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Blue Tail Fly
Your students will love this snappy, sparkly little piece. The American Classic Blue Tail Fy is well known.
History
The melody is similar to “Miss Lucy Long” and was originally set for piano accompaniment,[3] although “De Blue Tail Fly” was marketed in Boston as one of “Emmett’s Banjo Melodies”. The four-part chorus favors a single bass and three tenors: the first and third tenors harmonize in thirds with the second completing the triads or doubles the root, sometimes crossing the melody line. The versions published in 1846 differed rather markedly: “De Blue Tail Fly” is modal (although Lamar emends its B♭ notation to C minor) and hexatonic; “Jim Crack Corn“, meanwhile, is in G major and more easily singable.[3] Its simplicity has made it a common beginner’s tune for acoustic guitar. The melody is a chain of thirds (G-B, F♯-A, G-B, [A]-C, B-D, C-E) harmonized a third above and below in the manner of the choruses in Italian opera.
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