Early One Morning Explained | Grade 9 Creative Arts | #EarlyOneMorning #CreativeArts #Grade 9Music

Ajouté : 2026-06-05

[00:00:00]Hello viewers. My name is Justa, a special needs and education teacher, and I also teach creative arts in grade nine. Well, I'm here to share with you the grade nine creative arts and sport project, more so the performing arts section of the music. Hopefully, you'll enjoy, so stay with me till the end.

[00:00:16]Now, the title of the script is "Early One Morning". What is the origin of the song? Now, "Early One Morning" is a traditional English folk song believed to have originated in England during the late 18th century. It was passed orally from generation to generation before being written down and published. Now, what are the characteristics of the folk song? One, it is usually passed orally from generation to generation and is usually sung solo or with the group with accompaniment or groups. And also, it's popular in school because it's simple melody and storytelling. Now, who is lamenting the song and why? The person lamenting the song is a young maiden, a girl. She's sad because she has been deceived by the man she loves. The young man has abandoned her. She feels heartbroken and betrayed. Now, the evidence from the song, you can see, "Oh, don't deceive me. Oh, never leave me. How could you do such a poor maiden so?"

[00:01:13]Now, what is the main theme? The main theme is love and betrayal, sorrow and heartbreak. Now, let us look at the extracted lyrics from the song. In verse one, it goes, "Early one morning, just as the sun was rising, I heard the maiden sing the valley below. Oh, don't deceive me. Oh, never leave me. How could you use such a poor maiden so?"

[00:01:36]In verse two, "Gay is the garland and fresh are the roses I've culled from the garden to bind on your brow. Oh, don't deceive me. Oh, never leave me. How could you use such a poor maiden so?"

[00:01:49]In verse three, "Thus sang the maiden, her sorrows bewailing. Thus sang the poor maiden in the valley below.

[00:01:57]Oh, don't deceive me. Oh, never leave me. How could you such a poor maiden so?

[00:02:03]Now, what is the simplified meaning of the each verse? In verse one, the young girl is heard singing sadly because she has been hurt by someone she loves. In verse two, the girl remembers how she cared for her lover and showed affection. And then in verse three, the girl continues expressing sorrow because she has been treated unfairly.

[00:02:23]Now, what's the time signature and key?

[00:02:26]The time signature is 2/4, meaning there are two beats in every bar. A crotchet, that's a quarter note, gets one beat, one strong beat followed by a weak beat.

[00:02:37]Now, the key is F major. And we learned C major in grade seven, uh D major in grade eight, and then in grade nine we have looked at F major. F major has a flat on B. That is F, G, A, B flat, C, D, E, and F. Now, also it's important for us to look at the symbols and terms that have been used. At the beginning of the song, there's a term moderato. Moderato means moderate speed, not too fast and not too slow. Then we have mezzo piano, moderately soft singing. Then we have crescendo, gradually becoming louder, and then there is diminuendo, gradually becoming softer. Also in the piece, there's a slur. Slur means we sing the note smoothly in one breath. Then there's a capo at the end. Da capo means you return at the beginning and sing it again. That means when you reach at the end of the song, you'll again start it again.

[00:03:35]Now, in our piece, as we have said, it is in F major. That means where there is an F, that's where our do starts. And then in the first bar, you can see where the voice is. The time signature is 2/4.

[00:03:51]Then we have a rest, a rest, a rest, a rest. So in that instance, it means it is the piano that will be playing. Then where the song begins, we now have our solfa notations which have interpreted.

[00:04:06]We have the crotchet and then two pair of quavers beamed together. We have a do do do. Then the second line, do mi so so la fa re do ti re so so do do do do do mi so so la fa re ti do re mi fa so mi do re mi and then fa. In the last line, we have so mi do do mi so do ti la so fa mi re do ti do.

[00:05:18]So we have been able to interpret the solfa notations.

[00:05:24]So let us sing together the song.

[00:05:32]>> Early one morning, as [music and singing] the stars now were rising, I heard a maiden singing in the valley below.

[00:05:43]Oh, don't [music and singing] deceive me.

[00:05:46]Oh, never leave me.

[00:05:48]I'll call you [music] user, >> [singing] >> poor maiden soul.

[00:05:59]Gay is [music and singing] the garland and fresher the rose I plucked [music and singing] from the garden to bind on your brow.

[00:06:10]Oh, don't deceive me.

[00:06:13]>> [music] >> Oh, never [singing] leave me.

[00:06:16]I'll call you user, >> [music] >> poor maiden soul.

[00:06:25]>> [music] >> The [singing] sun, the maiden, our sorrows bewailing, the sun, the poor maid >> [music and singing] >> in the valley below.

[00:06:37]Oh, don't deceive [singing] me.

[00:06:41]Oh, never leave [music] me.

[00:06:43]I'll call you user, poor maiden soul.

[00:06:48]>> [music]