Joseph Brackett, Alfred, ME, 1848.

State
Maine

Region
New England

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Dance


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Sub Subject

Alternate Titles
'Tis the Gift to be Simple

General Comments