Moving On -

Partner Songs: “When the Saints Go Marching In”
over “This Train”, with advanced syncopation.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – African American Spirituals
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: top: ABCb – bottom: ABCA
Rhythm: advanced: Top: | ta/a/ ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ta/a (ti) ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ti ti | syncopation,
| ti ta/a/ ti ti | syncopation;
Bottom: | ti ta ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ti ta/a/ (ta) | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Top: Do/Mi (M3), So8\Do (P5), So8\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, G), Do/Mi/So8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I,G);
Bottom: Mi\Do\La descending arpeggio (vi, Em), So/Do (P4), So8\Mi/So8 (m3), Do\La (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beats, tied notes, two part song: partner songs, syncopation, tonic arpeggios, submediant arpeggio
Key Words: USA history, African American history, African American Spiritual, sacred, saints, marching, train, bound, glory, underground railroad
Recorder: advanced: playing two parts: partner songs, cooperative learning

**“Moving On”**
		Melody
	1.	Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in.
		Counter Melody
	2.	This train is bound for glory this train, This train is bound for glory this train, This train is bound for glory this train, If you ride it you must be holy, This train is bound for glory this train.

		Combination of two songs: “When the Saints Go Marching In” “This Train”

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