Kitty Kitty Casket
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
K - 3
Tonal Center
so
Scale
Tetratonic
Range
M6
Tone Set
S,l, d m
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
so, Tuning
Melodic Context
d-s,
Rhythmic Element(s)
tiri-ti Tuning
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
F
Partwork
Form Analysis
aabb'
Form Type
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti-tiri
tiri-ti

Source
Library of Congress AFS 88 A5. Collected by John A. Lomax.

Informant/Performer
Eight girls, Kirby Industrial School, Atmore, AL,1934

State
Alabama

Region
South

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Singing Game


Game Types
Circle


Sub-Game Types
Circle/Moving


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles
I-tisket i-tasket

General Comments
Also in Lomax, Alan, and John A. Our Singing Country.