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Advanced syncopation, in 2/2 time (cut time), carried across the barline, triplets, and proper grammatical use of pronouns.
Description
- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
- Key: G Major
- Time: 2/2 – advanced: cut time
- Form: through composed
- Rhythm: advanced: | ta/a/_|_a ti ti ti |
| ti ta/a_|_a ti ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ti-ti-ti ta/_|_a ti ti ti | triplet syncopation,
| ta/ ti | ti ta ti | syncopation – (_=tied note) - Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Do\La/Do, Mi/So8, So8\Mi Do\So
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; cut time, pickup beat, triplet, tied notes, vocal slur, phrases beginning on the second half of the first beat (and of 1) and the second beat
- Key Words: USA history, African American history, spiritual, sacred, Jesus, Bible Story, Jesus, walked, lonesome, valley, walk; pronouns: He, Him, Himself, you, yourself, yourselves, we, us, ourselves – note the capitalization when referencing Jesus
| 1. | Jesus walked this lonesome valley, He had to walk it by Himself, Oh, nobody else could walk it for Him. He had to walk it for Himself. |
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We must walk this lonesome valley, We have to walk it by ourselves, Oh, nobody else can walk it for us. We have to walk it for ourselves |
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| 3. | You must go and stand your trial, You have to stand it by yourselves, Oh, nobody else can stand it for you. You have to stand it for yourself. |
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