Skipping Rope Song
Song Analysis
Grade Level
3-5
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Pentachord
Range
P8
Tone Set
Drmfs d'
Melodic Motive(s)
f.m.r.d
s.s.d'.s
Melodic Elements
fa Tuning
Melodic Context
f-m
Rhythmic Element(s)
tiri-ti Tuning
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
G
Partwork
Form Analysis
A(ab)A(ab)
Form Type
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti-tiri
tiri-tiri
tiri-ti

Source
Gillington, Alice E. Old Surrey Singing Games and Skipping Rope Rhymes. London: J. Curwen & Sons, 1909. 23.

Informant/Performer


State


Region
British Isles

Origin
English

Song Type(s)
Action


Game Types
Action


Sub-Game Types
Action/Jump Rope


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Counting


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles
Early in the Morning

General Comments
Also in Erdei, Peter, 150 American Folk Songs.