Go Tell Aunt Rhody

  • Keep each quaver pair inside its beat.
  • Sustain the final minim.

Composer: Traditional; selected published reading below

Original: Complete one-verse melody, anthology p. 102; D major uniformly up P4 to soprano G major; native alto C major.

Prepare quavers in Lesson 6.

Notes Used: G4, A4, B4, C5, D5

Notes Used: C5, D5, E5, F5, G5

Time Signature: 2/4 · Key: G major

Time Signature: 2/4 · Key: C major

Fingering Review

Complete music

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Go tell Aunt Rhody, go tell Aunt Rhody,
Go tell Aunt Rhody, the old grey goose is dead.

Practice

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Source: David Berger and Chuck Israels, The Public Domain Song Anthology (2020), CC0, p. 102.

Performance Goal: Play all eight bars with even quavers and a sustained ending.