Off to California — O’Neill’s first setting

  • Keep dotted semiquaver–demisemiquaver pairs precise.
  • Fit each semiquaver triplet into half a crotchet beat.

Original: Complete O’Neill (1903) no1628 first setting,printed302; original G major D4–G5 retained; native alto C major G4–C6.

Prepare the upper register through Lesson 31. Eight demisemiquavers fill one crotchet.

Notes Used: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5, E5, F#5, G5

Notes Used: G4, A4, B4, C5, D5, E5, G5, A5, B5, C6

Time Signature: 2/4 · Key: G major

Time Signature: 2/4 · Key: C major

Fingering Review

Complete melody

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Practice

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Source: Francis and James O’Neill, Music of Ireland (1903), no1628; public-domain melody.

Performance Goal: Keep the same two-beat pulse through both complete strains.