Descending interval Do\La, ascending interval La/Do, and the ascending tonic arpeggio, with syncopation occurring on the second half of the fourth beat.
Description
- Grade: Third
- Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: staves: ABCD- song: AABB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
| ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta/a | ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ta | - Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So – pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: Do\La, La/Do, So/Mi, Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So8\Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, eighth; two repeating sections – repeat signs, tonic arpeggio, syncopation
- Key Words: sacred, African American History, chatter, angels, morning, all day long, soon, band of angels
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