Kum Ba Yah -

Reading, singing, and playing three parts, singing in harmony, and
chord identification: tonic (I), subdominant (IV), dominate (V).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Africa – Traditional
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: phrases: ABAC – song: AB, chorus/verse
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ta ti ti |
syncopation, | ta/a ti ti | ta/a ta | ti ta/ ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So\Do (P5), Mi\Do (M3), Do/Mi (M3), Do\So (P4), So/Do (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; tied notes, syncopation, vocal slur, three part harmony, chorus/verse, chords: tonic triad (I, F), subdominant triad (IV, Bb), dominate triad (V, C), supertonic triad (ii, Ed – diminished), harmony
Key Words: world geography: Africa; “Come By Here,” sacred, laughing, crying, praying, singing, camp song, scout song, civil rights song, protest song, prayer song; possessive: someone’s
Recorder: advanced: practicing B flat, three part ensemble, chord identification

**“Kum Ba Yah”**“Come By Here”

		Chorus:
		Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah! Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah! Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah! Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah!
	1.	Someone’s laughing, Lord, kum ba yah! Someone’s laughing, Lord, kum ba yah! Someone’s laughing, Lord, kum ba yah! Oh, Lord, kum ba yah!
		Chorus
	2.	Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah! Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah! Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah! Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah!
		Chorus
	3.	Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah! Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah! Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah! Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah!
		Chorus
	4.	Someone’s singing, Lord. kum ba yah! Someone’s singing, Lord. kum ba yah! Someone’s singing, Lord. kum ba yah! Oh, Lord, Kum ba yah!
		Chorus

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