Telephone Song
Song Analysis
Grade Level
2 - 6
Tonal Center
mi
Scale
Blues
Range
d5
Tone Set
M slta
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
ta Tuning
Melodic Context
s-ta
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Original Starting Pitch
Bb
Partwork
Form Analysis
Form Type
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti
tie
eighth rest

Source
Locke, Eleanor G., ed. American Folk Songs for Teaching (unpublished edition). Oakland, Calif.: Holy Names College, 1978. Collected by Marilyn Murata.

Informant/Performer
Unidentified children, New York, NY, 1976

State
New York

Region
Mid-Atlantic

Origin
African-American

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