Syncopation, limited range, intervals at entry level
for grade level and a solo/leader section.
Description
- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
- Rhythm: beginners: | ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta/a | ta ta | ti ta ti | syncopation - Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So Ti
- Intervals: beginners: So\Mi (m3), So/Ti\So (M3), Mi/So (m3), So\Do (P5), Do/Mi (M3)
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, syncopation, refrain/verse/refrain, solo section, group section
- Key Words: USA history; African American history, civil rights movement, sacred, Bible stories: pearly gates, Saint Peter, Kingdom of God; metaphor: storm/struggle, anchor, ocean, ship, bye and bye; contraction: we’ll (we will), she’s (she is), won’t (willl not); abbreviation: goin’ (going)
- Recorder: intermediate: syncopation, lower register practice
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Refrain | |||||
O stand the storm, it won’t take long, We’ll anchor bye and bye, Stand the storm, it won’t take long, We’ll anchor bye and bye. |
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1. | Our ship is on the ocean, | ||||
We’ll anchor bye and bye. | |||||
Our ship is on the ocean, | |||||
We’ll anchor bye and bye. | |||||
Refrain | |||||
2. | She’s making for the kingdom, | ||||
We’ll anchor bye and bye. | |||||
She’s making for the kingdom, | |||||
We’ll anchor bye and bye. | |||||
Refrain | |||||
3. | We see the “Pearly Gates,” | ||||
We’ll anchor bye and bye. | |||||
We see the “Pearly Gates,” | |||||
We’ll anchor bye and bye. | |||||
Refrain | |||||
4. | We’re goin’ to meet Saint Peter, | ||||
We’ll anchor bye and bye. | |||||
We’re goin’ to meet Saint Peter, | |||||
We’ll anchor bye and bye. | |||||
Refrain | |||||
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