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Syncopation on the second half of the first beat (& of 1) occurs 8 times, limited range, and practicing the intervals of the tonic triad, save one; Do/La (M6).
Description
- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: through composed
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ti | syncopation (x8),
| ta/a | ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ti ri ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ta | - Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, Mi/So\Mi, Do/La
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter; syncopation, two double barlines, verse/refrain, changing rhythms to match verse syllables; tempo: moderately
- Key Words: USA history, African American History, Bible stories, story of the Ark, Noah’s Ark, Noah, reel, rock, mountain top, rainbow sign, children, along, God, sacred
| 1. | Old Ark she reel, Old Ark she rock; Old Ark a sitting on the mountain top. |
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| Old Ark a-moving, moving, Children won’t you come along? Old Ark a-moving, I thank God! Old Ark she reel, Old Ark she rock; Old Ark a sitting on the mountain top. |
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God called Noah from the mountain top. Command old Noah to build his ark. |
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| 3. | God told Noah by the rainbow sign, No more water but fire next time. |
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