Four White Horses
Song Analysis
Grade Level
4 - 8
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Hexatonic
Range
M6
Tone Set
s,l,t,Drm
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
ti, Practice
Melodic Context

Rhythmic Element(s)
eighth rest Tuning
syn-co-pa Tuning
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
Partwork
Form Analysis
AA'BBA'A'B
Form Type
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
syn-co-pa
ti
tie
rest
eighth rest

Source

Collected by Floice Lindgren Lund, Virgin Islands, 1960.



Informant/Performer


State


Region
Caribbean

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Singing Game


Game Types
Groups of Four
Action


Sub-Game Types
Action/Clapping


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles

General Comments