Long Story Short by Daniel Beyer for February 17, 2020

“Oh R . . . I say R A . . . R A G . . . R A G G . . . R A G G M O P P Ragmopp!”

Circle of Fifths anyone?

Actually ‘key of’ refers to a specific scale, I think what was meant was “A and B are C, C and D are G…”

You need a ukulele to teach that version with my dog has fleas tuning.

If she’s trying to teach the names of the harmonies, the C and the D are part of another C chord. The E and the F are actually in the “key” of F. The A in the melody (if sung in the key of C) is the third of the chord, which is a IV chord. And the G is the fifth of another C chord. The harmony is I-I-IV-I. What she’s wound up doing is just saying the notes in the melody – C, C, G, G, A, A, G. I think maybe she’s trying to say which keys of the piano play the melody, but no wonder the kid is confused. Her musical jargon is incorrect.

You could say "The A and the B are each the note C, (not “key of”) the C and the D are each the note G, the E and the F are each the note A, and the G is the note G." It’s still a confusing way to think about it.

B A bay, B E bee, B I bippy bye B O bo, bippy bye oh B U boo bippy bye bo boo

Some body has to sing it. “Baby shark do do do do….” (Sorry)

Well now is that really the way the alphabet is supposed go or is it just because of the song?