Adding the fourth (Fa) to the pentatonic scale with an interval of a minor seventh (m7).

 

Description

• Grade: Fifth (5)

• Origin: United States – African American Spiritual

• Key: F Major

• Time: 4/4

• Form: AB – Verse/Refrain

• Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta/a ta | ta/a (ta) ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/a ti/ ri ti/ ri | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta/a | ta ta ti ti ta | ta/a/a (ta) |

• Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So La

• Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So8 (m3), So\Mi\Do descending tonic triad, So/Fa (m7), Do\La (m3), So/Do P4)

• Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter; descending tonic triad, interval of a minor seventh So/Fa, syncopation, vocal slurs

• Key Words: United Sates history, African American history, spiritual, Bible story, Christmas, sacred, mountain, King David, Lord, Jesus Christ, seeker, night and day, watchman, Him (God)

“Go Tell It on the Mountain” 

	1.	In the time of David, Some said he was a king, And if a child is true born, The Lord will hear him sing;
		Refrain:
		Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere, Go tell it on the mountain, That Jesus Christ is born.
		Refrain
	2.	When I was a seeker, I sought both night and day, I asked the Lord to help me, And he showed me the way:
		Refrain
	4.	He made me a watchman Upon a city wall, And if I serve Him truly, I am the least of all:
		Refrain