Miss Sue from Alabama
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
2 - 4
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Hexatonic
Range
M6
Tone Set
s,l,t,Drm
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
ti, Tuning
Melodic Context
l,-t,
Rhythmic Element(s)
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
B
Partwork
Form Analysis
AA'b
Form Type
Verse-chorus
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti
tiri-tiri
eighth rest
anacrusis

Source
Library of Congress AFS 88 B5. Collected by John and Alan Lomax, 1934.

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

State
Alabama

Region
South

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Singing Game


Game Types
Action


Sub-Game Types
Action/Clapping


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles

General Comments