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Intermediate syncopation, mastering So\Mi/So (m3), and the pentatonic scale.
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Description
- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABA – chorus/verse/chorus
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ti ta/ ti | syncopation, | ti ti ta ta/a | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta/a/a |
| ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta/a ta | ta/a ta/a |
| ta/a/a ta | ta/a/a/a | - Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi So – pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi\So (M6), La/Do (m3), Do\La (m3), Mi/So8\Mi (m3), Mi\Do (M3)
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, syncopation, pentatonic scale, chorus/verse/chorus
- Key Words: USA history, African American history, sacred, trouble, sorrow, Jesus, glory hallelujah, Lord, sometimes, ground, below, sky opened, love, shall, forget, washed, sins, friends; contractions: I’ve (I have), I’m (I am): abbreviations: walkin’ (walking), comin’ (coming)
- Recorder: intermediate: syncopation, pentatonic scale
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| Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen, Nobody knows my knows but Jesus (my sorrow). Nobody knows the troubles I’ve seen, Glory Hallelujah. |
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| 1. | Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down, Oh yes, Lord. Sometimes I’m almost to the ground, Oh yes, Lord. |
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Now, you may think that I don’t know, Oh yes, Lord. But I’ve had troubles here below, Oh yes, Lord. |
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| 3. | One day when I was walkin’ along, Oh yes, Lord, The sky opened up and love came down, Oh yes, Lord. |
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| 4. | I never shall forget that day, Oh yes, Lord. When Jesus washed my sins away. Oh yes, Lord. |
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| 5. | If you get there before I do, Oh yes, Lord. Tell all my friends I’m comin’ too, Oh yes, Lord. |
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