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This Old Man
This Old Man is an English language children's song, counting and nursery rhyme Presented here in two keys. The key of C Major in the open position and the key of D Major in position II. This is a simple melody that can be used as a reference fingering and position with the Playing by Ear series of lessons.
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Melody Roadmap
5 3 5 5 3 5 6 5 4 3 2 3 4 3 4
P5 m3
The melody starts on the Perfect Fifth and descend down a minor third. is entirely taken from a major scale of the key.
Chords
Here are the chords in the Nashville Number System (NNS)
1 1 4 5
1 1 5 5 1
For the key of C Major the chords are: C, F, and G. The 1 4, and 5.
Basically the NNS is simple using "Arabic" number and a few specifics for standardizing the format of charts written out using the NNS format.
Lyrics
This old man, he played one, He played knick-knack on my thumb; With a knick-knack paddy whack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. This old man, he played two, He played knick-knack on my shoe; With a knick-knack paddy whack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. This old man, he played three, He played knick-knack on my knee; With a knick-knack paddy whack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. This old man, he played four, He played knick-knack on my door; With a knick-knack paddy whack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. This old man, he played five, He played knick-knack on my hive; With a knick-knack paddy whack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. This old man, he played six, He played knick-knack on my sticks; With a knick-knack paddy whack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. This old man, he played seven, He played knick-knack up in heaven; With a knick-knack paddy whack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. This old man, he played eight, He played knick-knack on my gate; With a knick-knack paddy whack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. This old man, he played nine, He played knick-knack on my spine; With a knick-knack paddy whack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. This old man, he played ten, He played knick-knack once again; With a knick-knack paddy whack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.
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