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BIDDY, BIDDY

Disc Two Piano Bk
Track 34 page 12
Activity Type: Singing
Tonality: MajorlPentatonic
Resling Tone:
Do
Meter: Usual Duple
Macrobeats: Microbeats:

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Keyality: D
Range: d-a
Materials Needed: Recording. Guitar,
Autoharp,orPiano.
Purpose:
1. To sing aJamaican folk song.
2. To accompany a song with chord roots.
TEACHING PLAN
Everyoneshould be seated in selfspace.
Teach the Song
Play the recording of"Biddy, Biddy"so that the stu-
dents becomefamiliarwith the song.Then, teach the
song using the Rote SongTeachingProcedure found
in the Reference Manual. Demonstrate and have the
students perform macrobeats with alternating move-
ment. Emphasize the resting tone using DO.
Teach the Chord Roots
Play the two chords notated below on the guitar,
autoharp, or piano. Tell the students that the first
chord is a tonic chordand that the second chord is a
dominant chord. Playthefirst chord again and have
the students sing DO as you play, because it is the
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root of a tonic chord. Play the second chord again
andhavethestudentssingSOas youplay, becauseit
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is the root ofthe dominant chord.

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Tell the students that these two chords may be used
to accompany this song. However, they will have to
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usc their audiation to guide them as they detenrune
when to sing the root ofeach chord on the appropri-
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all! macrobeats.

Sing the song and accompany yourself throughout
the entire song by playing only the tonic chord. Ask

the students to audiateas you performandraise their
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hands ifthey heara place orplaces in the songwhen
the dominant chord might sound more appropriate

than the tonic chord.

Sing the song and accompany yourself by playing

thetonicanddominantchordsasdirectedbythestu-
dents. Have the students hold up one finger when
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they wish you to playatonic chord and five fingers
when they wish you to play a dominant chord.

Repeatas necessary.

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