Star Spangled Banner by Cora Carter https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb By: Cora Carter en-us 2020-11-17 14:20:15 UTC 2025-04-20 14:27:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f499.png Fun fact: cartcm874 https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931818191 The Star Spangled Banner is the United States national anthem.]]> 2020-11-17 14:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931818191 Who wrote it? cartcm874 https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931828469 The Star Spangled Banner was originally written by the Defence of Fort M'Henry as a poem. However, later a man named Francis Scott Key composed it into a song.]]> 2020-11-17 14:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931828469 Fun fact: cartcm874 https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931845835 While the song was written earlier it did not become our national anthem until 1931. ]]> 2020-11-17 14:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931845835 What music was used to create it? cartcm874 https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931854446 The national anthem uses the melody from an English song called, "To Anacreon in Heaven" ]]> 2020-11-17 14:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931854446 How difficult is it to sing? cartcm874 https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931868342 The national anthem is a very difficult song to sing even for professional singers, because of its voicing range. Also because of it's tough and hard to memorize lyrics.]]> 2020-11-17 14:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931868342 How did it get its name? cartcm874 https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931884184 When the Defence of Fort Mchenry first wrote it he did not include a title. Therefore, the first person who found it called it by the writer's name. It wasn't until the paper reached a music store in Baltimore where the name "Star Spangled Banner" was given.]]> 2020-11-17 14:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931884184 PIcture: cartcm874 https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931897339 2020-11-17 14:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931897339 Picture of Francis Scott Key: cartcm874 https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931915455 2020-11-17 14:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cartcm874/qv2mnczh546b7jcb/wish/931915455