Angel Band -

Introducing dotted quarter followed by eighth, sixteenth notes,
and mastering the ascending intervals La/Do and Do/Mi.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: verse: AAAB – refrain: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti |
| ti ta (ti) | ti ta ti ri | ta/ ti | ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: La/Do, Do\So, Do/Mi, Re\So, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth;rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, verse/refrain, double bar-line
Key Words: sacred, spiritual, angels, counting forward one to ten and backwards ten to one, Sunday, morning, band; abbreviation: sev’n (seven)

**“Angel Band”**
There was one, there were two, there were three little angels There were four, there were five, there were six little angles. There were sev’n, there were eight, there were nine little angels, Ten little angels in the band. Wasn’t that a band, Sunday morning, Sunday morning, Sunday morning? Wasn’t that a band, Sunday morning, Sunday morning soon? There were ten, there were nine, there were eight little angels There were sev’n, there were six, there were five little angles. There were four, there were three, there were two little angels, one little angel in the band. Wasn’t that a band, Sunday morning, Sunday morning, Sunday morning? Wasn’t that a band, Sunday morning, Sunday morning soon?

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