How is the melody treated in “Rosie” and what important style of group singing does the treatment illustrate? What is the opening “call”? What is its “response?” How many different responses are there in this selection? What “response” do you hear in the recording but not see in the transcription?

What will be an ideal response?


• Call-and-response
• The leader sings the call, "Be my woman, gal,__ I'll . . ."
• The male chorus answers with the response, "be your man."
• 7
• Left out of the transcription is the response, "Got me mine."

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