Riddle Song, The #1
Song Analysis
Grade Level
3 - 8
Tonal Center
so
Scale
Pentatonic
Range
M9
Tone Set
S,l, drm sl
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
so, Tuning
Melodic Context
s,-l,
Rhythmic Element(s)
anacrusis Tuning
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
E
Partwork
Form Analysis
AA5A5B
Form Type
Strophic
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
syn-co-pa
ti
tai

Source

Sharp, Cecil J., English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. Edited by Maud Karpeles. London: Oxford University Press, 1932. 190.



Informant/Performer
Mrs. Wilson, Pineville, Bell County, KY, 1917

State
Kentucky

Region
Appalachia

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Riddle


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Love and Courtship


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles
I Gave My Love a Cherry

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