Bobbing Joe — Sharp’s complete upper melody

• Keep both dotted-crotchet pulses steady.
• Distinguish dotted quavers from semiquavers.

Composer: Traditional dance tune; Cecil J. Sharp’s selected piano setting.

Published: Sharp, Country Dance Tunes, Set VI, No. 8, p. 9, Novello, copyright 1912; public-domain historical score.

Original: Complete selected upper melody, uniformly down P4: soprano D4–D5; alto G4–G5. Original written values retained.

Prepare compound metre and semiquavers through Lesson 31.

Notes Used: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, C5, D5

Notes Used: G4, A4, B4, C5, D5, E5, F5, G5

Time Signature: 6/8 · Key: E minor

Time Signature: 6/8 · Key: A minor

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